When I started taking guitar lessons when I was 12, my teacher was an old Italian gentleman who only played (and only taught) jazz. He would teach me blues or rock but he was pretty much the only teacher in town in...

Fine sounding 1937 Excel by the great and original builder John D’Angelico. An in interesting late 30s example with 30s features and engraved blocks in the board, but one off the earliest curved f hole guitars . (...

D'ANGELICO EXCEL, 1960, sunburst, 17" Excel Cutaway, 7 ply body binding, 3 ply ƒ hole binding, Ebony squared off board with block inlays, Johnny Smith style floating pickup at neck, repaired crack north of the bass ƒ...

Here’s an exceptional 1958 D’Angelico Excel in its original Sunburst finish! This one comes to us from the guitar’s second owner and is marked in D’Angelico records as a “Special New Yorker” despite “Excel” on the...

1942 D’Angelico Excel, Blonde, Stunning original archtop guitar built by the legendary John D’Angelico himself, Gold hardware art deco headstock, Stairstep bridge, Grover imperial tuners, Stunning Flamed Maple back,...