D’ANGELICO
elaborate headstock on a range of creative solidbody offerings in recent years, as well as a large selection of semi- and fully hollowbody electrics, the revived D’Angelico brand has reimagined a classic from the glory days of its namesake, John D’Angelico, in the new Excel 59. The flat front view might imply a period-correct take on the legendary New York archtop maker’s cornerstone Excel model of the late ’50s — something already available in the existing Excel EXL-1 model — but a thinline (though still fully hollow) body
