D'ANGELICO MEL BAY (SPECIAL)
- Earliest ledger date: 05/07/49. A variation of the New Yorker, headstock inlaid with the guitarist's name. Sold through Gravois Music, St. Louis, MO.
No. of Strings
6
Body Type
Hollow
No. of Frets
20
Weight
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- similar to the New Yorker Cutaway, except with a 17 in. body, earliest ledger date: 11/26/47. Listed as "small NY Cutaway," also later referred to as "Excel New Yorker" or "Excel Cutaway Johnnie (sic) Smith" model. Smith's personal guitar (01/05/55) was listed as an "Excel 1000." All names were applied interchangeably to 17 in. Excel Cutaways with New Yorker appointments.
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- Earliest ledger date: 05/07/49. A variation of the New Yorker, headstock inlaid with the guitarist's name. Sold through Gravois Music, St. Louis, MO.
- 17 in. body width, generally parallel braced, carved spruce top, carved maple back and maple sides, f-holes not bound, three-ply to five-ply bindings on top, adjustable ebony bridge, rounded bound tortoiseshell celluloid pickguard (later...
- 17 in. wide, generally parallel braced, carved spruce top, carved maple back and maple sides, f-holes not bound, three-ply bound body (some early models single bound,) adjustable ebony bridge, rounded bound tortoiseshell celluloid pickgua...
- similar to the New Yorker, except with a single cutaway, earliest ledger date: 9/18/48.
- 18 in. body width, generally X-braced, carved spruce top, carved maple back and maple sides, seven-ply (or more) binding on top, five-ply bound f-holes, inlaid ebony bridge, engraved seven-ply bound tortoiseshell celluloid triple stairste...
- various configurations of models produced between 1932 and 1934.
- similar to the Excel, except has a single cutaway, earliest ledger date: 05/09/47.
- 17 in. body width, generally X-braced, carved spruce top, carved maple back and maple sides, one-ply to three-ply bound f-holes, seven-ply binding on top, adjustable ebony bridge, engraved three-ply to five-ply bound double or triple stai...