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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- 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 pickguard (later models with bound stair step guard,) bound ebony fingerboard with block position markers (some early models with dots,) usually equipped with simpler trapeze and Grover DeLuxe tailpieces, bound three-point or five-point headstock, early models having a block inlays bearing "D´Angelico" logo and model name (later models w/"Style A" engraved on inlaid shield design and inlaid "D´Angelico" script logo), button tuners, originally available only in full Dark Brown Sunburst, some later models in Blonde, all metal parts nickel-plated. Earliest ledger date: 3/10/36. Last ledger date: 9/14/45.
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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.
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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...
- 17 in. wide, parallel braced, carved spruce top, carved maple back and maple sides, single bound top, f-holes not bound, adjustable ebony bridge, rounded single bound tortoiseshell celluloid pickguard (later examples w/double stairstep pi...
- 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...