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.
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D'ANGELICO STYLE A-1
No. of Strings
6
Body Type
Hollow
No. of Frets
22
Weight
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D'ANGELICO STYLE A-1 Price & value
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D'ANGELICO STYLE A-1 Description
- 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 pickguard), single bound ebony fingerboard with block position markers (some models w/ dots), usually equipped wtih simpler trapeze or Grover DeLuxe tailpiece (some later models with hinged "A-1" tailpiece - flat plate trapeze with diagonal cross bar and arched string retainer), single bound arched headstock bearing "D'Angelico" pearl script logo and engraved diagonal pearl block with "A-1" name, button tuners, sunburst top only, all metal parts nickel plated. Earliest ledger date: 5/2/38. Last ledger date: 11/20/43.
D'ANGELICO STYLE A-1 Specs
Orientation:
Right-Handed
Number Of Strings:
6
String Type:
Steel
Number Of Frets:
22
Fret Size:
--
Tuner Layout:
3 by 3
Nut Style:
Normal
Nut Width(inches):
--
Nut Material:
Bone
Neck Material:
Mahogany
Neck Joint Style:
Set-Neck
Neck Shape:
C-Shape
TailpieceType:
Trapeze tailpiece
Fret Board Material:
Ebony
Fretboard Radius (inches):
--
Fret Board Style:
Standard
Inlay Style:
split block pearl inlay
Inlay Material:
Pearloid
Body Type:
Hollow
Body Shape/Style/Series:
Single Cutaway
Body Material:
Maple
Veneer:
Ebony
Body Finish:
Sunburst
Body Color:
Sunburst
Pick-Guard Material:
single bound tortoiseshell celluloid
Pick Guard Color:
Black
Sound Hole Size:
--
Sound Hole Shape:
F-holes (unbound)
Year From:
1938
Year To:
1943
Country Of Origin:
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