No. of Strings
6
Body Type
Hollow
No. of Frets
20
Weight
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- 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 models w/ bound double stair step pickguard), bound ebony fingerboard with block position markers and pendant arch, early models with simpler trapeze or Grover DeLuxe tailpieces, later models with stair step tailpiece, triple-bound broken arch pediment headstock (with decorative finial) with "Style B" in banner, oval pearl marquetry inlay (later models with engraved "Style B" on inlaid pearl shield) and inlaid "D'Angelico" script logo, button tuners (later examples with Grover Imperials), originally available only in full reddish brown Sunburst, some later models in Blonde, all metal parts gold-plated. Earliest ledger date: 9/2/33. Last ledger date: 2/17/48.
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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 pickgua...
- 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...
- similar to the Excel, except has a single cutaway, earliest ledger date: 05/09/47.
- 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 New Yorker, except with a single cutaway, earliest ledger date: 9/18/48.
- 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"...
- 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...
