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Product Description
D'Angelico Single Cutaway Hollowbody w/ Case - Amber (DAE16AMBGT)
A happy medium for traditional jazz players looking for an instrument that is easier to wield than its larger counterparts, the Excel 16 has a slightly shallower body depth at 2.75" but still yields all the full-bodied warmth one desires from an archtop.
A 12-inch fingerboard radius and slightly thicker C-shape neck create remarkable comfortequal parts hefty and fast-playing.
Key Features
- Body Shape: Single Cutaway
- Body Style: Hollowbody
- Body Depth: 2.75"
- Headstock Shape: Throwback
- Logo Inlay: Mother of Pearl D'Angelico New York Logo
- Series Inlay (Front): Mother of Pearl Excel Shield Logo
- Serial Number (Back): Model Name, Serial Number
- Pickup Selector: N/A
- Overview: 1 Full Humbucker
- Controls: 1 volume / 1 tone
- Tuners: Grover 109 Rotomatic Non-Locking Tuners, Gold
- Strings: D'Angelico Electrozinc Jazz 12's (12-52)
- Bridge: Floating Ebony Wood
- Specific Model: Excel 16, Amaretto Burst
Specifications
General
- Brand: D'Angelico
- Product Detail: Legendary Guitars Since 1932
- Product Detail: MODEL
- Specific Model: Excel 16, Amaretto Burst
- SKU: DAE16ARBGT
- Hardware Color: Gold
- Finish: Gloss
- Joint Type: Set Neck
- Color: Amaretto Burst
Body
- Body Shape: Single Cutaway
- Body Style: Hollowbody
- Body Depth: 2.75"
- Body Width: 16"
- Top Material: Laminated Spruce
- Back Material: Laminated Flame Maple
- Side Material: Laminated Flame Maple
- Binding: 7-ply
- Back Plate: N/A
Neck & Fingerboard
- Headstock Shape: Throwback
- Logo Inlay: Mother of Pearl D'Angelico New York Logo
- Series Inlay (Front): Mother of Pearl Excel Shield Logo
- Serial Number (Back): Model Name, Serial Number
- Binding: 7-ply
- Headpin: N/A
- Truss Rod Cover: Aluminum Skyscraper
- Nut Width: 1 11/16 (43mm)
- Nut Material: Graphtech Tusq
- Material: Ebony
- Binding: 3-ply
- Fretwire: Jescar 47/104 Nickel Silver
- Scale Length: 25"
- Radius: 12"
- Top Inlay: Mother of Pearl Split Block
- Side Marker: Yes
- Fret Number: 22
- Material: 3 piece
- Profile: C-Shape
- Thickness: 1F: 21mm, 12F: 23mm
- Truss Rod: Dual Action
Electronics
- Pickup Selector: N/A
- Overview: 1 Full Humbucker
- Controls: 1 volume / 1 tone
- Pickup (Neck): Seymour Duncan DA-59
- Pickup (Middle): N/A
- Pickup (Bridge): N/A
- Additional Pickup Information: Alnico V
- Pots: 500k
- Output Jack: Standard Mono
Hardware
- Tuners: Grover 109 Rotomatic Non-Locking Tuners, Gold
- Strings: D'Angelico Electrozinc Jazz 12's (12-52)
- Bridge: Floating Ebony Wood
- Tailpiece: DAngelico Stairstep
- Pickguard: Solid Black Scalini (5-ply)
- Knobs: 2 Mini Hexagon
- Strap Buttons: Gold, Locking
Accessories & Compatibility
- Case: Deluxe Hardshell
Additional Details
- Made In: LEGENDARY DESIGN The Excel 16 is a sleek, sixteen-inch single cutaway jazz box offered as a smaller alternative to our iconic top-seller, the EXL-1 and is designed with the gigging musician in mind.
- Premium feel Easier to wield than its larger counterparts, the Excel 16 has a slightly shallower body depth at 2.75? but still yields all the full-bodied warmth one desires from an archtop.
- Stemming from the deepest roots of the brand's rich history, D'Angelico is proud to introduce the Excel 16an all-new 16-inch-wide archtop offering undeniably punchy, woody and sweet tone that immediately recalls classic New York City jazz.
- The Excel 16's acoustic resonance is complemented by either a Seymour Duncan Johnny Smith Floating Mini Humbucker that maximizes top sustain or a Seymour Duncan '59 Humbucker, for those in pursuit of bold and balanced tones that can more easily cut through in a larger band setting.
- Available in Amber and Amaretto Burst.
- Classic Tone Strapped with either a floating Seymour Duncan Johnny Smith mini-humbucker or a full-sized 59, both options yield classic archtop tone, with warm, woody low end and articulate mids.
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