D'Angelico Deluxe EXL-1 Hollow Body Archtop - Matte Midnight
This item is a "B-Stock Guitar" directly from the manufacturer. It is NEW Stock that has never been owned. Pictures are of the actual guitar you will receive.
A "B-Stock Guitar" is a guitar that won't have structural or playability issues but could possibly have some particular minor cosmetic flaw which can keep it from passing the rigorous inspection process put in place by the guitar manufacturer. These guitars do not come with manufacture warranty.
we will have our licensed tech go over the guitar and set it up for you. On this guitar D’Angelico states its in good condition we could not find the specific issue that caused it to be a B-Stock but somewhere on the guitar will be a small imperfection.
The Deluxe EXL-1 is more of a traditional single-cutaway jazz archtop model, featuring a full-size body measuring 17 inches across the lower bout and 2-7/8 inches deep, carved rosewood bridge and floating Seymour Duncan mini-humbucking pickup with master volume and tone controls mounted above the top on the elevated pickguard. The EXL-1’s top is laminated spruce while the back and sides are laminated maple. Comes with hardshell.
its neck has three-piece maple/walnut/maple construction, a slim C-shaped profile and rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo Jescar frets and mother of pearl block inlays, but its scale length is slightly longer at 25.5 inches. Most of the hardware features and other appointments are also identical to those of the SS, with the exception of no closed top/ stop tailpiece option (stairstep tailpiece only) and the aforementioned rosewood bridge and pickguard-mounted mini hexagon control knobs.
PEFORMANCE
The EXL-1 is a bona fide jazz archtop beast that sounds as good unplugged as it does amplified. Acoustically it delivers a desirable percussive cut when strumming rhythms and produces singlenote lines with fast attack and punch. Plugged in, the notes exhibit enhanced warmth and sustain but without mud. D’Angelico ships the EXL-1 with .012-.052 roundwound strings, but for authentic vintage jazz tones a set of flatwounds is highly recommended.
THE BOTTOM LINE
D’Angelico Deluxe Series guitars might be some of the fanciest production instruments on the market today, but they’re impressively versatile and sensibly priced to allow almost anyone to enjoy the lap of luxury.