![]() In the beginning the company had just two lines. These are the new D'Angelicos that are being sold today.īut even here things have morphed. In 2011 the name and the basic designs associated it was bought by some people with a serious interest in giving the make and name a serious place in the modern guitar world. Then the name was sold hither and yon and "D'Angelicos" built in the USA, in Japan and I cannot say where else. Most of us know that the name and the look all came from the hand made guitars of John D'Angelico - crafted in the `30s,`40s and `50s in small numbers in his New York shop.Īfter his retirement and death some guitars, still hand made, continued to bear his name and the look. Except that we - and, it is worth saying, the guitar "press" - knows little about this. The various Squiers do too, but even there one find a fairly large range of quality.Īnd so it is with D'Angelicos. ![]() ![]() "But they all look alike" and it does say "Fender" on it. We chuckle at the Craig's list post selling a "Stratocaster" for $450 when a close inspection reveals it to be a Bullet "Squire by Fender." We yearn to find a "real" MIA Fender being sold by someone who doesn't quite know its dollar worth. We here at S-T know a LOT about Squiers and Fenders.
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