D'Angelico Excel Archtop Guitar, 1940

Description:

D'Angelico Excel Archtop Guitar, 1940, serial no. 1503, with Epiphone hardshell case.

Provenance: The estate of J. Geils.

Literature: Vintage Guitar, December 2009, illustrated.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Likely old body only refinish, cleated minor back cracks, patch to top binding, plugged output jack hole, moved pickguard bracket, pickup mounting screw holes in neck extension, extra screw hole by tailpiece, flaking veneer to back of headstock.


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