7/4 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 (edited) D'Angelico Excel EXL-1 Same finish too, unless they call and tell me they're O/S on that color. http://www.dangelicoguitars.com is having a direct sale on their Excel models. Edited January 14, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Way to go! I was seriously considering the semi-hollowbody of theirs before I got my Stromberg. It's on sale for $800 right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 All of their Excels are $800. I hope I can still get natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 (edited) I'm suffering from guitar envy. . . . Edited November 13, 2006 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Let us know what you think of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Let us know what you think of it. I sure will. I don't think they've even charged my card yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 So, do you play country or western? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 So, do you play country or western? What gave it away Chuck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 So, do you play country or western? What gave it away Chuck? Just that Chet Atkins vibe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Great score! There is a dealer in Kansas City that carries them, and I've played some. Very tempting, if I didn't already have the LeGrand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Great score! There is a dealer in Kansas City that carries them, and I've played some. Very tempting, if I didn't already have the LeGrand! You mean the fancy L5? Gez.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 So, do you play country or western? What gave it away Chuck? Just that Chet Atkins vibe. An aftermarket Bigsby could take me there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Great score! There is a dealer in Kansas City that carries them, and I've played some. Very tempting, if I didn't already have the LeGrand! You mean the fancy L5? Gez.... The LeGrand is quite different from an L-5. The L-5 is a 17" body with its own neck and peghead design, usually with pickups cut into the body (the CES and Montgomery Models). The LeGrand is an updated Johnny Smith, 16" body, 1/4" shallower, a Super 400 neck and peghead design (front and back), fully acoustic with no holes cut in the body other than the f-holes, and a floating pickup mounted on the pickguard. Both are way too expensive! I really do like those D'Angelicos, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Herb, are you saying that all LeGrandes are 16"? I thought they were all 17", like the Johnny Smith model. Also, does the LeGrande have the slightly wider neck, 25" scale, and the x-bracing design that the J.S. has? I never played a LeGrande, but I love my J.S. (a '62). I've heard nothing but good things about those D'A copies, ever since they first came out. And Chuck, although Chet did use a D'A for awhile, it was somewhat different from this model. This one evokes images in my mind of people like John Pisano, Chuck Wayne, Lou Mecca, etc. But yeah, a Bigsby would allow you to look in the mirror and pretend you were Chet. (and don't you other guitar players tell me that you never look in the mirror with your guitars strapped on ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 (and don't you other guitar players tell me that you never look in the mirror with your guitars strapped on ) It's been a very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 (edited) Oops! 'Scuse my typo, they are 17", 1/4"shallower. Sorry 'bout that..... The neck is wider, it's 1 3/4" at the nut. I always thought L-5's felt really skinny. *makes note to proofread from now on.....* Edited November 16, 2006 by Herb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 My guitar came on Monday. I noticed that there was a serious problem with the head stock, there was a saw cut - like it had an accident with a table saw and nobody had the sense to pull it out of production (aka lack of quailty control). I called them up, I don't live too far from the warehouse. Yesterday I drove down to their "retail" store (in reality, an import shop that has the guitars all over the place). These guitars have a veneer of black wood on the front and back. The replacement guitar had big cracks in the neck at the veneer with hairline cracks into the headstock. Worse than the guitar I was trying to replace. I walked out with the Excel EXL-1DP, an upgrade - but they're all $800, a fine guitar with very nice inlays. And it sounds very nice too. It sounds amazing with the pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 A second one that I didn't order arrived this afternoon. Double shipped & double charged. Morons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted August 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 I traded off the first one in early June for a '52 Tele RI. The first one had some problems with the fingerboard - a hump - and they would have to plane it down and refret. Prob would have cost at least $400, so I wanted to get rid of it. The 2nd one is for sale because I need the cash and I'm not playing it because my hands just are not up those heavy strings. Lighter strings would change the tone and I've been having problems with arthritis. Anybody in the NJ area interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 I was thinking about selling the second one, but didn't get around to doing anything about it. This morning I decide to play it, when I pull it out of the case, the strings are all slack, tuned down about a fourth. What's up with that? So I start to tune it up and I notice the bridge slipped, it's at this crazy angle. So I move the bridge to where I think it should be and tune up. Bing! The tailpiece breaks. I hope it isn't going to be a pain the ass to get them to honor the warranty. Dang... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 I was thinking about selling the second one, but didn't get around to doing anything about it. This morning I decide to play it, when I pull it out of the case, the strings are all slack, tuned down about a fourth. What's up with that? So I start to tune it up and I notice the bridge slipped, it's at this crazy angle. So I move the bridge to where I think it should be and tune up. Bing! The tailpiece breaks. I hope it isn't going to be a pain the ass to get them to honor the warranty. Dang... Do you play with the Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Nah...I didn't even touch the little fucker and it self destructs. Maybe I should replace it with that Bigsby we were discussing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Don't fret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Don't fret. Not much of that happening on this guitar in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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