The New Yorker guitar had an 18 inch body. These bore the other D'Angelico touches, such as the Empire State Building truss rod cover and his uniquely shaped pickguards. In 1993 wealthy guitar collector Scott Chinery acquired the D'Angelico Teardrop guitar from the Mandolin Brothers music store paying $150,000.

He then challenged Jimmy D'Aquisto to build a similar guitar. D'Aquisto's version had all the features of his Solo model, along with the fin.ġ957 D'Angelico Teardrop - 1993 D'Aquisto Teardrop - 2008 Monteleone Teardrop In 2007 luthier extraordinaire John Monteleone begqn his version and even added extra flairs, but making a scroll design on the upper bout that is similar to the design on a Gibson F-5 mandolin. Monteleone included 4 unusual sound holes on the instruments top and an additional one on the guitars upper side. This sound port could be opened or closed. Its purpose was to allow the player to better hear the guitar. The Monteleone instrument was 18 inches across to lower bout, which was a full inch larger than the versions that D'Angelico or D'Aquisto produced.ĭ’Angelico guitars contain a serial number inside the bass f-hole and range from 1001 to 2164. Fernandes guitars serial numbers serial number#

John D’Angelico became very ill in 1959 and suffered a series of heart attacks in subsequent years.

Fernandes guitars serial numbers series#ĭuring a particularly cold winter of 1964 D’Angelico contracted pneumonia, but like most self-employed entrepreneurs he continued to work.

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