1936 D'Angelico NY Excel Sunburst | Guitar of the Day

[@jeffanderson8384]

Given it's age... that guitar is in incredible shape! Looks AND sounds amazing. Be safe LA people. Wishing you all the best.

[@MattyK-USA]

Well done, Michael, on that first song. An amazing piece of history.

[@TheGatlinburgHussey]

Hello from Gatlinburg TN Smoky Mountains Park 🏞️🌄 ..Saw you on Netflix and fell in love with This amazing Family!!!❤️🙏. I don't know how to play but my late mom did in Portsmouth RI 🙏🙏

[@phillippurdy5893]

WoW! Beautiful sounding D'Angelico Excel. Overtones are excellent. It sounded like a harmonica boogie playing on top of the guitar in the second demo just from those overtones.🎉🎉 Either that or Jen had a harmonica neck holder and started tootin' a little.😂

[@chuckjj5493]

That is a gorgeous sounding guitar,very well done.

[@bobgentner8689]

Playing was excellent that frist picese was exquisite!

[@BriceBurnstad-b3m]

Great job, sounds great Lemmo

[@marksweat7167]

Beautiful guitar, beautiful playing.

[@Thisisme-Jim]

Masterpiece

[@barackmycat9448]

That`s a beauty!

[@ohpotatoesandmolasses]

That thing sounds so god damned good

[@colinowenuk]

What a great sounding guitar.

[@DAngelicoNY]

What a beauty! Sounds incredible too!

[@87KNOTSaka100MPH]

Oh man when you lifted her up… ahhhhh, damn what a beauty! Sounds great also. Man wish I could play half as good. Thank you.

[@JulianKeller-om6wz]

Wow... so clear and crisp. The way the tones resonate is just unbelievable. I don't know if I've ever heard anything like that. I don't know his name, but this guitar looks and sounds like something that one of the guys playing in the band with Allison Krause and Robert Plant would play.... Nice demo, Lemmo.

[@MichaelIrons-d5v]

what a great old axe, nice one mike, loved the vd.

[@LakesideLofi]

Wishing you guys safety through these wild times. Killer video as usual. Lemmo you fricken rule! 🔥

[@timwalsh715]

WHAT? You "wish you could play them better"? No way Lemmo, you play better than 98% of ALL the wannabes out there! Thank YOU!!!!!

[@mjvicc1952]

Lemmo at 98%? He better than at least 99% and I’m not joking!

[@timwalsh715]

@@mjvicc1952 I absolutely agree - picked a big number when I made that original comment.

[@nubisnotstump]

Great job 🎉

[@rogerdsmith]

This guitar is as close as we ever get in the guitar world, to something that might be equivalent to a Stradivarius violin. Not even the most desirable pre-war Martins are in this category. These stand apart from everything else.

[@waitaminute7257]

Masterpiece. It has to be north of 30k.

[@bartcox274]

nice sound --- nice song

[@davidpotsdam]

Hold that one for me will be there soon !!! !!!!! !!!

[@samhill3496]

Great sounding

[@tigerkralle1]

Does anyone know the first song name?

[@mr.craysee3653]

Sandstorm by Darude

[@JamesKlas]

Nice!

[@ryanlocati5695]

The inlays are basically ancient runes 🔥🥵🥵

[@frankpuryear3844]

If mr. Trout was yo play it you would hear it do what it was built for . That guitar is The Beast of Beasts ,in its own world . Mike is kilker . That guitar is a class all its own .

[@roughcutguitars]

You have no idea how disappointed I was when you turned around and Jon Stout wasn't behind you. (But you're cool, too, Michael 😀 )

[@stevelowe6169]

Amazing guitar and Michael is a great player and spokesperson. Would love to know the name of the first song. He played it on the Southern Jumbo as well.

[@mbusch76]

One of the most beautiful guitars I’ve ever seen. Sounds great. We all wish you could play better too, Lemmo!😂

[@davemeshamsr6000]

Wow what a beautiful finish on that! And inlays! Love the long pickgaurd too..Stunning! Wish I could afford it…and has a great tone as well…does it have flat wounds on it?

[@kkzooi]

I wish you would give us the names of the songs you're playing. Often times i hear a familiar tune but i just can't come up with the name of the song or artist.. The first tune you played sounded very familiar, but i just can't figure out what it's called or who it's by.

[@JRoss-zxzx]

Have to get a guitar from Norm's!!

[@philipmatthews5506]

That's right your wish has been granted a while ago Michael hey Jenn

[@JamesVandevanter]

Sounds amazing...as for looks. Uh,how'd that guitar come outta that case looking and sounding like that?

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Spent no time in the Murphy Lab! 😂😂😂

[@ChrisShortyAllen]

I'll have two please.

[@stoned66neves]

essa guitarra é de 1935? 1936 ou 1937??? precisa decidir ai...

[@TheOlHippie]

Articulate, a perfect word for this guitar.

[@richardschley4110]

👍✌❤😎

[@marcoblack2550]

Based on the spelling of Excel on the headstock (Missing the C) and the headstock graphics, I am certain that this guitar is a 1935, not a 1936.

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

WHAT A MAJESTIC FINE CRAFTED OLD INSTRUMENT THIS IS NORM IT’S NOT TUNED TO PITCH MIKE BEAUTIFUL SOUND HERE CARLOS GUITARLOS USA HIGHLAND PARK 90042

[@magnuskjellsson3524]

jag vill ha en men det har blivet lite problem med mina fingrar som jag sågat lite av tåppdelarna av dom pekfingrar och tummar ,

[@Undead1963]

Just woke up ? Crawled out of the bushes ?

[@jimsliverootsculturemusic]

why don't you tell the price? i have to go find it on your site. do you think i'll accidentally buy something cheaper? just tell the price please.

[@tonyschram1260]

And that’s why they don’t. FYI that guitar is probably in the 20-30 thousand range.

[@snapfinger1]

lol. If you want to play it better, learn Moonlight in Vermont & Moonlight Sonata note for note.

[@JRoss-zxzx]

That thing is 90 years old?!?!?! She don't look a day over 19 😅

[@gregholmberg2]

I'm always surprised by how little bass response archtops have. Even those built in the '30's as acoustic instruments before the invention of the pickup. Ken Parker has been putting the bass back into archtops. His sound a lot better.

[@vayabroder729]

True; they tend to be toppy and midrangey. I guess they were mostly used as percussive rhythm instruments back in the big band era.

[@Trombonology]

The archtop was designed to cut through horns in jazz and swing, the pop music of the '20s and '30s -- therefore, the midrange was the focus. Overtones and resonance, as from a dreadnought, were not what Gibson, Epiphone and D'Angelico were seeking to enhance. They had a very specialised use in mind.