1938 D'Angelico Excel | Guitar of the Day - Jonathan Stout

[@MattyK-USA]

I saw that Jonathan was the featured artist today, and my hands just sort of clicked on the video all by themselves. Bravo! 👏

[@roughcutguitars]

Welcome to the (hot) club!

[@MattyK-USA]

@@roughcutguitars Thank you, brother! I really dig your builds.

[@roughcutguitars]

@MattyK-USA Now yer after my heart 😀 Sweet of you to say! I know you from the 'Gristle mill' - you definitely know your monster players from Sasquatch to swing.

[@MattyK-USA]

@@roughcutguitars 😉👍

[@ryanevans90]

This is quite possibly the best sounding acoustic iv ever heard. What clarity

[@scottnathanphoto]

I love DA's. I went to the D'Angelico show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC years ago. It was the biggest assembly of them ever. A friend of mine who didn't allow his to travel for it, has an early Excel with one unique feature. An original bill of sale from John to one LES PAUL

[@Trombonology]

As demonstrated here, Jonathan is today's premier chord melodist, in the tradition of Allan Reuss, George Van Eps, Dick McDonough among others of the '30s. He knows this stuff inside and out. He could of course make a cigar box sound good, but it's so special to hear him playing this historic model from D'Angelico's golden age. I love the point he makes, after "My Blue Heaven" and "I'm Confessin'," about the importance of respecting the artists who pioneered this style of guitar playing. I hope more people will delve into '30s-'40s swing and jazz guitar, as I've been doing for decades.

[@jean-lucbersou758]

your comment is precious ( instructive ) and so accurate . THANKS .

[@Trombonology]

@@jean-lucbersou758 Thank you! -- you're welcome!

[@Raygun34]

Beautiful performance 👏🏾👏🏾

[@wheninroamful]

amazing playing.... some jazz guitar like this can get too crowded, but he makes it clear, love it.!!

[@toddflowers8052]

Jonathan is always a pleasure to hear play and what a guitar !!! Thanks Gentlemen !! Thanks Jen !!

[@enidsnarb]

My goodness gracious!!! Completely flabbergasted by the beauty of the tone of this guitar and with the playing of a master!!!!

[@Budgie-d6k]

Jeeze ... A match made in heaven! Stunning guitar playing on a beautiful instrument. Like most guitar players I started out with the music of the day, Beatles, Stones etc. Through the blues and metal years but now at the age of 70 I've been trying to play in this style for the last few years. I wish to Christ I'd got into this stuff years ago, this is proper guitar playing!

[@MotoLen51]

Always great to see and hear Jonathan!

[@Paulie1974]

Could literally listen to this guy all day beautiful guitar and amazing playing

[@billtice5057]

Johnathan’s playing is so refreshing and magical!

[@philvaclavik6890]

I can listen to Jonathan play all day

[@likeakite]

He's a master guitarist !!! Always wonderful to see

[@gb1978gb]

Real playing of real music on a real guitar…..no gimmicks….nothing finer….bravo!

[@kafkadre6440]

Simply beautiful music played on a simply beautiful guitar.

[@albertojvel]

Literal goosebumps the very second he started playing 🔥 his touch combined with the way that archtop is projecting is insane

[@jean-lucbersou758]

THANKS to share and feel the same goosebumps on the very first chords .

[@cphanna1]

Jonathan is a great player--the sort of artist who can make a guitar as versatile as a piano. That D'Angelico is incredible!

[@marconi460]

This chap is a genius. I love the way he plays the movement of his hands is fascinating especially when considering the music he makes with these old guitars ☘️

[@Smokesteve]

I can't believe that guitar is 86 years old! Wow just wow.

[@marlenedexter7280]

You Sir are Outstanding!!!

[@Guitarinthewoods]

Jonathan is simply outstanding. And a nice guy too.

[@liamfahey7836]

Love seeing people like Jonathan in your store Norm. See them enjoy seeing and playing their dream guitars is great to watch as well. 🎸🎸

[@vayabroder729]

That is such a beautiful instrument and Jonathan is such a hip and incredibly talented guitarist. This is such a treat.

[@steveoneal5257]

magnifcent playing Jonathan

[@GrovesGuitars]

You can almost hear that old girl saying,” at last! I’ve been waiting 80 years for this guy to come along”! 👏🏻

[@spootnewton7121]

Beautiful guitar and beautiful playing, Mr. Stout!

[@joelschmidt7700]

Thanks for the Edumacation, "hip but not too hip." Loved my blue Heaven.

[@griggsb1]

What a treat! From Tennessee HELLO!

[@thatpeterboy]

What a great player Jonathan is…inspirational!

[@timmarshburn208]

Love hearing Jonathan play!

[@tymeryder7264]

Love the playing! Beautiful instrument. Sound is breathtaking.

[@paulofreire7520]

Always a pleasure when Jonathan drops by 👍🏻

[@MrStrocube]

Very cool. Such a lovely sound. That guitar is truly a work of art.

[@snapfinger1]

Mr. Stout should be invited to the Met Museum to play the one & only 1957 D’Angelico Tear Drop. The Holy Grail of All.

[@floydmorrison2025]

The Tear Drop's cool but "The Holy Grail of All" is a bit of a stretch lol.. Actual guitar players are taking this Excel over that (super cool!) curiosity 10 out of 10 times!!

[@wrobelsparrow]

Both the player and the guitar are crazy good! Thanks for sharing

[@duanemelvin292]

Wonderful guitar playing!

[@genemckeel1432]

Enjoyed it Mr. Stout. 💯😀

[@JamesKlas]

This guy is supernaturally good

[@steveperry3538]

It’s a great day when it’s a Jonathan Stout day 👍

[@ramontarbg]

Wow!!! Great guitar and great player!!!!

[@chuckjj5493]

So very well done,beautiful.

[@terce8120]

Jonathan is the man!

[@jean-lucbersou758]

JONATHAN § THE EXCEL GUITAR epitomize the perfect couple . The crystal tone meets the virtuoso !

[@BeachJazzMusic]

Wow! I like Johnathan's playing more than the guitar even though I'm well aware of an original D'Angelico.

[@ericbgordon1575]

This was definitely good for me to see for one reason. Up to now, I was not conscious that D'Angelico was as much a classic brand as all the rest. I thought it was an upstart brand. As much as I miss my father, there's one area where he would be hard to take. I have said before that, when he was alive, he used to henpeck me about who he wanted me to emulate as a guitar player. If he turned in for these videos and her Jonathan Stout, I imagine that the first thing he would do after finishing would be to get me on the horn and bother me about practicing to sound just like Jonathan.

[@pallhe]

Somebody should buy this guitar for Jonathan. He loves it so much.

[@jamesrawlins735]

It's only $79,000

[@pallhe]

@@jamesrawlins735 Hollywood moguls and masters of tech should get into the new and trendy hobby of donating otherwise unattainable guitars to worthy gigging musicians.

[@kalesmythe]

Joe Bonnamussa bought it and smashed it to splinters just for grins!

[@bohall]

Thank you magnetic

[@cliffjenkins6419]

Wow!!! With a bit of practice Jonathon would be really good. Seriously, what a great guitar! What a great player! Thank you Norm. Cheers from HB NZ

[@OldGrowthRedwood]

Wow! I’m Confessin’ just gorgeous!

[@tjtotheb]

love to see all of the fenders and gibsons but would love to see more guitars like this! so cool!

[@bassplayersayer]

WOW, that is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stephanleo]

Jonathan is like an MGM staff guitarist from 1937 that climbed out of his time machine - great!

[@anthonymarocco955]

Outstanding!

[@fatseaturtle]

Jonathan what a player! Like a kid in a candy shop when Norm breaks out the warehouse guitars!!! 🎸 😂

[@erichutchinson6882]

I loved it.

[@arthurmccarron4379]

Looking. Great. Norm. ‼️‼️‼️

[@shamsam4]

I love this guy.

[@johngeddes7894]

Another artist that recorded extensively with his D’Angelico and Ella was Joe Pass, and had such great tone using it.

[@Chiller11]

I’ve played a couple vintage D’Angelicos but couldn’t afford them. They were heavy guitars which surprised me. The 30’s Martins are like feathers in comparison. I have a 42 L5 which I love and a beautiful 2017 Collings AT17. Those two top out my modest archtop collection.

[@cootersgarage4408]

Wow! Heavenly! Romantic!

[@bassfingers]

A joy to listen to. ✌️❤️

[@eddieholmes3236]

Stellar

[@brynjones7371]

Wonderful guitar and player.

[@beta14ok]

So Nice! Thank you.

[@James-ou9hc]

Thanks 😊 Great guitar Great Player 🎉

[@Ettoredipugnar]

Great video Norman ❤

[@ivetoldyouonce]

An original D’Angelico!!!

[@RRW276]

The workmanship on that guitar, that kind is so rare today.

[@Nordic_Sky]

The 1950 L-5 and Super 400 I have are both cutaways. But I've always felt the non-cutaways are the more authentic archtops. These guitars are real works of art.

[@jean-lucbersou758]

exactly the idea I share while aging . i have two archtop guitars with venetian cutaway - a Gibson Byrdland (long time ago ) and an iBANEZ AF with suspended pick up for more routine . A few years ago I had to play the 30/ 40 repertoire with a big band and C.C. 's SOLO FLIGHT was on the program . Time to try a guitar I supposed could be the best for the job .....so I get a gibson ES 150 with the P90 pick up ( which needed some restorations ) . Finally this guitar reaches my attempts and is a complementary tool adding some acoustic touch on tone . I consider these archtop guitars without cutaway are iconic and casi classical references with symetry and some cello cousinage .

[@Art_of_Listening]

Fabulous!

[@MatthewBarelick]

I can't believe how clear and LOUD THAT GUITAR IS I need this in my personal collection if Jonathan didn't snatch it up already! Pm me

[@CowboyStag]

Great episode

[@grahamsmall1300]

Wow!

[@datsunlambchops4624]

Guitar of the day? More like guitar of the century!

[@fredskolnick1183]

Im confessin...great picking

[@MrStranger1944]

I can dig it.

[@dedwin8930]

Norman,ur looking good! What is that quitars value?

[@paulschmidt4461]

Thanks for mentioning my book Norm - "Acquired of the Angels: The Lives and Works of John D'Angelico and James L. D'Aquisto"; the third edition is available online. There's also another book I did for the National Music Museum which is about the D'A workshop - has lots of original drawings, etc. - it's only available through the National Music Museum. Happy reading (do people read books anymore?)

[@martinfruhwald8850]

Have a DAngelico Excel 1937, love your Books, bought this one!

[@samhill3496]

Really good vid. Those players of the time had lives families jobs responsibilities much as today without all the ease of communication travel places to stay if you were of color. So it is interesting to learn and support. Think of all the recordings of Robert Johnson. The greatest bluesman of the day.

[@davidpotsdam]

1938 D'Angelico lucky you Johnathan !!! !!!!! !!!

[@colinowenuk]

Man, this guy can play! And the guitar is masterful. How much???????

[@henryvanweeren7233]

Watching Jonathan Stout play makes me think of Chet Atkins. Beautiful.

[@gadymarcus2362]

Bella/Magnifico.🙏✡️✡️✡️✡️✡️✡️👑

[@stevenbusby9209]

I would love to hear what young Saxon could do with this guitar !!

[@alansieckman9270]

I bought a 1937 arch top Gibson that looked like that, from a thrift store. Great score.

[@alansieckman9270]

Paid $35.00 for it. The mother of pearl logo on the head stock was done by hand and looked a little bit rough but played pretty well.

[@crexcrow5581]

7:48 Can someone please tell me the name of this tune. I want to learn it so bad he plays it so beautifully!

[@rockytenorbanjo]

It's called: I'm confessin' that I love you

[@crexcrow5581]

@@rockytenorbanjo thank you so much!

[@wantAvote]

WOW!!!

[@-doggy-6670]

What kind of string would you use on this beauty????

[@dennisknapp399]

i had a 1944 epiphone olympic i had to sell when i had a accident in the woods i would spend everything i have to have it back, i found a 43 but my arthritis in my hands so bad it would be a waste to have it and not be able to play it. i love Joe's stories but he also uses his guitars, history is so important

[@stevenbaggett6549]

You really had to have some 'chops' to play music from that era well. Of course he's got them and looks the part. Too cool

[@tbeau5748]

Confessin' That I Love You

[@andyvitale6071]

Mans got chops!

[@jvejar]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761]

He 😳...... At first i thought he looked kind a Geek, then he starts to play, and everything just when..black and white....wow just beautiful....

[@wyattdean5658]

Crisp, Man, Crisp!

[@LLCoolJeanLuc]

I wasnt prepared for how pretty that was going to sound

[@stevep2430]

How many of those 60's rock guitarist quote Django Reinhardt as their inspiration when they picked up a guitar? Quite a few. He was a master at this style of guitar playing.

[@GIBKEL]

I can see Jonathan walking away with that one.

[@graysonschissler6215]

I was fortunate enough to have an hour by myself with an excel in a shop one time. That one had a new pick guard and refin by bob benedetto! I wanted to buy it terribly, it was beyond reasonably priced for a real D'Angelico.. But im not a jazz player so I let it move on to someone who could better exploit its magic sound