"Pick of the Day" - D'Angelico New Yorker

[@robclute]

You need to just give this guy the guitar and get him a recording contract immediately. That was simply stunning.

[@pawlowski6132]

Gimme a break.

[@secretreleases]

Most beautiful playing I heard in a long time... wonderful!

[@pawlowski6132]

You got to get out more

[@ronjm945]

Beautiful playing on a exceptional guitar…

[@fabrockit]

Beautiful playing on a guitar that deserves it!

[@russjalichandra5491]

D'Angelico New Yorker is simply one the most beautifully designed guitars ever made.

[@joenorah]

Very impressive and expressive playing.

[@nonretrogradable]

Inventive playing - a unique sensitivity to line and voices. The D'Armond on there makes it sound so live. Has a bell-like soprano voice.

[@itdies2dayyo]

I have to say that even after watching hundreds and hundreds of videos of guitars and hearing plenty in real life, this is by far the most beautiful sounding guitar i have ever heard. It really blows my mind the craftsmanship and heart that must've went into making this guitar.

[@heyou429]

It gets to be overwhelming, even, to think about all the heart that went into not just making it, but playing it and the hearts touched by it

[@ralex3697]

An original vintage piece of art.

[@pawlowski6132]

You're not hearing the guitar. You're hearing the pickup and the amp

[@williamschletzer4516]

Beautiful playing

[@TonchoBluegrass]

I've listened to this probably twenty times over these last two years, cheers to the great player/composer Nick Vassallo for creating a beautiful piece of music with depth!

[@yose1402]

One of the best guitar in the world with out any doubt.

[@joepalooka2145]

Wow, what a fabulous guitar. If I had the money I'd buy it right now, but I'm just a poor guy so I'll just look and listen and admire. That's the guitar Kenny Burrell is playing on the cover of his 1967 reissue of his famous 1957 album with John Coltrane.

[@autreocean1974]

Beautiful, beautiful video! Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you!

[@josephzummo9685]

Very nice playing. Lovely style. Great touch & tone

[@markcleary5068]

I knew Al and met him got to know him years ago in Atlanta. I played this guitar a length and yes the one piece of inlay in backwards and we always wonder about that. I need this guitar but lucky I have my own and Al and I played them together.

[@darrenscaysbrook6038]

Beautiful story beautiful guitar and equally beautiful playing. Loved every minute of this.

[@TerekkiTerekki]

Superb playing

[@Countachockula]

Excellent video, beautiful guitar and Nick's playing is incredible.

[@teeken8850]

The tone was supreme, arch top and a super, or a twin, can't be matched. it just has the perfect buttery tone, ..

[@semyonboyk0]

5:22 - I see what you did there! Intro to "My favorite things", Jonathan Kreisberg's arrangement. What a great tune.

[@andretremblay]

Wonderful guitar beautifully played by Nick!

[@nancychace8619]

Wow. Beautiful.

[@seranadesongs]

Beautiful guitar, beautiful sound!

[@DDEENY]

It's intriguing to hear a vintage instrument played in real time - it's a sort of time capsule knowing that the same woods, etc. that made those sounds decades ago remain yet alive and prepared to deliver the very same sounds today. Timeless.

[@alexandreanonimous7056]

This is the kind of guitar you must play really well and for hours all day long... There's a lot of harmony to explore

[@fabiogasperini4809]

Stunning instrument. Fantastic sound, great playing.

[@taijazvidfish]

beautiful instrument and music

[@shaunmcgarvey9711]

Great demo. Fantastic guitar/amp and fantastic playing. Bravo!

[@lovesgibson]

Sounds amazing

[@Pappa10001]

Beautiful guitar and beautiful playing

[@teknomanning]

I’m a fan

[@brianpetersen3429]

Just beautiful!

[@lilipearl1]

Amazing guitar, amazing playing. Amazing video production. Good job guys.

[@jesuscontreras8986]

Beatiful !!!

[@danpeabody5687]

Just beautiful

[@enkiea8322]

Everything about this video is dope AF.

[@whimpypatrol5503]

The D'angelo has its own woody reverb and doesn't need any help from the amp's artificial reverb. It only covers up the guitar's natural sonic beauty.

[@kevincorbin9875]

Glad this channel is growing, 'cause I still say this is one of the very best available (for guitar playing/history). Love the videos.

[@kevinwilson2082]

How can a guy who looks so young put so many lifetimes of beauty, discovery, loss, ecstasy, wonderment, silence, tears, and breathlessness, in 5 or 6 minutes of playing?

[@andybaldman]

One who has listened.

[@mikerodriguez8175]

Beautiful guitar.

[@MrHarry0000010]

Solo at the end...perfect

[@Theworkingbassplayer76]

This made my day 😊

[@kikobarros76]

first time I hear one of these!!!! WOW!!! congrats from sunny Brazil!!!

[@gregorygetable]

Really enjoyed the video the amazing playing and the precious rare stunning New Yorker D'Angelico guitar.

[@AcousticStandards]

Great guitar and great playing !!

[@perothing]

One up for the gifted young man.

[@jeffsaginaw1769]

To think that what we herd was a Super Reverb and a D'Armand pup on A D'Angelico LIVE is almost UNBELIEVEABLE! I thought for a moment - Pat Metheny, no, Pat Martino, no...definitely Nick Vassallo. We will ALL remember that name. REMARKABLE.

[@blessedheavyelements8544]

Great playing young man! Best Regards and Best Wishes!

[@loveone4292]

Ridiculously beautiful vid

[@iwillnevergetone5]

some damn fine playing here

[@lucasstoll5387]

Fantastic guitar, glad it's in this fella's hands.

[@NoelKerns]

It's a piece of art, with which you can make art yourself. Simple as that.

[@ritonlabaston]

Magnifique !!!!

[@jessesmiley99]

Nick killed it! Great vid.

[@jamesmerrill9446]

The celluloid pickguard and binding was purchased in sheets, about 24" x 54" and if it was made by a company that cut corners by using tap water and low quality (cheap) alcohol, the material degrades and breaks down, eventually turning to dust. It is believed that D'Angelico and Gretsch obtained the celluloid that they were using from the same source. It makes me sad when a customer brings me a beautiful, all original guitar that suffers from binding rot. It is a very time consuming job and people don't realize how much it can cost to repair.

[@davidlobo962]

This guy's playing was really good

[@gitarmaniak]

Wow! Amazing guitar, sound and playing.

[@jaimegomezdelcampo1212]

Maravillosa musica! Gran ejecución y bonito sonido

[@billmalloneemusic]

Man, oh man. Gorgeous playing! Incredibly sensitive and rich. Nick, you're amazing. Some of the transitions remind me of Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden's album "Beyond The Missouri Sky." Continued joy on the journey, sir.

[@pneumatic00]

The inlay on fret #3 is backwards. I can't recall ever seeing that on any guitar anywhere.

[@joepalooka2145]

Hey great observation, I didn't notice that! I was just comparing it to the one Kenny Burrell is playing on the cover of his album with John Coltrane, and Burrell's fret #3 is normal. ????

[@pneumatic00]

@@joepalooka2145 You never know what will catch your eye! As I said, I've never seen that anywhere. I've been a fan of fat jazz guitars for many years and I owned a '69 L5 for a while...now I have a'54 Guild X-150 & a '56 Guild X-175 (plywood guitars) I need the long 25.5" scale with my fat fingers and only the earliest Guilds to mid-1956 have that, outside of Artist Awards) If you go look at Stromberg master 400's some inlays are arrow up alternating with arrow down, but not all Stroms have that style inlay. And you sure do not see many of those. But I've never seen a Gibson Super 400 with a flipped inlay, and the double parallelograms like on an L-7 or ES-175 would not look good flipped in my opinion.

[@guitarproud]

These things were built with acoustic quality in mind first, and acoustic sound is completely omitted from this video.

[@hammer5475]

That thing is insane....

[@michaelbarnett3721]

Not to be nit picking, but the pickguard would have been celluloid not Bakelite. That said it is a fantastic guitar!

[@jean-lucbersou758]

acétate de cellulose . Beautiful .....until self destruction and generates acid that rusts metal chrome or golden plated parts . To avoid .

[@clockwork914]

❤️ Bellissimo❗️

[@TigerT-wu5un]

what master music piece is this guy playing and were can i get the transcripts?!?

[@marccarter1350]

Well known for Jazz, but i have never heard the blues sound sweeter when played on one of these. It was made for the blues too. :-)

[@alanoffer]

The guitar version of a Stradivarius : beautiful guitar

[@bluewaterstudio]

This is such a beautiful tune .. can someone please identify it for me. I would love to attempt playing it on my new (to me) D'Angelico New Yorker. All good things ...

[@loveone4292]

Same question😆

[@calvinbaraka7265]

Dude can play🤤

[@justindavis2388]

Definitely hear a bit of Kreisberg in his playing 🔥

[@cjc4765]

John D had some kind of an association with Manny's on 48th street in Manhattan. In 1963-64 they had one in their window next to a Gretsch White Falcon. The Falcon was $600 and the D'Angelico was $3000. I remember it well because me and my friends were wondering what the heck made it so expensive ( we had no clue who he was) Once Jimmy Hendrix said to John D, "when are you going to make me a guitar"! And D'Angelico answered "When you learn how to play". A reference no doubt to Hendrix handling his guitars pretty ruffly and John was particular who he made his guitars for. Now they're worth a ton of money. Two custom made guitars called "The Teardrop" are worth over 1 million each.

[@johnanderson3761]

I thought he only made one teardrop for a las vegas showman.

[@cjc4765]

john anderson no. He made 2 and the guy that owns the one that your referring to offered a million dollars for the other. The problem is that no one knows where the other one is. I think D’Aquisto mentioned that he made 2 of them or maybe it’s in John Ds record/log book. I remember reading it years ago.

[@cjc4765]

john anderson Here’s part of the story. It still doesn’t mention the second one. ; t Guitars App | The Met Store Search « Archtop Guitars, The Four SeasonsArchtop Guitar, Solo model “Teardrop,” 1993 » Archtop Guitar, “Teardrop” New Yorker model, 1957 John D’Angelico (American, 1905-1964) Archtop Guitar, “Teardrop” New Yorker model (serial number 2032), 1957 Spruce, maple, ebony, brass, celluloid, mother-of-pearl; sunburst finish, cutaway; W. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm) The Scott Chinery Collection Photo © Archtop History, Inc. from the book ARCHTOP GUITARS: The Journey from Cremona to New York by Rudy Pensa and Vincent Ricardel In 1957 the musician Pete Girardi, who played in a group called The Teardrops, commissioned John D’Angelico to build a guitar that would be unique to his act. The resulting “Teardrop” has all the decorative appointments of a New Yorker model guitar plus a large protruding fin on the lower right corner. The one-of-a-kind instrument became a much sought-after collector’s piece and an icon of guitar building. The collector Scott Chinery acquired the instrument and in 1993 challenged James D’Aquisto to do his own interpretation of the famous form. D’Aquisto’s instrument has all the features of his Solo model along with the protruding fin. In 2007 Monteleone was presented with a commission to build his own interpretation of the “Teardrop.” His instrument has his signature scroll body, balancing the fin of the guitar. This exhibition is the only time that all three “Teardrops” have been togethe

[@richfiryn]

Made the year i was born. Primo Jazz box.

[@cortezcortez739]

What model Dearmond pickup does this guitar have? And what pots and caps does it have (0.05uF cap and 50K linear pots?)

[@pelgervampireduck]

that guitar looks "like bioshock". it's beautiful.

[@darwinsaye]

Always love all your demos. This one is no exception, but I would have liked to hear less reverb though. Reverb tends to lend an "acoustic like" air to electric guitars, so on this demo it's just confusing how acoustic vs electric the tone of the guitar is. :)

[@billhatcher9303]

Fine player, but not a good representation of what the sound of a guitar like this really sounds like. The pickguard is not Bakelite. It’s celluloid. Also, I have lived in atlanta for 50 years. I never heard of this guy who owned this guitar. I saw several d’angelico New Yorkers here, but missed this one.

[@elliot1405]

Should roll that tone knob back a little for this one!

[@DKentization]

I wonder if anyone else sees and hears the likeness of Nick and a young Larry Coryell. I think Nick has better technique, great demo...LARRY CORYELL-GARY BURTON 1967 Berlin

[@davidwrobel8089]

How can you put a price on this?

[@BlueRoseShilloh]

Does anyone know which D'armond pickup is in it?

[@nj40100]

An article in Guitar player featuring this guitar has the pick up as a DeArmond Rhythm Chief.

[@AttilaRieger]

Whish I could hear the acoustic sound of it, since it’s originally an acoustic archtop. D’Angelico’s invention was the mastery of the beautifuly balanced acoustic sound. This set up with the Fender amp is just not showing what that instrument capable of in good hands, like Pasquale Grasso or Peter Berstein…

[@raffyzoo2130]

if it is such a great guitar, why not a compensated bridge? or compensated nut? it is out of tune everywhere on the neck.

[@djsogovusogovu1412]

what is the current price on this guitar.

[@alanlevin167]

If you have to ask, you can't afford it.

[@utbutch13]

Nice… would have been nice to hear it acoustic without the pickup also. The true voicing would have been acoustic. The owner added the pickup afterwards. At least it was floating.

[@joshbooth9772]

Wait... Is this the Guitar shop from The Last of Us 2?

[@216trixie]

Pronounced "Dan-gelico".

[@gregoryguitars6291]

Fuck! Most excellent

[@vintagebikes4215]

Oh my oh...itchy good, sting me

[@maxwellspeedwell2585]

UGH! Emerald City! Walked in with cash in my pocket. They had an old L5 in-store and traveled to Seattle with the intent of buying that guitar. Some effete rodents in the store let me know I was interrupting their day. ("Well great. Everything was going just fine. No customers to disturb us and then this guy walks in and wants to drop a load of cash on a guitar. The nerve!") I apologized for being so rude as to think I could possibly buy a guitar in a guitar store. Since then I have been on the west coast several times, and have walked past Emerald City. Didn't even go inside. Won't ever go back. Enjoy your snobbishness you musty rodents!

[@violao206]

I have never had this kind of experience at Emerald... EVER. ...and I have never purchased there, only demo'ed. The staff is always pretty mellow and kind. Jay put a '64 Fender Stratocaster in my hands himself. He has a great shop and good service. The end.

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

"Acquired"... the world always makes me shiver. Acquired. "During his lifetime he made only just over 1000 acrhtops." Buddy, you are a schoolboy. Go make ONE archtop.

[@the-LeoKnightus]

Ive wanted one for a while, but I would be the biggest poser ever. I play Rhythm and Blues and country. Maybe I would start playing more jazz.

[@twickinghamrd]

Would have loved to hear some traditional jazz on this .But not today I guess . Still an amazing instrument

[@stogies3]

If you'd like to hear traditional jazz played on one of these D'Angelicos played properly may i recommend you to listen to the great Johnny Smith?

[@Schlumbucketreturns]

$50! My final offer!

[@PizzaPokerPsych]

$60!

[@SaintierSet]

SOLD TO THE GENTLEMAN Schlumbucket Returns FOR 50K.

[@allenrussell1947]

@@SaintierSet I was about to say 'multiply that by $1000'.

[@user-hc2zc5lm4q]

50 grand maybe

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

When it comes to old archtops, only D'Angelicos sound good (not counting unique self-made guitars).

[@bobfurman2739]

I am not Italian, but will still , correctly , pronounce it DAN gelico.

[@stevenrajsk2015]

Comparatively speaking.......My guitars are firewood, my playing is...............NOT like Nick ...WOW what at team!

[@LouCurri]

Less reverb and more guitar would be preferable. Great guitar.

[@spooky3120]

Gibson who?

[@RnRanimal]

Big fail not playing unplugged

[@jamesmagana4303]

You guys need to come to La learn how to play checkout Norm's guitar the demos they do even Joe Bonamassa gets in on that

[@johnfenner347]

Not necessarily !. One of “ Norms Videos”, has Joe Bonamassa demonstrating a Gibson Super 400. Brilliant player though Joe is, he does that Guitar no favours, by using distortion, and makes it sound ghastly !. Good Wishes From Scotland x .