D'Angelico New Yorker Special Archtop Acoustic Guitar (1961) at Retrofret

[@joelstauffer1950]

This is what we all seek. An excellent player making music on a guitar worthy of being loved.

[@GordiansKnotHere]

These D'Angelico archtop's are absolutely beautiful...

[@samstainer6322]

One of the very rare videos where the player knows how to play an arch top & doesn't try to strum the top off, Lovely gentle touch on a fantastic guitar.

[@marclandes9779]

Tone to die for

[@jtssibarani8127]

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[@tcrossfranco]

When I was a kid starting to learn jazz guitar this was THE guitar...

[@Tonetwisters]

This guitar was birthed, the same year I started to be a serious guitar player, and using my brother's 1960 Jazzmaster. Mighty fine playing,

[@lukethedrifter100]

Man that blew me away...so musical and sweet, without a million notes and flashy fingering and millions of scales and arrpegios etc..a real Jem to treasure...thank you

[@retrofret]

Thank you for commenting and for listening and your kind words.

[@charlesduckettjr.800]

I wish there were more youtubes of players playing the real classic archtops in rooms, with no amp, like this. Thank you.

[@trevorburch3421]

I’m in awe of this gentle playing and little clip demonstrates why we keep pressing on! I’d love to say I play like this but that will never be…..I’m content to marvel at this gentleman’s quiet skill on an instrument I can only dream and salivate over!!👏👏

[@furtherdefinitions1]

This demonstration shows why a D'Angelico archtop is the king of archtops. This man's playing shows he understands how it is supposed to be played

[@gangnamstylegrandpa6352]

Magnificent sounding guitar . Everything about it is perfect .This is the standard that every archtop should strive for ! In the future guitars by D'Angelico will reach Stradavarious prices !

[@HMJohnsonGuitar]

Beautiful playing of "Darn That Dream" and that's an amazing guitar find, Wow!

[@scotttsai689]

Thank you for watching!

[@jtssibarani8127]

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[@mrfester42]

This is what a great archtop should sound like. Warm and round AND crisp at the same time with a distinct and obvious separation between treble and bass response. You don't need a trained musical ear to hear the complexity of the sound coming from this instrument.

[@TheVigilantStewards]

Agreed, it's spot on

[@jtssibarani8127]

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[@houseofcharm]

The king of guitars.

[@derbyd10]

Stunning guitar

[@redrock1963]

As visually rich as it is beautiful to the ear.

[@srfgrn]

I keep coming back to this performance, "darn it"!

[@mattmazzara1]

Me too!

[@lucyplaythatbluesguitar4237]

Gosh absolutely beautiful playing love the space between the notes to just perfect an whoah that's tone is just sublime.

[@StevenRosenberg]

Beautiful playing, beautiful guitar. This is how an acoustic archtop should be played.

[@Guitfiddlejase]

Van Heusen!! ..on a REAL NEW YORKER no less! This literally brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for posting this most wonderful clip.

[@jtssibarani8127]

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[@Daantjer]

Best sounding guitar I've ever heard

[@femsalud4150]

I bought the new version of that guitar about 6 years ago. Its build quality is “acceptable,” despite not being made in the USA. It doesn’t have the most comfortable fretboard in the world, but with practice, you can get used to it. The acoustic sound is good, but the piezoelectric pickup in the bridge produces a very sharp sound. I eventually decided to add a floating mini humbucker in the neck position, just like the Excel 1; I also installed the corresponding potentiometers on the pickguard, and by reducing the treble, I was finally able to achieve a much better amplified sound.

[@stevenfreeman52]

B-E-A-UTIFUL!!!! I am amazed at how loud that guitar is unplugged! You sound Incredible!

[@sebastiansullivan4770]

i almost can't believe it is unplugged. The tone is ridiculously bell like

[@stevenfreeman52]

@@sebastiansullivan4770 I know its unreal!!!

[@roinerwonkler8754]

steven freeman curious why modern archtop jazz guitars doesn't sound like that

[@jtssibarani8127]

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[@marclandes9779]

Exquisite Sound & Beautiful Playing

[@gingerjam2192]

The sound of this guitar is really well balanced, pure and sweet. And you as a player have a good tone. Bravo.

[@Grindstaff09]

Wow, never heard anything like before!! Pinnacle

[@bluewaterstudio]

Thank you so much George. That was sublime.

[@blacksunfish]

This guitar has a perfect voice -and this gifted played showcased it beautifully.

[@ryanbeasley6224]

man this guitar brought tears to my eyes such a beautiful instrument great guitar player that was some precisive in integrative chord progressions.

[@guitarman6742]

You're crying?

[@bgpritch]

A wonderful ‘touch’ on a wonderful instrument .......I hope no one ever walks out the front door with that one , on you ........you were made for each other !

[@nathanperer4453]

Wow...I honestly wasn't sure if it was plugged in...what an incredible tone!

[@barrycooper1631]

I agree.It sounds lightly amplified but it is not! Lovely sensitive playing.

[@steviesilver4192]

Very nice playing George. I enjoyed listening.

[@MsAsmodious]

This was the most awesome thing I saw today. Nice guitar, nice playing.

[@delavalhall]

Just wonderful in every way ❤️

[@wavefchan6766]

That's Beautiful...and Amazing😊

[@jeff0566jsm]

Simply and Beautifully played...

[@iban1228]

the guitar sounds amazing and Mr. George compliments it perfectly!

[@paulsimmons5726]

Darned impressive playing there and the guitar simply oozed with the classic warm jazz sounds. John D'angelico knew a little about making a fine guitar. Great tone and great playing, thanks for the video!

[@brendanward377]

Lovely playing! What a guitar!

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Great playing. Nice job. Stunning guitar too.

[@retrofret]

Thank you.

[@bananafist1]

Lovely guitar, beautifully played. Those D'As have a sweetness that the 17" L5s do not to my ear.

[@steeltunes]

I gotta say, "That's what an archtop is supposed to sound like". That's really impressive. Must be one of the last guitars John made.

[@jtssibarani8127]

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[@strings41]

George, you have some serious talent!

[@CowboyStag]

A great representation of this fine instrument

[@rogergamon]

Great performance on that beautiful guitar

[@jimstahlhut1917]

Beautiful sounding guitar

[@daijones101]

What a beautiful thing and great playing too

[@JordansTake35]

Damn, enough to make a grown man cry. That's the tone right there. Never heard better than this.

[@allenrussell1947]

That was beautiful. What a talent and what a magnificent guitar.

[@retrofret]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Much appreciated.

[@monsieurcommissaire1628]

Truly fine playing, sir. I get the impression that you have an intimacy with this instrument; you seem very sympathetic to it's unique character and capabilities. Thank you for providing us with a truly beautiful moment that, I believe, has wound up being more than the sum of its parts.

[@philipgregorysougles1744]

Exceptional performer and exceptional guitar! That pickguard is a head turner too..

[@BrazosP]

George, I just got through playing punk on a strat, then I somehow fall on this post and your lovely playing melts my ears. Very nicely done!

[@retrofret]

Thank you so much. You are very kind.

[@monsieurcommissaire1628]

Holy Mother of G-d. That is what an acoustic archtop can really sound like. Sadly, I haven't at the moment the undoubtedly staggering wherewithal needed to secure one of these. Whatever the going rate is(I'm not sure I even want to know), it's worth it. How can an acoustic guitar have such a gorgeous, complex, just absolute golden sound? I hope it continues to be played and played and heard by as many ears as possible.

[@石原武-y7u]

Mr. George Aslaender, Thank you very much for your beautiful performance that deeply impressed me. I would like to watch and listen to other your performance. Would you please let me know email address or other youtube upload?

[@retrofret]

+石原武 Thank you! We recently put up a video of me playing a 1939 Gibson L-5PN. Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/maralJ2dg7-YaJY The piece I'm playing is Erroll Garner's song Misty. Once again thank you for watching.

[@kenschachsieck1357]

@@retrofret Mo

[@Younguitarplayer]

Amazingly well played!! THANKS for this video!

[@GJP1169]

Unbelievable tone beautiful instrument

[@ztahs]

Beautiful guitar, and beautifully played.

[@pnojazz]

Glorious beauty. Nice playing too!

[@DLee1100s]

As well as having great tone that guitar is so clear and balanced. And well played to demonstrate it's quality I might add.

[@garethflattery3010]

When I was younger I use to think archtop guitar’s were for talented geniuses, now I’ve been playing for over 10 years now and I still feel the same way about them 😅

[@randybock82]

Awesome job on an awesome guitar. Nice chords.

[@axiscubeiwamoto]

Very cool 😎 thank you 🙏 I try to guilt playing 😊

[@alanoffer]

Have just watched a documentary of James daquisto from the sixties , it’s an incredible insight into these guitars

[@tunaficiency]

Reminds me haven’t played darn that dream in a while lovely harmonisation and coda I’ve got the Korean d’angelico 😅 wow that’s gotta be one of the nicest sounding guitars and that’s hearing it through an iPad speaker imagine it in the flesh

[@nadtorus]

the guitar is either excel or new yorker, the headstock has excel inlays but the tailpiece is new yorker. and THAT is one of the most beautiful sounding archtop i've ever heard. great player, and luthier John D'Angelico.

[@lawrencehenry600]

Wow, what a sound. What a player!

[@ronkopald]

That's a beauty. The playing doesn't hurt either. What a sound.

[@srfgrn]

Great guitar, great playing!

[@danielesussarello8329]

Queste chitarre hanno un suono meraviglioso....ti emoziona....

[@user-oz6vy5ch8o]

pretty tune , pretty guitar ,, thanks

[@archbox8593]

Wonderful playing! :)

[@richard.triggs]

Amazing. Delicious. Thank you.

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

Any archtop that is less muffled than the norm is a winner in my books. This one is well made.

[@gregcon57]

Beautiful~

[@cortezcortez739]

What a fantastic sound... this is one should be x-braced, right? And anyone know what the scale length is?

[@kpewn]

it seems the control knobs have been removed and also there is space for a pick up in the pickguard - also strings seem roundwood. So it has been turn into a pure acoustic

[@MELLOSMOOTHE2]

Nice playing whats the name of the song your playing so nicely.

[@jamesmongeau7472]

Sweet playin' on one sweet guitar

[@ppstr47]

Superbe guitare. Quelle sonorité !!!

[@deannesbit2647]

Excellent job!!

[@DaveLynchJazzGuitar]

I can tell you this.... that's exactly how she wants to be played!! She responds to it. As Jimmy D told me a long time ago.... the more you play her , she starts to breathe and the better she sounds ! Its really true! I just hope the owner of this guitar truly understands what they have.

[@clpennz]

Beautiful!

[@murattaner7384]

This is better than almost everything else combined :)))

[@maxmillington8363]

beautiful instrument

[@bkleinyt]

Nicely done, George!

[@bok2bok333]

Lovely.

[@jeremyyong3975]

Freaking awesome sound 👏👏👏

[@RocktCityTim]

Was this the model for the EXL1? Such an incredible sound.

[@RandyHaddock]

Beautiful.

[@carsondyle3267]

Sweet! And that's right after shoveling snow - TWICE - that morning!

[@tonmoy0373]

It's amazing

[@Learnguitarwithcharlie]

Beautiful arrangement, reminds me of Martin Taylor's version - great stuff!

[@Giaco54]

holy crap what a tone.....

[@belascialoja4812]

Any of you guys know whether these were X-braced, or ladder-braced?

[@cortezcortez739]

Beautiful tasty playing, sir! I love this tune! Can You do a tutorial On this One or can You tell where to get the chords or tab to your version? And man that had to be the most Beautiful guitar around... jealous

[@mattmazzara1]

The tune is: Darn That Dream and while George is here playing my personal favorite chord melody version....there's several on KZbin that include chords and melody. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aanGaYltjNJmbs0

[@Dionydejesus]

Smooth man.

[@nealmycin7783]

Did have a floating pickup? At one time. Looks like a cutout on the pickguard.

[@retrofret]

Yes, we sold it with its 1970's DeArmond 1100 pickup. Thanks for asking.

[@themusiccovenant]

Master guitarist

[@slicksnewonenow]

WOW... I've called some guitars "cannons" before. This one is a BAZOOKA! Incredible.

[@roberthale2268]

Sublime

[@rastagrammarian]

Too cool

[@TryToFight1]

Maestro.