SOLD Gorgeous 3/4 scale D'Angelico Hollowbody

Designed in the NYC workshop, the Excel Bass is D'Angelico's first-ever electric archtop bass. The single-cutaway hollow-body design makes it exceptionally light and its standard neck shape and Indian rosewood fingerboard provide ultimate comfort. Truly versatile in tone, this beauty boasts a traditional wiring design with a master volume & tone but with a custom installed pickup pan pot. The neck position offers the warmth of a vintage ‘60s hollow-body bass while the bridge position is powerful, bright and loud for when you need more punch. The slim C-Shape Neck makes for supreme playability free of wrist-ache.

Shape: Single cutaway
Body: Semi-hollow
Body material: Laminated flame maple
Neck: Two-piece hard maple with walnut center
Scale: 32.25
Fretboard: Indian rosewood
Inlay: Genuine mother of pearl
Pickups: Specially designed dual coil humbuckers
Binding: 5-ply
Bridge: Gold Tune-O-Matic bass bridge
Tail piece: Stopbar
Controls: Volume/Tone/Switchcraft pan pot (custom installed)
Hardware: Gold plated
Tuning machines: Deluxe sealed
Nut Width: 1.5"
Input Jack: Switch Craft USA, protective plate (custom installed)
Dunlop Straplocks(custom installed)
Deluxe hard case

D'Angelico website specs & info:
Excel Bass | Excel Series | D'Angelico Guitars

These photos with the 3-way toggle don't represent the custom pan pot replacement

FULL by 3rdBass posted Oct 24, 2018 at 11:42 AM

HEADSTOCK by 3rdBass posted Oct 24, 2018 at 11:42 AM

BODY CLOSE UP by 3rdBass posted Oct 24, 2018 at 11:42 AM

ANGLE by 3rdBass posted Oct 24, 2018 at 11:42 AM

With HSC, will split shipping to the 48 states only, PayPal preferred.
Absolutely NO TRADES or insulting low-ball offers, please. Price is FIRM & fair.

 

How about a pair of powered PA mains with stands ?

 

Will split shipping to the 48 states only.

 

Yes, it's still available. I'm the 2nd owner, had it for about 2 years. The first owner purchased it new 2 years before that so, I'd estimate it's a 2015 model. Check your PM's for the FedEx shipping quote and total price. And, if you mean the "nifty purfling" on the headstock, it surely does have it. The craftsmanship and attention to detail are superb. Here's a clip from a 2018 Bass Gear review:

"On top of the headstock is a gold pin and, emblematic of the company’s New York legacy, the truss rod cover (called the “Skyscraper Truss Rod Cover”) is in the shape of – you guessed it – a skyscraper. What’s really cool about the aluminum truss rod cover’s 3-dimensional cut-shape is when the unique feature of the Hotel’s high-points catch the gig lights and create a strikingly unique accent on the headstock."

 

Oh, the flame maple top or the binding ?

 

SOLD