John D'Angelico (1905–1964) was a luthier from New York City, noted for his handmade archtop guitars and mandolins. From 1932 – 1964 D’Angelico made a total of 1,164 guitars; they were the most coveted arch top guitars of the period. In 1952, he hired Jimmy D'Aquisto as an apprentice, who would...

John D'Angelico (1905–1964) was a luthier from New York City, noted for his handmade archtop guitars and mandolins. From 1932 – 1964 D’Angelico made a total of 1,164 guitars; they were the most coveted arch top guitars of the period. In 1952, he hired Jimmy D'Aquisto as an apprentice, who would...

Since 2005 D'Angelico guitars have been produced in Japan (New Yorker archtop models) and South Korea (Excel series and New Yorker solid body models), with years of development having gone into them; they offer a laminated spruce top and laminated maple sides and back to stay within a price range....