D’Angelico Quality in a Smaller Semi-hollow
The D’Angelico Premier Mini DC is a highly playable semi-hollowbody electric guitar with killer tone and eye-popping visuals. The Premier Mini DC’s smaller semi-hollowbody is extremely comfortable and yields a bright, rich, resonant sound with loads of bite and sustain, while a solid center block ensures a feedback-free performance. Equipped with a pair of Supro Bolt Bucker pickups, the Premier Mini DC delivers that gorgeous alnico antiquity with some serious definition. Navigating this guitar’s comfortable, fast "C"-shaped neck is effortless, as your fingers dance on its smooth bound pau ferro fingerboard. The Premier Mini DC boasts high-end aesthetic touches such as mother-of-pearl headstock inlays, multi-ply binding, tortoise pickguard, and a unique Skyscraper truss rod cover. If you’re on the hunt for a cross-genre do-it-all semi that will ace any live gig or studio session, the D’Angelico Premier Mini DC deserves your serious consideration.
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Reduced-size body, fast neck, and silky fingerboard
Playing the D’Angelico Premier Mini DC is sheer joy. It features a reduced-size laminated maple body with a laminated spruce top and a solid center block for maximum tone and sustain. Its maple neck boasts a comfortable "C" profile for the perfect blend of grip and ease of movement. Its 14-inch-radius fingerboard features 22 medium-vintage frets. This silky smooth pau ferro fretboard enables comfortable chording while facilitating technically demanding leads. The instrument’s easy hand feel is a byproduct of its 25-inch scale length, which makes bends and vibrato feel effortless, while its double-cutaway body shape gives you optimized high-register access. For rock-solid tuning stability, the Premier Mini DC is equipped with Grover Rotomatic Stairstep tuners, while a Graph Tech NuBone XL nut bolsters sustain and eliminates string binding.
Balanced and beautiful vintage tone
The D’Angelico Premier Mini DC comes loaded with a set of Supro Bolt Buckers. These vintage-inspired pickups use Alnico II and V magnets at the neck and bridge, respectively, to churn out some seriously old-school sonics. Taking after the classic PAF tones of the past, these Bolt Buckers provide a balanced response and rich tonal nature, ready to tackle cleans and crunch with just the right amount of attitude. This potent sonic elixir is routed through a 3-way toggle switch and per-pickup volume and tone controls. From jazz and fusion to blues, rock, and country; from chimey rhythm parts to blistering leads — and everything in between — the D’Angelico Premier Mini DC delivers.
The D’Angelico legacy
After mastering his craft during an 18-year apprenticeship, luthier John D’Angelico opened his own shop in Manhattan’s Little Italy in 1932. Catering to New York’s many jazz musicians over the ensuing three decades, D’Angelico and a single apprentice became New York’s foremost stringed instrument builders, creating over one thousand treasured archtop guitars until John’s death in 1964. After his passing, the D’Angelico’s legacy lived on only through his rare, legendary instruments. After decades, the D’Angelico brand has resurfaced, bringing back the playability and attention to detail of the company’s New York roots. Today, Sweetwater is delighted to offer this fine line of distinguished instruments. D’Angelico uses state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and the finest available materials to create playable works of art for today’s guitarist. From a modest shop in Little Italy to the world stage, D’Angelico’s dedication to quality craftsmanship ensures that this brand won’t be going dormant again any time soon.
D’Angelico Guitars Premier Mini DC Semi-hollowbody Electric Guitar Features:
- Laminated spruce top; laminated maple back and sides; center block
- Maple set neck, "C" profile
- Bound pau ferro fingerboard, 14-inch radius, Block inlays
- 25-inch scale length; 22 medium-vintage frets; Graph Tech NuBone XL nut
- Bridge pickup: Supro Bolt Bucker A5 humbucker
- Neck pickup: Supro Bolt Bucker A2 humbucker
- 3-way pickup selector toggle switch
- Bridge and neck Volume and Tone controls
- Tune-o-matic bridge with Stopbar tailpiece
- 5-ply body binding; 5-ply tortoise pickguard
- Grover Rotomatic Stairstep tuning machines
- Dual-action truss rod, headstock access
- Unique Skyscraper truss rod cover
