A Special Edition of D’Angelico’s Popular Compact Semi-hollow
Custom-spec’d by Sweetwater, the D’Angelico Premier Mini DC XT is a highly playable semi-hollowbody electric guitar with killer tone and eye-popping visuals. The Premier Mini DC XT’s smaller semi-hollow body 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. Upgraded features include locking tuners, an exclusive finish, and a pair of Seymour Duncan USA humbuckers that serve up a banquet of tone for every occasion, from jazzy cleans to high-octane rock. Navigating this guitar’s comfortable, fast "C"-shaped neck is effortless, as your fingers dance on its smooth bound ovangkol fingerboard. The Premier Mini DC XT boasts high-end aesthetic touches such as mother-of-pearl block fingerboard inlays, multi-ply binding and tortoise pickguard, and a unique Skyscraper truss rod cover. Only available at Sweetwater, the D’Angelico Premier Mini DC XT is a cross-genre can-do semi that will ace any live gig or studio session.
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Reduced-size body, fast neck, and silky fingerboard
Playing the D’Angelico Deluxe Premier Mini DC XT is sheer joy. It features a reduced-size laminated flame maple body and a solid center block for epic tone with solidbody-grade sustain and feedback resistance. 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 ovangkol 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 XT is equipped with locking Grover Stairstep Imperial tuners, while a custom PPS nut bolsters sustain and eliminates string binding.
Seymour Duncan USA pickups deliver vintage humbucking tone
The D’Angelico Premier Mini DC XT comes loaded with a set of Seymour Duncan humbuckers. Expertly designed, hand wound, and assembled by the Master Builders at Seymour Duncan’s Santa Barbara, Calif., factory, these vintage-inspired pickups — each optimized for its position along the string length — are great all-rounders that deliver warm, full-bodied humbucking tone with crystalline clarity. One of the most popular bridge pickups on the planet, the Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB positively wails through a properly cranked tube amp and cleans up nicely with a pinky twist of its volume pot. The SH-2n Jazz humbucker is one of our favorite neck pickups. Period. Without too much gain, it has the perfect number of highs for chimey rhythm parts and jazzy leads that hold their own in a mix. This potent sonic elixir is routed through a 3-way pickup selector toggle switch and per-pickup volume and tone controls. From jazz and fusion to blues, rock, and country, the D’Angelico Premier Mini DC XT 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 1,000 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. Decades later, 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 XT Semi-hollowbody Electric Guitar Features:
- Laminated flame maple top, back, and sides; center block
- Multi-ply binding and tortoise pickguard
- Maple set neck, "C" profile
- Bound ovangkol fingerboard, 14-inch radius, block inlays
- 25-inch scale length; 22 medium vintage frets
- Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB humbucker
- Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan SH-2n Jazz 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
- D’Angelico gig bag included
