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 D'ANGELICO REPLICA | | ACOUSTIC ARCHTOP | | Green offered the Excel Deluxe LB-175, an instrument with a 17.5 in. lower bout, hand carved Engelmann spruce top, western curly maple back and sides, a curly maple neck, bound ebony fingerboard with split block inlays, Grover tuners, and gold plated stairstep tailpiece. Retail list prices ranged from $10,000 to $18,000. An 18.5 in. New Yorker had a last retail price between $12,000 and $20,000. The top-of-the-line instruments allow for personalizing and custom features as long as they fall within the parameters of what the master would do. | |
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