D'Angelico Deluxe DC Satin Honey

An Art Deco-inspired Deluxe DC Designed for the Stage

With the Deluxe DC Satin Honey, D'Angelico offers a modern interpretation of the New York "archtop" spirit: elegant lines, meticulous finishes, and a strong visual identity. In the Deluxe range, this model emphasizes high-end components (Seymour Duncan pickups, locking tuners, gold hardware) and a semi-hollow center block construction, ideal for combining character and versatility.

For Which Guitarists and Styles?

This D'Angelico is aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists seeking an expressive and comfortable guitar, capable of delivering both rhythm and solo playing. Its semi-hollow format is particularly suited to blues, jazz, vintage rock, soul, and indie, while remaining comfortable with more driven sounds thanks to the center block that limits feedback effects.

Sound Characteristics

The semi-hollow body provides a lively attack and beautiful natural resonance, while the center block enhances precision, stability, and sustain, especially with overdrive. The Seymour Duncan Seth Lover A4 pickups deliver humbucker tones with a vintage profile: round lows, singing mids, and smooth highs, perfect for nuances with both pick and fingerstyle. The 2 volumes and 2 tones with push-pull functions allow for an expanded palette and refined tone shaping depending on the amp and style.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

To get the most out of the instrument, you can consider a 6.35 mm mono jack cable (compatible with its standard jack socket) and a set of 10-46 electric guitar strings (same gauge as original) to maintain the same balance of tension and response.

Technical specifications

Electronics: microphone configuration	HH	Bridge / tailpiece	Fixed
Category	Hollow body	Electronics	Passive
Left handed	No	Electroacoustic	No
Strings	Steel	Color	Brown
Nbr of strings	6	Finishing	Satin
Fingerboard	Ebony	Hardware	Gold
Nbrs of frets	22

Type	semi-hollow electric guitar	Nut width	43 mm / 1.69"
Construction	center block	Nut material	bone
Cutaway	double cutaway	Bridge	Tune-O-Matic (gold)
Wood	mahogany top, back, and sides	Tailpiece	StopBar
Body thickness	2.54 cm / 1.00" (25.4 mm)	Tuners	Grover 509 Super Rotomatic (locking)
Body width	40.6 cm / 15.98" (406 mm)	Neck pickup	Seymour Duncan Seth Lover A4 (Alnico II)
Binding	5-ply binding	Bridge pickup	Seymour Duncan Seth Lover A4 (Alnico II)
Pickguard	Scalini Tortoise (5-ply)	Controls	2 volumes, 2 tones (push-pull)
Profile	C	Output	standard mono jack
Truss rod	double action truss rod	Original strings	D'Angelico Electrozinc 10's (10-46)
Inlays	"small diamonds" (acrylic)	Finish	Honey
Radius	305.8 mm / 12.04"	Headstock overlay	Cupola
Scale length	635 mm / 25.00"	Case	included
Frets	22	Weight	9 kg
Neck thickness	fret 1: 20 mm / 0.79"; fret 12: 22 mm / 0.87"	Power supply	none