D'Angelico Excel DC Viola

An Excel DC Designed for Versatile Playing, Between Tradition and Modernity

With this Excel DC (Double Cut), D'Angelico offers a semi-hollow oriented towards performance: elegant maple craftsmanship, smooth playability, and comprehensive electronics. The center block provides stability and sustain while retaining the sought-after semi-hollow identity for jazz, blues, and rock. The Viola finish, 5-ply binding, and "Scalini Tortoise" pickguard deliver a high-end look true to D'Angelico's aesthetic.

Who Is It For, and In Which Styles?

This guitar is especially suited for intermediate to advanced guitarists who want a semi-hollow capable of covering multiple genres: modern jazz, blues, rock, pop, soul, funk, and even more cutting tones thanks to the coil split. The double cutaway and C-profile neck promote comfortable playing, whether in rich chords or lead.

Sound

The semi-hollow construction with center block balances resonance and control: it offers a full, "woody" attack with better feedback resistance than a fully hollow body. The maple (top, back, and sides) tends to provide clarity, a crisp attack, and well-defined highs, ideal for voicings and arpeggios. The two Seymour Duncan 59 pickups deliver a vintage humbucker character (round lows, singing mids), while the push-pull tone controls allow switching to more airy and precise textures for funky rhythms or detailed cleans.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

To maintain the original feel, prefer electric strings in 10-46 gauge (like the factory-installed 10's). A standard mono jack cable will perfectly suit the mono output jack. The guitar is delivered with a case, so no additional case is necessary.

Technical specifications

Electronics: microphone configuration	HH	Nbrs of frets	22
Category	Hollow body	Body	Maple
Left handed	No	Bridge / tailpiece	Fixed
Strings	Steel	Electronics	Passive
Nbr of strings	6	Color	Red
Top	Maple	Finishing	Glossy
Fingerboard	Ebony	Hardware	Gold

Type	semi-hollow guitar	Nut	Tusq, 43 mm / 1.69"
Construction	center block	Bridge	Tune-O-Matic gold finish
Cutaway	double cutaway	Tailpiece	D'Angelico StopBar
Back and sides	maple	Tuners	Grover 150 Imperial
Body thickness	2.5 cm / 25 mm / 0.98"	Pickguard	Scalini Tortoise (5-ply)
Width	40.6 cm / 406 mm / 16.0"	Headstock strap button	Cupola
Binding	5-ply binding	Pickups	2 Seymour Duncan 59 USA humbuckers
Joint	set neck	Controls	2 volumes, 2 push-pull tone controls (coil split)
Profile	C	Selector switch	3 positions
Truss rod	dual action	Output	standard mono jack
Scale length	609 mm / 24.0"	Power	not required (passive electronics)
Radius	305 mm / 12.0"	Finish	Viola
Frets	22	Strings (manufacturer's reference)	D'Addario EXP110
Neck thickness	fret 1 = 20 mm / 0.79"; fret 12 = 22 mm / 0.87"	Delivered in	case
Inlays	"small diamonds" (acrylic)	Weight	11 kg