D'Angelico Excel DC XT Iced Tea Burst Quilt
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What you need to know
What you need to know
- Semi-hollow format with center block: precise attack, enhanced sustain, and better resistance to feedback.
- Two Seymour Duncan 59 pickups: vintage PAF-style tone, warm and defined, suitable from blues to rock.
- Immediate versatility thanks to 2 volumes / 2 push-pull tone controls for coil splitting and a 3-position selector switch.
- High-end finish: quilted maple top, 5-ply binding, gold hardware, delivered in a case.
Manufacturer Information
D'Angelico
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A D'Angelico Semi-Hollow Designed for Modern Playing, in the Archtop Spirit
With the Excel DC XT, D'Angelico translates its iconic aesthetic into a double-cutaway semi-hollow guitar, built for the stage. The center block provides the sought-after stability and sustain, while the maple construction preserves the lively response and projection typical of semi-hollows. An ideal balance between tradition and performance, with a particularly expressive "Iced Tea Burst" finish.
Who Is It For, and In Which Styles?
This D'Angelico is aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists seeking a versatile and comfortable semi-hollow. The C-shaped neck and access to the upper frets from the double cutaway suit both rhythm parts and leads. It excels in blues, modern jazz, soul, pop, rock, and indie, offering great flexibility to switch from thick tones to clearer textures via coil splitting.
Sound
The combination of semi-hollow body + center block delivers a sound that is both spacious and focused: more air and depth than a solid body, while maintaining excellent definition. The quilted maple top (and maple back/sides) promotes attack, clarity, and snap, with tight low-mids. The two Seymour Duncan 59 humbuckers bring a vintage character, rich in harmonics, with rounded lows and smooth highs. The push-pull controls allow coil splitting for brighter, more "single-coil" sounds, useful for arpeggios, chicken picking, and crisp cleans.
Recommended Compatible Accessories
To preserve the original feel, favor a set of D'Addario EXP110 strings (10-46 gauge) or any equivalent 10-46 electric guitar set. Since the output is a standard mono jack, a 6.35 mm mono instrument cable will be suitable.
Technical specifications
| Electronics: microphone configuration | HH | Bridge / tailpiece | Fixed |
| Category | Hollow body | Electronics | Passive |
| Left handed | No | Electroacoustic | No |
| Strings | Steel | Color | Gradient |
| Nbr of strings | 6 | Finishing | Glossy |
| Nbrs of frets | 22 | Hardware | Gold |
| Type | semi-hollow guitar with center block | Nut | TUSQ, 43 mm / 1.69" |
| Shape | double cutaway | Truss rod | double action |
| Top | quilted maple | Bridge | Tune-O-Matic Gold |
| Back and sides | maple | Tailpiece | D'Angelico StopBar |
| Body thickness | 25 mm / 0.98" | Tuners | Grover 150 Imperial |
| Body width | 406 mm / 15.98" | Pickguard | Scalini Tortoise (5-ply) |
| Binding | 5-ply | Pickups | 2 USA Seymour Duncan 59 humbuckers |
| Profile | C | Controls | 2 volumes and 2 push-pull tone controls (coil split) |
| Construction | set neck, 3-piece (maple/walnut/maple) | Selector | 3-position switch |
| Fingerboard | ebony | Output | standard mono jack |
| Radius | 305 mm / 12" | Power | not required |
| Inlays | small diamond (acrylic) | Finish | Iced Tea Burst |
| Scale length | 609 mm / 24" | Case | included |
| Frets | 22 | Weight | 11 kg |
| Neck thickness | Fret 1: 20 mm / 0.79"; Fret 12: 22 mm / 0.87" | ||
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Questions frequently asked
What music styles are suitable for this semi-hollow guitar?
The semi-hollow body with a center block is suitable for blues, modern jazz, soul, pop, rock, and indie. The two Seymour Duncan 59 humbuckers deliver warm lows and smooth highs.
Are the Seymour Duncan 59 pickups coil-splittable?
Both push-pull tone controls allow splitting the humbucker coils. This provides brighter, single-coil-like tones ideal for arpeggios and clean sounds.
What is the scale length of the D'Angelico Excel DC XT?
The scale length is 609 mm, or 24 inches, with 22 frets on a 305 mm (12 inches) radius ebony fingerboard.
What type of output does it have and is a power supply required?
The output uses a standard 6.35 mm mono jack, compatible with a standard instrument cable. No power supply is needed.
Is the guitar delivered with a case and which strings should be used?
A case is provided with the guitar. A set of D'Addario EXP110 strings in 10-46 gauge, or an equivalent electric guitar set, is recommended to preserve the original feel. The TUSQ nut is 43 mm wide.
