D'Angelico Excel Mini DC Trans Cherry

An Excel Mini DC: The D'Angelico Archtop Spirit in a More Compact Version

The Excel series highlights D'Angelico's aesthetics and heritage with a contemporary approach: meticulous craftsmanship, luxurious presentation, and performance-oriented component choices. The Mini DC adopts the idea of a double cutaway semi-hollow but in a more compact size, comfortable for seated or standing play, while retaining the sought-after "body" character ideal for jazz, blues, or rock.

For Whom and Which Styles?

The D'Angelico Excel Mini DC is aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists seeking a versatile, comfortable, and expressive semi-hollow. It excels in jazz, blues, soul, vintage rock, and pop, and remains very credible for more modern sounds thanks to coil splitting and the center block that helps maintain good feedback control.

The Sound

Its identity comes from the combination of semi-hollow + center block: you get precise attack, solid sustain, and better saturation handling than a fully hollow body, while enjoying natural resonance and breadth. The maple construction (top, back, and sides) promotes a clear, articulate, and dynamic response, ideal for readable chords and leads that stand out in the mix.

On the electronics side, the Seymour Duncan 59 pickups provide a balanced vintage voicing: warm lows, singing mids, and defined highs. The two volumes and two push-pull tone controls expand the palette, shifting from thick and warm tones to finer, brighter textures, useful for funk, pop arpeggios, or more open rhythmic parts.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

This guitar comes with a case, so you are ready for transport. For maintenance and playing, you can consider a set of D'Addario EXP110 strings (original model) to preserve the feel and tonal balance, as well as a second identical set for quick changes.

Technical specifications

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

Type	semi-hollow guitar	Frets	22
Center block	yes	Neck thickness	fret 1 = 20 mm / fret 12 = 22 mm
Format	double cutaway	Tuners	Grover 109 Super Rotomatic
Top	maple	Bridge	Gold Tune-O-Matic
Back and sides	maple	Tailpiece	D'Angelico StopBar
Thickness	2.5 cm / 25 mm / 0.98"	Pickguard	Scalini Tortoise (5-ply)
Width	355 cm (manufacturer data)	Headstock strap button	Cupola
Binding	5-ply binding	Pickups	2 USA Seymour Duncan 59 humbuckers
Profile	C	Controls	2 volumes, 2 push-pull tone controls (coil splitting)
Construction	set neck, 3-piece (maple/walnut/maple)	Selector	3-position switch
Truss rod	dual action	Output	standard mono jack
Radius	305 mm / 12"	Power	(manufacturer data not provided)
Fingerboard	ebony	Finish	Trans Cherry
Inlays	"small diamonds" (acrylic)	Delivered with	case
Scale length	609 mm / 24"	Weight	10 kg
Nut	Tusq, 43 mm / 1.69"