A retro-inspired hollowbody electric guitar made for dynamic jazz lead playing.
The D'Angelico Excel SS Soho hollowbody electric guitar offers jazz musicians a lush tone and fast-playing neck. Designed in collaboration with jazz icon Mark Whitfield, this single-cutaway hollowbody combines a fully hollow spruce and flame maple body with a single floating Kent Armstrong mini humbucker for warmth and articulation. The slim C-shaped neck and 16" fingerboard radius facilitate dynamic lead playing.
Hollowbody Construction Provides Resonance
The Excel SS Soho's hollow spruce top and flame maple back and sides vibrate freely, producing resonant tones with rich lows and present mids. The construction's lightweight feel belies its full, balanced voice. The hollowbody design's acoustic properties also mean you can practice unplugged when desired.
Floating Mini Humbucker Delivers Versatile Tone
The Kent Armstrong Jazzy Joe floating mini humbucker pickup provides a range of tones suited for jazz and beyond. With warm, round lows and an articulate midrange, you can get classic jazz tones as well as bluesy leads. Adjust the pickup height for your desired tone. The pickup's smaller size contributes to the hollowbody's acoustic resonance.
Fast-Playing Neck Accommodates Styles
The Excel SS Soho's slim C-shaped neck and 16" fingerboard radius make fretting chords and faster lead lines effortless. The smooth ebony fingerboard and jumbo frets also facilitate quick playing. This highly playable neck design suits jazz, fusion and blues styles.
Premium Components for Feel and Tone
Grover Super Rotomatic locking tuners provide accurate and stable tuning. The ebony bridge and stairstep tailpiece also enhance tone and feel. The Tusq nut helps produce clear, ringing notes up the neck. With quality components throughout, the Excel SS Soho gives you an inspiring playing experience.
Specifications
- Body shape: Single Cutaway
- Body style: Hollowbody
- Finish: Gloss
- Top material: Laminated spruce
- Back and side material: Laminated flame maple
- Binding: 5-ply
- Neck material: 3-piece Maple/Walnut/Maple
- Neck shape: C
- Neck joint: Set neck
- Scale length: 25"
- Neck finish: Gloss
- Truss rod: Dual-action
- Nut width: 1-11/16"
- Nut material: TUSQ
- Fingerboard material: Ebony
- Binding: 3-ply
- Fretwire: Jescar 47/104 nickel silver
- Radius: 16"
- Number of frets: 22
- Inlays: Mother-of-pearl split block
- Side markers: Yes
- Pickup configuration: 1 floating mini humbucker
- Neck pickup: Kent Armstrong Jazzy Joe Floating Mini Humbucker (Alnico V)
- Controls: Master volume, master tone
- Pots: 500k
- Output jack: Standard mono
- Hardware color: Gold
- Tuners: Grover 509 Super Rotomatic Locking Tuners
- Strings: D'Angelico Electrozinc 12's (12-52)
- Strap buttons: Gold, locking
- Bridge: Ebony, floating
- Tailpiece: D'Angelico Stairstep
- Pickguard: Dark Stain Satin Macassar Ebony Scalini (5-ply)
- Headstock shape: Throwback Scroll-Style
- Logo inlay: Mother of Pearl D'Angelico New York Logo
- Series inlay (front): Mother of Pearl Throwback Excel Series Shield
- Binding: 7-ply
- Truss rod cover: Aluminum Skyscraper
- Case: Gig bag
- Made in: Korea
- Orientation: Right handed
Features
- Hollow spruce top and flame maple body for rich resonance
- Floating Kent Armstrong mini humbucker for versatile tone
- Slim C-shaped neck with 16" radius ebony fingerboard
- Grover Super Rotomatic locking tuners for stable tuning
- Ebony bridge and stairstep tailpiece for enhanced tone
- Designed in collaboration with jazz icon Mark Whitfield