Born in NYC’s Little Italy, D’Angelico is widely regarded as one of the finest archtop guitar manufacturers of the 20th century. Fast forward to modern day and they’re making guitars of all shapes and sizes - built with the same exceptional detail, mastery and flair that put them on the map.
The Premier Mini DC strikes a balance between classic D’Angelico design and contemporary performance. Combining unique D’Angelico design with a compact semi-hollow build, this is a workhorse instrument that’ll never fail to turn heads.
Construction
The Mini DC is a double-cut semi-hollow shrunk down to the size of a standard solid body guitar. The body is made of a laminate maple, offering up plenty of top-end brightness to contrast with the warm semi-hollow sound. Multi-ply cream binding rounds it off with a touch of class.
The maple neck has a contemporary ‘C’ shape with a flat 14-inch ovangkol fingerboard for fast fretting. Combined with the semi-hollow configuration and HH pickup setup, you get a warm, clear and versatile sound that’ll suit anything from hard rock to jazz-funk.
Hardware and Electronics
Its twin Duncan-designed HB humbuckers deliver a warm and gutsy snarl. Thanks to the coil-tap controls, the Premier DC cleans up beautifully and has plenty of tones on offer.
The hardware is chrome from top to bottom, including Rotomatic Stairstep tuners - it’s an undeniably striking instrument. But everything has a purpose; expect fantastic tuning stability, squeaky-clean intonation and reliability across the board.
Specifications
Hardware
- Colour: Chrome
Fingerboard
- Material: Ovangkol
- Binding: Multi-Ply Cream
- Fretwire: Medium
- Scale Length: 25"
- Radius: 14"
- Top Inlay: MOP Acrylic Block Inlays
- Side Marker: Black Dot
- Fret Number: 22
Neck
- Material: Maple
- Finish: Gloss
- Profile: C-Shape
- Joint Type: Set-Thru
- Thickness at 1st Fret: 20mm
- Thickness at 12th Fret: 22mm
- Truss Rod: Dual Action
- Tuners: Rotomatic Stairstep
Body
- Body Shape: Double Cutaway
- Body Style: Semi-Hollow (with centerblock)
- Finish: Gloss
- Top Material: Laminated Spruce
- Body Material: Laminated Maple
- Binding: Multi-Ply Cream
- Bridge: Chrome Tune-O-Matic
- Tail & Tailpiece: D’Angelico Stopbar
- Pickguard: Tortoise Scalini (5-Ply)
- Pickup Selector: 3-Way Standard Toggle
- Knobs: 4 Black Speed Knobs
Electronics
- Electronics: 2 Humbucker / 2 Volume / 2 Tone / 3-way Toggle Switch
- Pickup (Neck): Seymour Duncan Designed HB-102N Humbucker with Chrome Cover
- Pickup Bridge: Seymour Duncan Designed HB-101B Humbucker with Chrome Cover
- Pots: 500k
- Output Jack: Standard Mono
General
- Includes Gig Bag
