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D'Angelico Guitars of America is an American musical instrument importer based in Manhattan, New York. [1] [2] The brand was initially founded by master luthier John D'Angelico in 1932, in Manhattan's Little Italy. [1] In 1999, Steve Pisani, John Ferolito Jr., and Brenden Cohen purchased the D'Angelico Guitars trademark.
Some of D'Angelico's employees went on to become craftsmen in their own right. Among them were Jimmy Di Serio, who worked for D'Angelico from 1932 to 1959, and D'Aquisto who would eventually buy the business from the D'Angelico family. D'Angelico and D'Aquisto are generally regarded as the two greatest archtop guitar makers of the 20th century ...
After several more heart attacks and having also suffered from pneumonia John D'Angelico died on September 1, 1964, at the age of 59. Following D'Angelico's death the last ten of his guitars were finished by D'Aquisto. [1] [2] D'Aquisto bought the business but a poor business decision lost him the right to the D’Angelico name. [3]
Brandon "Taz" Niederauer (born March 16, 2003) is an American guitarist and actor from Dix Hills, New York.He starred in the musical School of Rock on Broadway. Nicknamed 'Taz' by his guitar teacher, William Mignoli, because his frenetic playing reminded Mignoli of the Tazmanian Devil from Looney Tunes cartoons, [1] he has appeared on many television shows including: The Ellen Show, The Late ...
He joined Van der Graaf Generator in May 1968 when the group (then consisting of just Peter Hammill and Judge Smith) moved from Manchester to London. [3] In performance with this group he played Farfisa and Hammond organs, adding a wide range of effects including phasing , tape echo, distortion and overdrive.
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In each case, the guitar was designed wholly or in part by Smith. Each design was a full-bodied archtop guitar with a top carved from solid spruce and a back and sides made of solid maple. All the on-board electronics for each guitar, from the small pickup in the neck position through the volume knob to the output jack, were mounted on the ...
At that show, the fledgling guitar company sold $250,000 based on the interest generated from the 4 prototype guitars. Ironically, they had no guitars since the factory had yet to be set up. Petillo helped design and set up the factory located in Neptune and proceeded to build the First Fingerboard Machine that cut the slots in all fingerboards ...