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When Italian-American luthier John D’Angelico opened his New York City guitar shop in 1932, the Chrysler and Empire State buildings were less than two years old. Inspired by the world’s then-tallest structures and their American take on France’s Art Deco design movement, D’Angelico bedecked his guitars with sleek, geometrically patterned pickguards, tailpieces, and hardware. The original D’Angelico guitars aren’t merely beautiful. They are reputed to be the finest archtop guitars ever made. (I say “reputed,” because even after many years writing for guitar mags, I’ve never touched one. But that’s what I hear from the big kids who get to play the nice instruments.)

Like many modern guitar and amp manufacturers operating under brand names borrowed from the past, the new D’Angelico label has no direct connection to its namesake. Yet the new company is reviving more than just a moniker. All their instruments reprise design details from those storied archtops. Current D’Angelico offerings range from handbuilt archtops selling for north of ten grand to Asia-built, production-line instruments costing less than $700.

D’Angelico models are classified in four ranges: Master Builder, Deluxe, Excel, and Premier (in descending order of cost). The SS is part of the budget-conscious Premier line. As you might expect at its $749 price, it is an Asia-built instrument that, like many of its current competitors, provides solid quality at an impressively low price.

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