A Beauty Full of Articulate Projection The D’Angelico Excel Bowery Dread acoustic-electric guitar gives other instruments of its kind a run for their money. Strum it with a pick or pluck it with your fingers, and you’ll discover tone that keeps on giving. These splendid sonics are thanks to an articulate Sitka spruce top in combination with mahogany back and sides with a thick midrange. The classic, favored dreadnought shape adds a booming projection behind its rich tonewood voice. Plus, an ebony fingerboard and a slim "C"-shape neck up playability, while the Bowery Dread's tonewoods find exceptional plugged-in sound through Fishman Sonitone electronics. It's no coincidence that when strummers at Sweetwater got their hands on this D'Angelico delight, they refused to give it up. Classic tonewood combinations and a beloved body You’ll be flying high in a cloud of bright and booming tonal qualities with the Excel Bowery. A classic