"These late-fifties New Yorker model archtops feature an Art Deco rendering of the New Yorker hotel on the headstocks and a truss rod cover also mimicking the design. Key features of the New Yorkers include a stair step brass tailpiece, celluloid pickguard, black-white-black binding, and Grover Imperial Tuners. Guitarists as varied as George Benson (who owned the guitar on the left) and Pete Townshend have used the iconic DуAngelico New Yorker. Bensonуs guitar was outfitted with a Gibson Johnny Smith pickup in the neck in the у70s, and has been restored by John Monteleone. "
GALLERY: Guitar Heroes - Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York
Guitars from D’Angelico, D’Aquisto, Monteleone, and Italian craftsmen featured in The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Guitar Heroes Exhibit. Photos courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
By Rebecca DirksApr 27, 2011
Rebecca Dirks
Rebecca Dirks graduated from the University of Iowa with degrees in journalism and art, and joined Premier Guitar as an intern in 2007. She lives in the Iowa City area with her husband, two giant dogs, and more cats than are appropriate to mention. When not petsitting, she enjoys challenging herself in the kitchen, watching the Packers dominate, and discovering new music or rediscovering old favorites.