D'Angelico Deluxe Series Atlantic Brandon Niederauer Electric Guitar Sonic Blue

This thing is hard to find. It's listed for sale on all the websites, but trust me when I say that it is NOT available. On all of those sites, you can "purchase" the guitar and essentially be put on a waiting list for when more are made. Unable to find it anywhere, I contacted D'Angelico directly and spoke with someone there. According to the employee, they are releasing another 40 of these guitars towards the end of October. So, if you purchase one now (really you're reserving it), you should expect to wait. If you're thinking, "How did you get yours?" ... the answer is luck. I totally lucked into this guitar. I had payed the money and was expecting to wait until October (at least), but good fortune shined on me and it magically showed up MUCH earlier than I expected. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. I do want to specifically talk about the pickup covers. Weird, I know, but this is important. D'Angelico says that the silver covers on the humbuckers are "Aged". It seems to be part of the aesthetic D'Angelico was going for. When viewing this guitar online you can see a slight wear to the covers. When it arrived, I was able to get a close look, and it just looks dingy. Such a disappointment. It's the only thing I dislike about the guitar ... Actually "dislike" isn't strong enough. I absolutely hate it. I have already ordered some new covers to replace these right away. Ok, enough about the rusty covers. Overall, this guitar plays and sounds great. It can sound beautiful, it can sound mean and everything in between. I dialed in all kinds of sounds, from crystal clean, to overdriven heavy stuff, funk, or bluesy rock. This guitar can perform and keep up with any guitar I've owned. I'm incredibly happy with this new addition to my guitar family. Aside from the issues with the humbucker covers, the entire experience has been a positive one. I would 100% buy this guitar again.

I ordered this guitar and paid to have it next-day delivered. When it arrived I checked and the box had never been opened. When I opened it, the hard case was in perfect condition just as I would expect. When I opened the case to see the guitar, it was beautiful! Until I looked at the pick ups. Sadly they were rusted. The neck pick up had just a couple rust pits, but the bridge pick up was a disaster. The antiquity finish was horrible, it had fake rust along with the real rust over almost the entire pick up cover. and the cover and the pick up were broken on one side. I really wanted to guitar after seeing Brandon play his guitar for the National Anthem before the AFC Conference game in KC. It was very disappointing. The guitar had a 2018 serial number. Maybe it sat in the warehouse too long.

After all the videos I've seen of Taz shredding on this thing, I decided I had to pick one up for myself. No, I am not able to play like him yet... but... maybe with some practice. The design of the guitar is awesome and sounds great. The bridge pickup really get's that old-school guitar, vintage sound that we all search for. I am loving this guitar already.