[5] Original D'Angelico guitars are collector's items and have been used by musicians including Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Drake Bell, Bucky Pizzarelli, Chet Atkins, and Chuck Wayne.

[7] In 2011, guitars by D'Angelico were included in the 'Guitar Heroes' exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

[8] Current range of products manufactured by D'Angelico include solid-body, hollow-body, and acoustic guitars, and ukuleles.

Born in New York in 1905 John D'Angelico was apprenticed at the age of nine to his grand uncle Raphael Ciani, an expert violin and mandolin maker.

[9] D'Angelico had a heart attack in 1959 and also parted ways with DiSerio who left to work at the Favilla guitar company.

"[15] D'Angelico began broadening their product line, first starting with reissues of original John D’Angelico designs, and then introducing new semihollow and acoustic models.

[20] As John D'Angelico's early experiences with instrument making were studying the construction of violins, his first guitars followed their bracing design.

[26] By the time of John D'Angelico's death the company had built 1,164 numbered guitars with the last ten finished by D'Aquisto.

[28] The SS has been endorsed by artists such as Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, both of whom have a signature D'Angelico model.

[31] The Deluxe Series features all unique matte finishes, and models with double-humbuckers come with a six-way toggle switch for coil-tapping capabilities.

Before beginning manufacturing, original guitar models were put through an MRI machine and an x-ray to replicate the instruments accurately.