Serial#: 1369. Born in 1905, John D'Angelico began his career as an apprentice in his Uncle Rafael Ciani's shop making violins, mandolins, and flattop guitars. He established his own shop on Kenmare Street, in New York City's Little Italy in the early 1930s producing archtop guitars. He quickly established a reputation for producing instruments of the highest caliber. D'Angelico's instruments are still the standard against which archtop guitars are measured.

According to D'Angelico's ledgers this instrument was produced on November 13, 1938 for the Moresco Bros. of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The 17" A-1 model had parallel bracing and features a hand-carved Spruce top and figured Maple back and sides. The instrument is finished in a beautiful sunburst lacquer.

VG; cracks along the treble bout from f-hole, pickguard wear, some shrunken binding, screwholes visible on neck from removed pickup, some gold worn off Grover Deluxe trapeze tailpiece and corrosion; surface crack on back below heelcap, crack along center seam at base