D'Angelico 1957 "Super Model" Sunburst #2033

Extremely rare! Rudy has never seen a D'Angelico like this one. Built with a 17" body typically seen on Excel models, paired with a large headstock adorned with New Yorker-style inlays. D'Angelico's apprentice, Jimmy D'Aquisto, told Rudy once that his teacher didn't like to mix the styles of his various models, so this is an uncharacteristic build which makes for a wonderfully rare model. In D'Angelico's ledger (as seen in the book Acquired of the Angels by Paul Schmidt) he listed this guitar as: "Excel, New Yorker Trim, Special Import". It is documented as being made for one "A. Rundquist" and was completed on 7/10/57.  Another element that Rudy has never seen on a D'Angelico guitar is the builder's handwritten signature inside the guitar. It is accompanied by a handwritten note: "MADE ESPECIALLY _ MR. ____ . IMPORTED WOOD. SIGNED, (John D'Angelico signature), MAKER. JULY 10, 1957." The name of the customer was removed, most likely because D'Angelico re-sold the guitar the following y