Part of the D'Angelico Excel Series, the Gramercy features the tight playability and big sound of a grand auditorium body and all-solid build. For the most part, the Sitka spruce soundboard lays down warm and woody tone which is then filled out by the mahogany back and sides and injected with some light definition by the ebony fretboard. The resulting acoustic sound pulls back on the bass when compared to a larger-bodied dreadnoughts, enhancing note clarity and supporting finger-picking techniques as well as chord work. The D'Angelico Excel Gramercy: Easy Does it Keeping things simple, the Gramercy comes with a piezo pickup fitted beneath the bone saddle and a Fishman Sonitone preamp complete with a set of controls that have been discretely tucked away just inside the soundhole. Seamlessly adjust the volume and tone and enjoy immediately transparent and faithful amplification, while smooth and snug playability is assured by the C-profile carve of the neck, a set of twenty medium frets, a flat 16 inch fretboard radius and a deep cutaway.