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Jimmy D'Aquisto (James L. D'Aquisto) was born on 9 November, 1935 in Brooklyn, is a James L. De aquisto was luthier who concentrated on building. Discover Jimmy D'Aquisto's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

Popular As James L. D'Aquisto
Occupation luthier
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 9 November, 1935
Birthday 9 November
Birthplace Brooklyn
Date of death 17 April, 1995
Died Place California
Nationality United States

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1935

James L. D'Aquisto (Brooklyn, November 9, 1935 – California, April 17, 1995) was an American luthier who concentrated on building and repairing archtop guitars.

James D'Aquisto was born on November 9, 1935, into a musical Italian family.

1951

An aspiring jazz guitarist he visited luthier John D'Angelico's shop in 1951 which lead to him in 1952 becoming his apprentice.

About his routine, D'Aquisto said:

"I was making $35 a week. I was like the runner: I'd go to the stores, pick up the tuners, go get the tailpieces from downtown, take the necks to the engraver, all that. I cleaned the windows, swept the floors, everything—we all did that. On Friday we put away the tools and cleaned the shop so when Monday came the place would be spotless."

Later, he learned the "rough work" of the D'Angelico style.

1952

He served as an apprentice to John D'Angelico beginning in 1952 and later developed his own distinctive style.

1959

D'Angelico had a heart attack in 1959 and also parted ways with his long time employee Vincent "Jimmy" DiSerio.

As a result he closed the business but soon reopened it after D'Aquisto who was unable to find work, convinced him to do so.

1964

After several more heart attacks and having also suffered from pneumonia John D'Angelico died on September 1, 1964, at the age of 59.

Following D'Angelico's death the last ten of his guitars were finished by D'Aquisto.

D'Aquisto bought the business but a poor business decision lost him the right to the D’Angelico name.

D'Aquisto then continued building guitars under his own name.

1966

In 1966 he moved to Huntington, Long Island, then to Farmingdale in 1973, and finally Greenport in 1980.

1973

He made sixteen flat top guitars from 1973 to 1984.

He made two types, a grand auditorium and a dreadnought.

He believed the large oval sound hole produced greater projection than the typical round sound hole.

He numbered his guitars from 101 to 116.

Number 101 was a non-cutaway auditorium as well as number 111, which he made for Laurie Veneziano and Janis Ian.

Numbers 102 to 110 were his dreadnoughts.

From 112 to 115, are some of his most beautiful auditorium guitars and the only flat tops he made with a cutaway.

Each is a radiant blond color.

He used European spruce tops and European maple back and sides for all his flat tops.

Ebony for the fret board, bridge, bridge pins, and headstock overlay.

D'Aquisto also made a few nylon-string flat top guitars.

1995

He felt he would die at the same age as his mentor, and this did occur on April 17, 1995, when he was 59.

D'Aquisto's name is on many guitar models from the Fender "D'Aquisto Elite" and the Fender Masterbuilt "D'Aquisto Deluxe" (which was a similar construction to the D'Aquisto Jim Hall model) and also the "D'Aquisto Ultra" (which was a larger built model with a floating pickup) and the Hagström Jimmy.

His blue "Centura Deluxe" was the inspiration for the book Blue Guitar.

His guitars have sold for tens of thousands of dollars to over $500,000.

One of his guitars was the first to be worth a million dollars.

2006

In 2006, D'Aquisto was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.

His tools and work bench, passed down to him from D'Angelico, were given to the National Music Museum.

2011

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

D'Aquisto flat top guitars are a group of sixteen guitars made by D'Aquisto.