D'Angelico - Deluxe Bob Weir 3 Signature Matte Stone

With the Deluxe Bobby Weir 3, D'Angelico has created an electric guitar named after a Californian rock legend. Its Matte Stone finish, with its matt, mineral-like appearance, evokes a stone polished by decades on stage. The 635 mm (25") scale length, shorter than the standard for classic electric guitars, reduces the tension of the strings under the fingers, whilst the satin finish on the body reveals the grain of the wood.

The semi-hollow body design with a central block hollows out the body without completely emptying it: the attack remains crisp, as on a solid-body guitar, whilst air circulates as in an open-back guitar. The laminated maple top, sides and back are layered like sediment, a material chosen for its harmonic clarity. The single-cutaway body provides easy access to the higher frets, and its five-ply binding traces a clean line around the wood. Its depth of 44.45 mm and width of 381 mm create a slim body under the arm.

The three-piece maple/walnut/maple neck, fitted as a set neck, features a C-shaped profile that widens from 20 mm at the first fret to 22 mm at the twelfth. Its ebony fingerboard, curved to a radius of 406.4 mm (16"), features twenty-two Jescar 47/104 nickel-silver frets, three-ply binding and Split Block mother-of-pearl inlays, complemented by side markers. The Graph Tech Tusq nut, 42.86 mm wide, sits in front of a double-action truss rod that adjusts the neck’s curvature throughout the seasons.

The Standard headstock, with its three-ply binding and satin finish, features the D’Angelico New York and Deluxe Shield logos in mother-of-pearl, along with a serial number and the model name engraved on the back. The Cupola headpin and the gold-plated Skyscraper truss rod cover, engraved with the signature, complete this golden ensemble. The Grover 509 Super Rotomatic locking tuners keep the guitar in tune, supported by a gold-plated Tune-O-Matic bridge with roller saddles and a D’Angelico Shield Tremolo system that allows the guitarist to bend notes without going out of tune.

The two TV Jones Custom DA’Tron pickups – one at the neck and one at the bridge – recreate the warm, rounded tone of 1960s valve amps. A three-position switch, two push-pull volume controls, two tone controls and a master volume control offer distinct tone combinations, controlled by 500 kΩ potentiometers. The standard mono jack output and the six D’Angelico Electrozinc 10-46 strings complete this circuit, designed for the stage.

The five-ply Tortoise Scalini pickguard and the five ebony knobs add a vintage touch, whilst the absence of a backplate keeps the central block visible. The gold-plated locking strap pins secure the instrument whilst on the move. Assembled in Korea, it weighs 3.63 kg and comes with a Deluxe DESSCASE hard case included.