BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Description: American guitar maker best known as the premier maker of custom guitars
Known For: Manufacturers of guitars, Musical instruments
Instruments: Guitar
Date Born: 9th November 1935
Location Born: United States of America
Date Died: 18th April 1995
Location Died: United States of America
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Jimmy D’Aquisto
James L. D’Aquisto (November 9, 1935 – April 18, 1995) was an American guitar maker best known as the premier maker of custom guitars.
He served as an apprentice to John D’Angelico from 1952 and was considered his successor after the latter’s death in 1964.
From his shop in Huntington, New York then in Farmingdale, New york and later during his “golden period” in Greenport Long Island, New York, D’Aquisto became known as the world’s greatest guitar maker from the late 1960s until his death in 1995.
D’Aquisto was a 2006 inductee to the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
His tools and work bench — passed down to him from D’Angelico — are on display at the National Music Museum. ‘The D’Aquisto Foundation’.