Try, try again…. You guys did great at shipping me my new stair step tailpiece. However, on receiving my new, nicer, beefier Tailpiece, I can’t help thinking that there had been problems with the original, (mine tore off at the hinge, having been mostly in the case, never gigged, never dropped.). At any rate, the new unit is noticeably thicker gauge metal, more plating, and all around nicer.

Guitar sounds a good as it looks Guitar sounds a good as it looks - beautiful, resonant and the Mini is sized perfectly for me. Seems to stay in tune well and I have no issues with the instrument at all. Extremely happy with my purchase

"Gold" Skyscraper Truss Rod Cover My EXL-1 bought new in ~2014 came with "gold" hardware except for the TRC. So the gold TRC finally came into stock and it was reasonable at $15. However, it is thicker and slightly longer than the original "silver" TRC and wouldn't install properly until I took a file (a really coarse file, I might add) to it, followed by some finishing work with a much finer file. Looks better now, but it certainly wasn't drop in place and tighten a couple of screws, which is what I expected.

The DC Tour is a good buy The DC Tour isn't perfect (the bridge on mine has to be super-low on the treble side to get the action right), but it's very good for what the guitar costs (I got a demo for $500 from Sweetwater). Love the Supro pickups; they're worth the price of admission.

Art Deco Ebony Knobs I replaced the plastic volume and tone knobs on my Premier SS with the ebony knobs available on the D'Angelico website, and used on Excel and Deluxe versions. There was nothing wrong with the original knobs, I just wanted the more Art Deco vibe of those classic ebony knobs. And I notice the new Premieres now include the ebony knobs as standard. Nice upgrade!