"Excellent Instrument"

The Premiere Bedford semi hollow in sky blue is a mahogany body guitar with maple neck and top. The other colors are made of Linden wood. The craftsmanship is excellent. I like a 24.75 scale neck. It's easy on the tendons while 'stretching' for certain chord voicings. The neck looks like one you'd find on a 'jazz box'. The mother of pearl blocks are deep, frets are medium jumbo and dressed beautifully, the 'C' shape is comfortable in my hand. The neck on any electric guitar generates tone. I prefer the solid maple neck for that reason.
In my opinion the truss rod reinforcement as well as the fret board will suffice to prevent movement. This is a set neck. The contours where the body and neck meet are aesthetically beautiful but more importantly flow gracefully allowing unobstructued access to the upper registers.
The architecture of the head stock is pure Art Deco in its design. The abalone details are colorful and the logo is very nicely detailed.
The body is light. Being a semi hollow design it has some resonance unplugged, particularly at the 7th position.

The pick ups are Seymore Duncan design but not actually Seymore Duncan's. The sound great but probably lack that extra 10% of tonal personality than authentic Seymore Duncan's. I'm swapping the stock pick ups for two authentic Seymore Duncan vintage single coils at neck and middle, the bridge humbucker will become a 'Firebird'.
This guitar has a tremelo bar and therefore locking tuners would be a smart upgrade.
I replaced the plastic tone and volume knobs with ebony 'cupcakes' from D'Angelico. Nice touch aesthetically.
It comes with a nice gig bag. I will eventually purchase a hardshell case for this guitar.

I have played for 62 years. I have studied at Boston Conservatory and Berkelee. I own two classical guitars ( one cedar top the other spruce) and two steel strings ( one an orchestral model the other a Maceferri design). I also play a Yamaha BB735 bass. The D'Angelico Premiere Bedford is a great choice for my playing style.

"Beautiful guitar..."

Premier Bowery LS acoustic guitar. The only reason I can't give it 5-star is there is so much string rattle in 5 and 6. I will have to try to adjust the truss rod which is not one of my favorite things to do. I will buy other D'angelico guitars!

"I can’t say enough good things about…"

I can’t say enough good things about D’Angelico guitars, and their staff! The quality of the instrument matches the quality of care the service department provides. You are actually welcomed as one of the family. You can’t beat that. I’ve since bought two additional D’Angelico’s and have not been disappointed with any of them! Love me some D’Angelico!

"Ebony knobs on Great Guitars"

This review is for a set of 4 ebony knobs. But I own 2 D’Angelico guitars (and plan to own more). I have an EXCEL DC semi-hollow and a Premier Bedford. Both guitars are magnificent players. Solid build with attention to detail. Thoughtful design meets artful construction. The knobs are just a part of that.

"When I ordered the wrong product"

When I ordered the wrong product. They cancelled the order with no problem.
Very nice and fast customer service

"Garland"

Garland - I hope I spelled it correctly - was amazing. He had a drum kit out and let me jam with him. That is what convinced me to buy a new guitar. What a great place. What a nice guy.

"I recently purchased a fine D'Angelico…"

I recently purchased a fine D'Angelico guitar (DC Premier Mini) and wanted to swap out the stock volume/tone knobs for the ebony (art deco) style - to give my fav guitar an even better style/look. I ordered the ebony knobs (4), received them in a few days and put them on my DC Mini! True love.

"Love the DC Mini"

Love the DC Mini. So beautiful, and the sound is so clear and brilliant. It's a work of art before I even play a note.

"I really like the guitar"

I really like the guitar. It plays great and looks great. My only problem, and it is minor, is there was not much attention paid to detail. For example, there is overspray from the paint into to hollow body, and also on the neck area. The lines are not clean. If I had bought this guitar locally, I would have returned it and requested an exchange. However, I ordered it online and I did not want the hassle of repacking it and shipping it back out, so, I'm kinda stuck with it. Overall, it is a great guitar.

"D’Angelico is one of the best brands out there"

Since I’ve had my Kurt Rosenwinkel Premier I begun to trust in D’Angelico, and now with my D’Angelico Brighton Deluxe I really feel I’ve bought a professional instrument.