1) They bucked the superstrat trend of the moniker.
2) They were made in China.
I happen to know a secret though, and that is that they're very good guitars. I know this for a fact because I own the gold top version of this same guitar. They're mahogany, with neck though body construction, Seymour Duncan pickups (JB & 59), locking tuners, unfinished necks, and a 25.5" scale length. They're a unique instrument that looks like a Les Paul and a PRS had a baby, but they actually play more like a hardtail Jackson soloist.
So yesterday I see this blue DS1 for sale priced at $299. This is at a place where I know I could walk out the door for even less, probably around $250. But there was a problem, and that was it looked weirdly modified. From a distance I thought it was some kind of aftermarket trem tailpiece. But once I had the guitar in my hands I could see that it was some crudely cut piece of bent metal.
Seriously, who does this type of thing to a nice guitar? What does an import tailpiece cost anyways?
Here's a bonus pic. Look what was hanging a couple spaces over.
