DAngelico Deluxe DC Satin Honey

This is probably one of the worst guitars I've played in terms of craftsmanship. And I've played my share of Harley Bentons, Epiphones, and so on.

This is my second guitar of this exact model. The first one I had had a very flexible neck so notes would bend out of tune very easily if I applied the slightest force to the neck while playing which drove me crazy. I sent it to warranty because of that and they changed the nut, but it didn't make much of a difference (why would it?? neither me or my luthier understood that reasoning). I then sent it back one more time because of lifted frets and they took about 3 months to not do anything about the frets and change the nut again (I asked them to do that also) that came not properly glued on, even worst than before. So I got rid of it and bought another one to see if I had better luck. I had better luck in regards to the flexible neck thing, this one is much more stable, but I didn't in some other aspects.

The guitar has the following issues: the nut is poorly cut: the high E string is spaced further apart than the rest of the strings. The bridge is positioned in the wrong location, because I can't intonate the D string (both the A and low E are now properly intonated at very close to the limit of the saddle position, so it's not a bad string). Almost all the frets' edges were unglued and lifting which resulted in a completely botched fret job with some dead frets. Also the truss rod rattles (it works though).

Obviously, I didn't send it back to warranty after my previous experience. I just sorted most of these problems with my luthier with my own money.

Yeah the guitar sounds great, but D'angelico has laughable quality control and warranty technicians. Definitely doesn't feel like a 1600€ instrument. Their customer support itself is great, though.