Good God!! $725 For a Stella? Makes me really wish I hadn't taken the paint off of mine!!!

My stella was $15 at a Junk Shop and it came with a Velvet and Suede Paisley guitar strap. I took it home and stripped it down to see if I could make it prettier, but the wood was uglier than the fake-sunburst paint job!! I've still got it though.

No one's said anything about Silvertones, though. My first Arch-top was a black plywood Silvertone with white decoration, harder to play even than my Stella (much longer string length.)

I'll agree with what everyone's saying about Harmony Sovereigns. They have a great tone (I think it has to do with the skimpy bracing.) My friend has a Harmony 12 that He traded a squire strat for; He made off like a Bandit!!