Griff--fwiw, this board has, as far as i can tell, no admin presence. and emails to "support" can go unanswered. also, the guitars are built overseas. (i think that even those new fancy paint job baretta-ish guitars may be painted in the US but with the same parts as other guitars.) so your best bet might be to take the stock model to a luthier and have it done that way. again, fwiw.