@inlikeflynn: thanks for your interest. i am tending towards keeping it for now. i have to cull my herd of guitars a bit (wife is sick of the cases, lol), but am attached to this one. let me think about it a bit. Either way I have the Stars & Stripes at my place in Asia at the moment (hanging with its "family" - see picture). was going to bring it back to the US later this year (travel permitting) so its tricky now. If i do decide to sell ill let you know and also post here. THANKS