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Cool, Tom! Nice piece and a super guitar.

The look on your face after the first strum told the story, Nice guitar enjoy it! Use it well! IMHO I would go with K&K !

Make sure you squeeze as much water out of the sponge as you can, plus one here for the Oasis humidifiers ( my home is high in the rockies ) so i live in winters with single digits humidity and you dont want weird things to start happening to your guitar, its so important in the winter, When you humidity you should keep a gauge in your guitar to gauge the humidity, Oasis comes with one. Its not hard to keep the inside of your case between 40% and 50%. IMHO

Thats was way cool!

FYI, I took a look at the CME Website today ( Chicago Music Exchange ) and they came across 25 used/vintage acoustic guitars. They look to be in good condition, I think they got them from one collection, but not sure.

I think it was 2500. 00 + If my eyes don't fail me.

Lot of work! Is that bridge plate metal? if it is I would enjoy hearing that thing.

Way sweet!

I would take the advice on polishing your new guitars, IMHO My oldest guitar is 55 years old and I have always kept 3 guitars I dont buy sell or trade hardly ever, so I kept what I like. Ive got a bottle of ten or more years old polish almost full. I do polish the neck lightly when I change strings. This is all in MHO I use a warm damp cloth after playing and my guitars according to my jam friends well they look great all the time . Enjoy your new guitar!!!

I dont know Gibson that well but I would wager Gibson makes guitars that sound good to some people and some that dont, just like every other builder. Everyone has there own personal overall tastes, its matching the right guitar to the right person. IMHO

I dont know Gibsons that well but it doesn't look like BRW to me, as stated it looks more in line with IRW. The laminated question I cant answer.

I never realized Chinese letters are blocked or squarish.. Learn somthing everyday!

Thanks for the pics Tom!

Another nice job!

I can't say anything about Gibson, but I had other brands do exactly the same and I always thought it was just the material ( some types of plastic ) beginning to age. IMHO