Justa Picker's info. is right, as usual. There was probably something about that herringbone that we were not told. My pickin/singin partner of many years had one of those that was completely original (he bought it in the early '60s for the outrageous price of $2000) and he sold it a few years ago. He couldn't take it out to our gigs for fear of 1)theft and 2)breakage, so it was virtually worthless to him (not a COLLECTOR, just a PLAYER). With sadness and trepidation, he sold it. He paid off about a quarter of his mortgage and bought a 000-18 from the '30s and a 5-year old D-45 just to make himself feel better.