Thanks for the compliments Rick. But you age me more rapidly than I would like. (grin) I'm 45. When I'm in my 50s, I hope to sound like you do now.

As for the other reply about what it would take to get me to part with or trade this newly acquired 1950 D-28....in a perfect FANTASY world, I would say a pre-1944 HD-28 with braces scallopini, and someone gullible enough to think that my straight braced 28 would sound better. (Like I said, FANTASY.) This IS the "keeper" I've searched for, for a long time.