This box is becomming a family item, not exactly owned by any one person, so I have to wipe down after playing, kinda like flushing the bowl in the loo. Talk about GAS from the guitar point of view, PAS ...lol; like a pop star this one has a mind of its own!, suppose it likes the attention.

On the other boxes and strings, I am not surprised to read about the HD 28 getting a sore throat - I once had to play a D 28 which had the same mighty sound with newish strings, later enjoying the tubbies was always a treat worth waiting for. My hands, however, complained a lot. The 41 - I would love to try out, but mine would not tolerate those heavier medium gauge strings. Probably vibrate the tuners off, or some thing else would get loose. There is no comparrison to the 000 models since the Dread has all that boomroom, so it probably would not respond to midrange at all wheras the Auditorium model is midrange. BTW at 500 I think you got a bargain there.