Backwoodsman, I have no doubt whatsoever that the vast majority of Brook guitars are instruments of the highest quality and that the one which I received was the one in a million which shouldn't have got past quality control. I do not mean my post to be an indictment of Brook guitars in general, ( although I am miffed that they didn't answer my email )

That said, I stand by my criticism of the herringbone binding.

There is no justification for running herringbone the same way all round a guitar, it is aesthetically abhorrent, and I have never seen any other top class instrument in which this was done.