Rick F. I frequent George Youngblood's shop in Guilford CT. As it turns out JE lives in the next town and had traded this guitar to George in exchange for some work on one of his other instruments. I had always wanted an F50 since some of my favorite musicians play them - JE, Dave Van Ronk, Dan Hicks, to name a few. The bottom line is I traded my HD-28 for it and have never looked back. And I would have done so even if it was not JE's guitar.

BTW, If your ever in the area, be sure to visit George's shop. No pressure, nice antique house with Oriental rugs, velevt couches, wood stoves, and lots of really great new, used, and vintage stringed instruments of every description.

DW