I purchased this guitar new in January 2011 from Buffalo Brothers in Carlsbad California. I had been waiting months for the kind of Adirondack Spruce I was after and this was everything I wanted. The top is wide straight-grained and very silky. There is no run-out, grain variation or color variation in the top. The back and sides are perfect Indian Rosewood too. Everything is perfectly quarter sawn. I tried to capture all this as well as the condition in the pictures. The guitar is of course not new having been played for 15 years but is in excellent condition. There are no real scratches, dents, dings or buckle rash anywhere. The sound is big, in a jam it stands out in character and authority and always gets attention. The case has a number of stickers so friends will notice if MY guitar walks away at a jam or festival, but like the guitar, the case is in near new condition. OH! And Bill Collings signature inside on the label too!