I love the guitar!  Your description was very accurate.  I'm glad I went with the older model instead of a brand new one.  I love the beautiful wood and finishes on the new guitars, but the tops are so screaming these days that the guitar-ness can be overshadowed. I also have a McCarty and a Hollowbody II.  These are also pretty and so nice to play, but they feel more generic somehow and the pickups are very dark. I like the pickups on the Custom 24 better.  Five cool sounds, you can't beat it!  So I suppose the closet days are over for this one but hopefully I won't bang it up too much. I'm completely satisfied with the deal and the service.  It is scary to buy something so unique and expensive sight unseen, but you made it work out great.