Seeing that photo of Jerry with his Epiphone by a tent reminds me of all the ridiculous places I took that F-312. I practically lived *on* the beach with it in the summer, down the shore in Ventnor NJ. [N.B. Default: I wasn't yuppie. Our house was the outhouse on the block of mansions. :!: ] I sat on the boardwalk and actually on the beach with my Guild, day and night, during humid, hot days. Had to shake the sand out of the soundhole more than once. Took it to a friend's house for the weekend - she lived in a trailer in the woods near State College, PA. Played it outdoors for the entire 3 days, surrounded by nasty outdoors things like bugs and midges... ewww! Today I would blanch at the thought of taking my Guild to the beach.