adorshki
Reverential Member
If they didn't have their certs they wouldn't even be able to produce the D40 traditional with gloss finish.Makes me wonder if they are still restricted by CA regulations and the gloss finish is more of an issue.
They said they had their certs even before they shipped the first M20's in satin varnish.
Like Harry (Gilded) said I'm sure it's all about cost to make a gloss NCL finish.
It's not just the buffing time but the cure time between coats as well.
And ya gotta hang 'em somewhere while that's going on, too.
As for $500.00 price difference, I'm not seeing an actual 16" lower bout Westerly Collection model yet, so don't know if comparing apples to apples.
As mentioned earlier the original F40 was 16" lower bout, and the F48 was a variation on the F50 with 17" lower bout.
F47's were hog-bodied F40's.
We do know the MIC'suse African mahogany, but we've seen evidence that USA-builts are using real Honduran so there's another element of cost: use of premium woods.
Ralf, apologies I'm not watching video because I don't really expect 'em to answer the question, but do you know what the lower bout width actually is on "new" F40?
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