OK,  so I'm biased.  I love jazz guitar music,  I love jazz guitars,  hey ... I just loved stringed instruments and music in general.  But all over-the-top hyperbole aside ... is this not THE most beautiful inanimate object you have ever seen!!!!!!!  I'm serious.   This one has a refined and highly evolved classic beauty that to these eyes,  just cannot be improved on  ... the hand stained sunburst applied directly to the wood,  the meticulously buffed thin gloss top coats,  the fiddle back maple,  the classic proportions,  the Loar-on-steroids powerhouse archtop sound that evoke memories of Eddie Lang,  Carl Kress & Dick McDonough,  the ... OK OK,  so maybe I didn't put the over-the-top hyperbole aside.  I can't help myself!  This really is the most beautiful guitar I have ever seen!!!