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If I could make a request for a subsequent interview at the "Sanctuary" : a video trip through your library of ES-3x5s and ES-330s. Here, in particular, a view of how the roundness / pointiness of the "ears" evolved from 1958 onwards, the thickness of the tops, and at which serial # and/FON sequence, they started the short pickguards. Dare I mention PAF bobbins?
My favorites among your collection, @mikeslub , have always been the Argentine Grey and (I believe) the blonde 345 with black VT ring (first batch?