Awesome as usual Bruce. I am liking that guitar for jmat!
And it has been said, but that Koa is special stuff.
My recollection on the cutaway is that many years back Bruce was making a Venetian but the wood broke. Rather than scrap it, Bruce innovated his way into a new aesthetic that was functional, beautiful and distinct. The design has survived the test of time as Bruce’s dominant design. It is interesting how constraint can serve as innovation’s forcing function.
It is a harmonious design and it is hard, for me, to imagine a Sexauer without that cutaway. It needs a brand name, to bad bolognese has been co-opted by by pasta sauce. It is a city of learning, integration and elegance. It would be a fit for that cutaway.