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Being played in the video by Tim Stafford, I briefly had a new 2009 Composite Acoustics Tim Stafford Signature Model (original CA company) with Onboard Fishman Aura Preamp. The guitar looked great and sounded really good both acoustically and amplified but as received from the dealer, it was a bear to play for very long. The neck width and profile flared rather quickly and was just too wide higher up the neck, and combined with its rather sharp fretboard edges it proved too uncomfortable for me. It had a good .013" - .015" of neck-relief but with no truss rod, the neck-relief couldn't be adjusted. After about three days of trial, I returned the guitar to the dealer for a refund.