Many years ago I was fortunate to play #18 when Al Petteway owned it and that guitar forever changed my frame of reference for what's possible with a maple b/s guitar. John reserved #2
18 for me as a subtle homage to that guitar.
Amy can be seen near the beginning playing this guitar here -
Al let go of that guitar eventually (due to lack of cutaway) not too long after he got this lovely thing -
I was fortunate to play this guitar the day it arrived and it sounds even better in person! It has been a long road ... we're almost home!