Big THANKS for all the advice. Very useful. Quite a wide variety of views and I think youre right about the apparent 'tigerstripe' being 'crackling'
There's a darker colour underneath, but like itsmedunc, I believe they overpainted sunburst for custom colours.
The seller has 100% feedback and maybe thinks its genuine.
I am, however, staying well clear unless the mood takes me to go look at it.
£797 with 4 days to go - guess a clearly genuine one might have attracted more. It will be interesting to see how much it eventually goes for.
Thanks again