Well, this is going to hurt a bit.  I try to avoid hyperbole in ads, and for this one, the images should do most of the talking.  However, I would say this is possibly the most beautiful bass that I have owned (and there have been many).  To illustrate the point, on viewing this instrument, my wife, who genuinely could not be any less interested in basses, exclaimed 'WOW!'  Now she's seen a few very nice instruments but none have elicited any remark whatsoever.   So to business.  A US