I bought this bean for a very high price because it was in such nice condition. I had looked at three at chicago music exchange, a white one Duanne Dennison of The Jesus Lizard owned that wasw at Mak'n Music, and immediately paid a premium for one from Mike's Music in Cincinnati because it had the imron neck(unscratched) and the larger ears and koa body. At the time they had a wedge that they sold, a bass, and a TB100S in a natural wood finish that may have been beechwood.