So I missed out

Went for a few days away after Christmas and when I got back had a look through a few of my favorite spots for guitars for sale and found one of these :-

 http://www.westoneguitars.net/guitars/unidentified-models/#model1

messaged the guy but it had already sold

  KICKING MYSELF

Damn. I feel your pain - I own its walnut sister serial #008043.

You're not too far from here... should I message you in a few years when age and arthritis do the inevitable and stop me playing?

damn thats nice - not making me feel any better though

... and yes message me when you cant play it anymore - if I can even hear the phone ring or answer it with my arthritis 

Sorry for your loss on getting that other prototype, mate. 

I reckon I'll rust up well before you do, given your age. You could make a quartet of spotty teenage guitarists out of me if you divided me up right.