Thanks for the input (and spittin' match)
I just happened to stop by the guitar center in Canton, MI and they had (surprisingly, since I rarely see them anywhere) three ES-135s... two 'blue burst' and one 'natural'... in satin finish... no offense to any 'satin finish 135' owners, but I didn't care for the look of them at all... I can't imagine how you would care for the finish on them... the wood grain on the natural didn't look very desirable and the 'bluebursts' looked just plain blue... These 3 specimens looked downright 'blah' - despite being green-tagged 'down' to the same price they've been going for on the web for some time now... the one I actually examined had pickup wiring plainly visible thru the treble side f-hole... in hindsight, I guess I'm even happier I went with the 137C a year ago when I couldn't find a 135 (was told they'd been discontinued by just about every dealer in SE Mich at the time).
