Here, a beautiful, rarely un-insulted 50k original US lacquered-engraved SBA tenor, the actual thing.  Dark lacquer, full engraving, a very nice rather recent pad job, unscathed matching original neck, what else?  This is that thing.  I was lucky to get it.  They are not growing on trees these days.

This plays with a big complex and living sound, as expected.  As shown in photos it has a few spots of normal wear and some tiny pings.  It is just as nice as it appears to be. I don’t expect to see many more of these.