Bodacious Cowboy

My favorite Bill Withers song.

In an alternative mythology: "Triumphs and Nortons and Beezers won't do - they don't have a soul like a Vincent '52 "

Sorry, I don't mean to offend, but this is utter rubbish.

The better Chinese workshop violins are excellent value for money. Nothing remotely crap about them.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bugger-all

I'm struggling with the "any"s here.

I'm afraid I haven't a clue, but feel compelled to compliment you on your user name.

Threads get dragged off topic, because people can't resist the temptation to shoehorn in comments to show what a clever little sausage they are. I'm probably as guilty as anyone.

It's a perfectly reasonable and appropriate response to the statements you've made.

I'd disagree that the ribs and the back are a particularly spectacular match. I'd be perfectly OK with it, but wouldn't feel it was special enough to boast about.

Fair point.

More often a sign of a neck graft rather than fake flame, surely?

Does it have anything that can't be found on the website?

Yes and yes, for resin:oil ratio less than 1.5:1.

The little Lie Nielsen "violin maker's plane" works very well for this also.