If you actually see it in the flesh the chips don't look as bird-shotty as the flash makes them. My original 63 burgandy mist has chips in the lacquer too - as it hardens and cracks it also gets brittle. With the new body, as the cracks and chips appear, you strat to see the sunburst underneath, which also makes them more obvious because the edge ones have a black line around them.
Yeah, I guess the cracks aren't really showing in the pics so it makes the chips look more "isolated".
Whatever, I'm nitpicking. He does the best relics I've seen (judging by photos, at least).
