many thanks for the replies. Yeah, I have to suck it up and just see what happens. I tell myself I won't obsess about the cosmetic beauty of the guitar. But I have had the dread almsot 4 months now, and it's still unblemished. Snowy white engleman as smooth as a mirror, or the surface of a quiet alpine lake. I do this thing now, when I put it away, where I tilt the guitar every which way and let the light play off the top, while I look for a nick or a scratch from the pick. So far it is still pristine, and it gives me a warm fuzzy. I know one day it'll take a scratch or two. But I never even thought seriously about a crack in the top
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That would be painful. Oh, well. If I live a good clean life nothing bad will happen to my Taylor, right?