If you go to around 59 minutes in, during the solo in Brown Eyed Women, you'll notice the reflection of a F-hole sticker...so, he's ditched the semi-hollow Super ?
It's a conspiracy!
On the grassy knoll on 911 with the fake moon landing and a flat earth!
Er sumpin'
It is indeed a different guitar - look at the subtle direction of the chevron on each.Could it be a different Super Eagle without a F hole????
Gretsch use to do the fake painted on hole thing also, like on thr Chet Atkins Tennesseean.It is indeed a different guitar - look at the subtle direction of the chevron on each.
The question is "why the fake hole?" Or maybe "why the plugged hole?" (Although it doesn't look like a normal plug to me.) I posit that sometimes he gets a better tone with one vs the other, maybe feedback is any issue with the one with the hole at times, so he swaps as he sees fit. But he likes the look, so got a sticker applied.
Or maybe JM is just messing with the world, a joke he thought might not even be noticed.
He really drove that sweet transition from Jack Straw to Cold Rain and Snow, that was sweet!Watching the live concert on Youtube and he's using it for the opening song.
It was noticed last year. He has been using it every since. My guess its one of the original prototypes that he liked and they use the paint or sticker as to not hurt the feelings of people who paid 10k+ for that guitar.