This BA has been re-lacquered at some point and as such the engraving is not very visible. It has since been chemically stripped and had a custom brushed finish applied by sax guru Steve Crow as well as a full re-pad. The neck is in good condition showing no signs of any pull down but has had a pickup hole patched as is visible in the pictures. It feels amazing under the fingers and sounds as good as you would hope a horn of this calibre would.