TONE = Why we Play
Chips = Character. And anyway, how many people PAY to have someone else relic their guitar?
Keep the one that rocks!
I have played plenty of guitars that were manufactured to be "identical", but one has mojo and the other doesn't. Mojo wins.
If the legendary SW 55 point somehow (



) missed a significant cosmetic flaw and didn't tell you about it, they should give you some kind of compensation.