Well friends and helpers, I am pleased to announce that I am now the proud owner of the above guitar. The price? $64 and no postage! That's about 28 pounds so I think I did well.
Thanks for the info Skrik, I don't think he ever claimed it was Tommy Emmanuel's own guitar, just one that has a signature "Tommy Emmanuel" on the back which may or may not be genuine.
As far as I'm concerned, the sig is irrelevant, except if its genuine I might have a more valuable guitar if I ever sold it.
This time I made no mistake and made a killer bid with 2 minutes to go. Someone else increased their bid twice after mine but only raised it $5 and then $10 which wasn't enough and mine over-rode his. So, the neighbors had better watch out, I'm going electric!
One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley