I agree, though, BT, that the old growth redwood tele does look really nice. It may actually be worth the price, as I understand that redwood is very difficult to work with, and suffers from easy tearout when routing. I would imagine that there would be more than the usual amount of handwork involved in one of those teles.

BTW, otaypanky, that neck on your Kirn looks absolutely incredible. I'd love to get my hands on a chunky necked Tele like that.