sigh.
look at forgedcbuser's pictures of his satin z101's from a couple weeks ago. that's what 'straight from the factory' satin would look like and it's typical of the tourstage satin look. very different from mcsub's - though both looks sweet, they are obviously different.
has anybody pointed out yet that forgedcbuser's satins have the bead blasted stripe on the back, while mcsub's do not??!!?? that would be my first clue that this was a one off job.