Hello! 🙂 For what it's worth, and more than a year later, to answer your question, my CVN-500 is shiny, but not much.

Man, it has been about 4 years since I bought it. I still have it and recently picked it up again. Wish I had practiced every day for the past four years! I'd be at least a 1/10 as good as Fiddlerman 🙂

Hope to stick around this time! I think I need to lock away my guitars and play the violin more.

Best,

Moris