Aside from the strumming marks, the spruce top had a couple cracks south of the bridge. As Jim Deurloo at the plant told me, "gives the instrument even better tone." He's right, IMO.
I'll try to ease off the hard strumming! This was a factory reject that was buffed up and cleaned by the boys at Heritage, rescued from the scrapheap. It is a sentimental favorite! I've resisted the urge to install a pickup in it so far..