1) I intended no dissing toward the price, quality or any other aspect of the instrument...I was just expressing surprise that there was guitar out there I'd never heard of. Thanks to the link, I now know they are a subset of SHS, an importer and brander of a wide range of musical gear.
2) I'm sorry, but you're going to have to go back and take a picture of the whale penis in the daylight. You can't pass up an opportunity to get a good, original photo a whale penis.