Hi, [...bad luck story...] > I was surprised to see what > looks like titanium, not brass under the black paint. I was wondering > if anyone knew if all LXen shells are made with titanium and if not when > they started. Lest anyone think this is a special edition, it isn't, I > just bought it as a regular LX made before any of the limited editions > were announced.
That was a bad trip, as we used to say. I did something similar to one of my LXs a few years ago, and took a big chunk out of it. It is some sort of quite soft aluminium alloy. -- Cheers, Bob

