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I have an old Gibson F-Mando, but I very rarely play it. I really should take it for a spin more often, though

Unfortunately, that´s all I can add, other than my (probably well known) standpoint...

80 grit is probably fine for shaping a bevel, but it doesn't come anywhere near to the grit you need for honing. Knife makers use grits up to 600 and higher for final polishing of a bevel, but then...

Awesome.Thanks for sgaring:)

is correct. I'll add that Samick makes very high quality "low-end" instruments - for example they make the Epiphone line for Gibson. I worked at a music store in the late 1980s that carried Samick...