Brilliant, Beautiful guitar people, what can you tell me about George Bowden guitars?

Take it to a local but highly reputable guitar shop, that handles classical style guitars. There they will be better able to give you accurate information on your guitar. This isn't something that you can really take to a local instrument shop, to learn anything about it. You may have a high end guitar, and this is why you need someone with the expertise in classical style guitars, versus what you may get online. Make a few calls around to see about locating a shop that handles guitars as their primary source of business.