But MG, in the old days Martins were not the Toyota's of the acoustic world, they were the Mercedes-Benz or Rolls Royce. Just as there is still no such thing as a junk-model Mercedes, there used to be no such thing as a low-end Martin. I liked it better when the more cheaply made Martins said "Sigma" on the headstock, but maybe I'm just a guitar snob. God knows I've been guilty of much worse things in this life.

I recognize as well, that without having models available to gain a larger market share CFM may have gone the way of Rolls or Bentley (bought out by more widely affordable competitors BMW and Volkswagon),and I recognize that I know less about marketing than I do about quantom physics, so my opinion is far from infallible in this arena, but Hey, when did that ever stop anybody on the Mudcat...
I hope that you found Thanksgiving to be as enjoyable as you had hoped.
Regards