nobody is bashing Martins. what we are saying is that being a martin owner can present a set of problems. when I owned a Martin there wasn't a mudcat to share the problems with other people.

when you don't have a lot of money and you spend your months salary cheque on a guitar that won't stay in tune, it can be a very isolating experience - up on stage, to your bewildered family(who would have preferred that you spent the money on taking them on holiday - after all you already had quite an acceptable guitar)and sundry other supercilious gits.