I bought my 1994 Blues Master in New Hampshire in 2004. It was on sale for $259,and I got it for $239, with a chipboard case on which someone had written "Little Amigo" in white paint. It's a sweet, but odd-sounding thing (great mids), that favors alternate tunings. I use it to play Irish trad in DADGAD to get a wonderful(IMHO) harp sound. Also, very enjoyable playing fingerstyle blues with it in either open D or open G. If you're a standard or drop D strummer, this one, anyway, isn't for you. It's probably worth a Grand to a player who's looking for a particular sound.