T was delighted with my first impressions of my Martin in the shop - it was dusty, with dead strings, repaired damage on the back, and the traces of what was (I hope) a can of fizzy drink opened too close to it. All that led to a price ticket around half of what I would have expected to pay.

Needless to say, with a little tlc, it played like a dream. Wish I was worthy of it.