Say there mountain tyme...See now I think that Fielding boy is jes' havin' some sport with yuh...I mean you probably didn't get no case or nuthin' with that thing and as a Martin collector you know that there ain't nary archtop gonna' sound much more like a fart in a bucket compared to any Martin. As a fellow 'catter, I hate to see one of the brethren take so bad a beatin' on a dead box like that there Guild. Now kinda' recent like I found myself in possession of some barterin' material that I share with my buddy Cletus. We got this here pick-up that's a little rough, but it'll git around real good, especially in cold weather. The heater core leaks so it could stay a tad warmer in the cab, but at least the carb don't catch fire as often in this weather. The best thing is that we had a buddy get us a new title to her after the untimely demise of Cletus and me's good buddy Buford, the former owner...or at least driver. Then we got this Ithaca 12Ga. that is a right fine piece, 'ceptin' for that downward shell ejector. About 1 in 5 will clip your gonads if'n you ain't careful.

Now we was thinkin' maybe you could use the pick-up and the Ithaca a helluva' lot more than some archtop Guild, so we was thinkin' that you could do a little swappin'...if you was a mind to. We just don't wanna' see you get taken so bad and since we could git you some real value for your dollar, well...jes' let us know and we'll be happy to oblige.

'Paw and Cletus