EZR - Thanks for the detailed info. It was MJH and Libba Cotton who got me interested in fingerpicking 'way back when. I never knew what guitar John played on those albums, though. (I always remembered the Guild ads with the magnificent photograph of him.)

I have consequently received the newest Elderly catalog and am right now looking at their Martin pages, studying the OM SECTION. I wonder if you know much about the diference between the OMs and the OOOO, which the catalog claims were formerly known as M size. Would the versatility of the OOOO be useful for when I'm plying with my bluegrass pals and have to get out my unwieldy little flatpick?

Basically, I'll be hitting the shops and trying a lot of things out, but this info is extremely useful. -Tak