Mooman, they didn't have Lakewoods in London or at Elderly. From what I tried, the Lowden came out on top. Maybe in another 10 years I might look for something better than the Lowden, but I'd need to hear one first - frankly, the way the Lowden sounds, I find it difficult to conceive of such an instrument though! ;-)

Graham.

PS. The guitar objected in the strongest possible terms to being strung with plain D'Addarios. Its attitude seemed to be "OK then, play if you like, but I'm not going to help you". Elixir Nanoweb changed its mind though - it's a very happy instrument now. :-)