My favorite instrument? It's still my Martin, Fred. My old roommate Mike had a 1962 D-28 that I tried for 20 years to buy from him, but he was too smart to sell it. So I ordered one like it about six or seven years ago, a D-28 Custom 15 (with the old style V-neck, diamonds and squares, herringbone and scalloped braces) and then had Don Teeter put a compensated bridge on it. Recently Mike & I got together again, and he liked mine better than his; I thought about trading, but decided I liked Fred better after all. Mike sings tenor, and does most of his playing on the top four strings above the fifth fret: his old Martin has the hottest treble I've ever played so it matches his vocal range. I'm more of a bass singer, love hammering on the bottom strings and listening to them ring out; Fred has a bottom end that won't quit, so I guess that's what I like. Good wine, friends and guitars improve with age so I guess while I like playing other people's instruments, I'll keep Fred.

Country Bob