Chief

You are cheating yourself by not getting that Martin!

There is no reason why you still can't use that old guitar, though you may find that you got spoiled by that Martin.

I bought my first good guitar at age 13 in 1963. It was and still is a Gibson LG3. It was the only guitar I used until 1998. Since then, I have bought and own 4 other guitars, the most recent being an old Martin D-18. I love all of my guitars and rotate them for different situations. They all come out of the case and get attention, including the LG3.

But that Martin, it's really something.