Mine's a Kent that I got at the local Woolworth's 25 or so years ago. It's very cool, and it has outlasted the store that sold it. It has a heavy, plastic pickguard that's a copy of a Gibson Hummingbird, I think, and it's a red sunburst color style. The neck on this one is solid as a fence post...I used it to break open the front door one time when I lost my keys. The wood for the sound box is some special kind of laminate, I think, judging by the hole where I put a machine screw to hold on the strap. It's in layers of thin wood, and is tough as hell. You have got to hear the tone of this beauty to believe it! I have played a lot of other guitars, but no other guitar can match this one. It seems to be waterproof too, because I took it on a few canoe trips and got dumped one time on Lake Scugog, and that guitar saved my life! Most people can't get very clear notes out of this guitar, because they've got weak hands. I don't have that problem. I can play this beauty ax like Paul Bunyan. I usually put on a new set of strings about once a year or if I break one. That's kind of extravagant, I know, but I figure it's worth it in the case of a guitar this good.

I would not trade my Kent for the best damn Martin or Gibson in the 48 states. Those guitars are way overrated.