Dear Gibson,

You said you had never seen a "pro" (by which I assume you meant "professional") use a Hagstrom. You may denigrate Presley, but he meets your definition. Or did you, like your simian hero, manage to "mis-speak"?

Would you prefer me to cite Martin Carthy, who said of my late wife's Hagstrom J-45 "That's a smashing guitar"?

Your bigotry and chauvinism seem as apparent as your ignorance.

Yours, etc.