I agree Don. and quite frankly, I don't buy any new guitars at all myself. All 5 acoustics I own are 1960s guitars except the '71 D-18. I just like the vintage jive I get from them. However I do believe the Martins and the Gibsons are going through a new renaissance of quality again.

The foreign makeclassical guitars you mention are really in a different league and for a different type of musician, so I really don't find the comparrison relevant for a picker and power strummer like myself.

But if I played flemenco............