"As Leadfingers sais, "but I often wonder wether these guitars will still be as nice as my old (1970) D 35 in thirty years time", I also question if they would last 30 years."..

yeah.. so..
how many of us expect to last another 30 years anyway..

i want reasonable quality good sounding cheapest possible price guitars
that i can enjoy playing and working with now..

Most far eastern guitars made now are relible and musical enough
for my professional purposes for at least the next 5-10 years..

and when i find a £200 instrument that delivers the equivalent performance
of one 'overpriced' at £1000 or more..
then it dont take a Business Masters Degree qualification
to be very pleased about the amount of money i've saved
that can be put to better uses for whatever amount of life i do have left..

ps hope all yer grandkids enjoy their 'investment guitar' inheritance
if humanity does manage to avoid obliterating the planet of all life
within the next 50 years..

merry xmas..