We Catters should be more adamant to Music stores & Luthiers & etc. that we will not accept inferior merchandise. Let this be a lesson to us all. I always offer to assist friends, students, & anyone else in choosing an instrument. I used to advise going to a reputable Instrument dealer instead of a discount house which happens to sell a few guitars or whatevers on part of an isle over yonder, but sometimes the formerly "reputable" dealers carry the same potential firewood.