"feeling the vibrations of the real wood top and back of a fully matured and aged Martin guitar. Holding it in your own two hands hands when you hit the bass strings just right with your pick (thumb or flat)---- and HEARING those same vibes in the bare bones acoustic music you are making-------well, there never will be an electric pickup or a linolium body instrument that will ever compare." Art Thieme

Love it, Art! It is how I feel about my D35.

Incidentally, when I was in Prince Rupert (west coast British Columbia) a couple of weeks ago I went to a music store there. They had mostly Ovations, I think, which I didn't bother with, but they had a 'Montana' which had an unusual top, being that kind of stripy grain that one often finds on the back of a guitar.   (There's a name for it, but it's slipped my mind.) I looked Montana up on the Intenet and it appears that it is/was made by Gibson. Does anyone know anything about it?

It was only $200 or so cdn and the sound wasn't that great so I wasn't tempted to buy it, but it did make me curious.