Keep those cards and letters coming, folks---Some good tips, already(and some persuasive picking from Tweed!)--My inclination in past has been towards the Seagull/Lasido/etc--my strategy is to compile a list and keep my eye out--

I kind of gravitate to the cheap guitar philosophy, which, in part, is that a good player knows how to get a good sound out of whatever instrument they happen to have, and that many of the greatest players had not so good instruments--though I do appreciate a really fine guitar--