I had a prewar "parlor" Martin worked on by a local genius here in Escondido, CA, who showed insight, craft, knowledge and care of the kind that Martins from long ago richly deserve.

He did a wonderful job on her, and would have even done more if Ihad given him the budget for it -- but I fell in love with a Dreadnought in his shop and had to use my money on that.

So now I have two grand Martins, and I would trust this guy with either of them for anything. He's a wizard. I've lost his name at the moment but I will dig it up again if anyone needs aluthier in So Cal.

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