No I wasn't thinking of spending that much Richard in Manchester. I was hoping to get a guitar + electrics for around the 1000 -1100 mark. it would need to be bloody good to prise any more from me..
Thanks for your concern thaough - I did check his site out!

I paid £640 for a new cpx15cm with case at the avalon last year - there are always price cuts there - thats why I'm hanging on til then.

Ideally I suppose I'd like to spend 2 and a half grand on a Lowden, but I can't afford that - and it would probably be wasted on me anyway. I'm not Bert Jansch or anything like that order of technical playing excellence.

The Taylor sort of leapt up at me as a sensible compromise, when I was in the Sound Control shop in Derby. A year or two ago, I would have bought what I wanted without thinking as it was offset against tax, and i was out gigging somewhere most days. As it is I've not got much income, but I'd still like to make as good a job as I can of the next album/set of recordings.