To answer the question about the Martin D12-28.

Neck warping . . . it's amazing how many times stories like this get peddled around.

No, no such issues, nor have I heard of any from those that actually OWN one or another model of Martin 12 string.

Also, something that actually DOES go wrong with the odd Martin is similar to B17 - B24 air gunners in WWII. One Messerschmitt is shot down and 40 gunners claim it as theirs. So problems with any Martin tend to be exaggerated many-fold. Everyone suddenly knows 'someone' who had one and it went disastrously wrong . . .

So what I'm saying is, Martins are NOT perfect, BUT you don't get a reputation like theirs if the product doesn't do 'what it says on the can'. They are wonderful instruments and (in my opinion) worth every penny/cent or whatever.

I own two other Martins (6 strings), so I trusted them enough to drive 100 miles up the road, stay in a hotel overnight, just to play this instrument to see if I liked it. Fact is, it's exceeded my wildest expectations. It's beautiful.

If you give me your email address in a PM, I'll send you a link so you can hear for yourself. I apologise in advance for the expression on my face when I play the guitar, I'd never seen myself playing before and was looking in the monitor on the camera.