Interesting thread ... thanks for revising it. For many, many years, I have played and performed with my vintage Martin Classical guitar (1938). It has the quality tone and lighteness I need for many of my ballads.

But this last summer, I picked up TWO new steel string guitars, my latest is a Dreadnought size.

I did this as I needed a guitar that I could take around to outdoor gigs, places where I won't risk damage to my olde Martin.

With this new steel string, I'm discovering sounds I'd forgotten: a very vibrant bass range ... a clearity of the upper range. It's allowing me to get into some better sounding blues sounds.

So ... the downside is that now I have to carry two guitars, two banjos, one autoharp, and nine suitcases when I go on the road! SHEEUH! bob(deckman)nelson