I bought my Mumbo Jumbo dreadnaught acoustic a few years ago and I have to tell you that I could have stopped buying guitars right there. This guitar not only sounds amazing but it screams "Play me!" It has the biggest acoustic sound, all solid rosewood tone too. I think for two or three times the money you could not buy a better guitar, in fact this could be your perfect guitar. You get that perfect rosewood tone, modern pinless bridge (changing strings is very easy), outstanding woods, electronics, scalloped bracing and a very high level of workmanship. I love my guitar; but I think that it loves me more then I love it and that is a strange but great feeling. I spoke to Simon on the phone, and he signed the tag on the Gator guitar case with my name so I left it there. There is no date on the inside of the guitar but on the inside it is numbered and signed by Simon Shaw and I think that is really cool too. I have number 36. On a scale of 1 to 10 I give this guitar a 10 for the sound of the guitar alone. I have 7 solid wood acoustics and they all sound good; however I would rate this one a best buy and I would buy it again. Best sounding guitar in the world? That is a matter of opinion but if you say that this is the best sounding guitar in the world I will not disagree with you as this guitar sounds amazing on the first day and mine is aging quite well.