Gee, I can't believe I read the whole thread.
I really do need adult supervision, methinks . . . .

I have a Martin, and I like it a lot.
It's pretty beat up and not too pretty, but you could say that about me too and that's alright . . . I don't care, I live in a swamp . . . . . and try to live by the gospel according to Pogo . . . . .

I also got some similar dreadnoughts a lot newer and not as icky as the old D-28, among them is the Takamine Jasmine . . . a hundred dollar guitar brand new and I like them a lot too . . . . seriously.
Nobody asks why THEY are so expensive . . . . . and I think we can agree that a hundred bucks ain't chickenfeed. The Jasmine may not be handmade, but what's the big deal with that anyway?
Show me a guitar somebody built with their feet, and then you'll REALLY have something . . . .

I like my Gibsons, my Nationals, my old Guild 12 and my Henway** etc. ad nauseam . . . . . . . . I have several other guitars as well (seventy-some stringed instruments), but I do like my old D-28 the best I guess for an acoustic. My ugly old '64 Strat is nice too, but not as good as the Martin for fiddle tunes, ragtime, open tunings and such and it isn't much good without electricity on a mountaintop. . . but I digress . . .

Which reminds me, does anyone know if a dreadnought is a Rastafarian with a normal regular haircut? Just wondering . . .

My ratty old Martin may be old, (1935 ~ SN: 60915) but it sounds real good, boy howdy, and is not near worn out, but again the Jasmines ain't bad and cost a lot less.
I only got a couple of Martins these days, but I got four of the Jasmines (no waiting).
So . . . .
Can ANYONE read between the lines here?

I may (I dread) nought be as dumb as I look.

I have heard it said about sex and pizza:
"It's all good, but some's better".

So lighten up sez I, you snobsters (ya know who ya are) . . . or, you could grow up to be a mule (so sayeth Der Bingle, 1944).

Namaste

herringbone jones
KIng of the Smurf Guitar
Law West of the Pecos


(P.S. I can see y'all is pretty smart . . . . could somebody tell me what diddy wah diddy means?)

**(what's a Henway?)