just bought this new guitar. i had to sell two others to buy it. and i got it cheaper because they had damaged the carboard box it was in and they had to put it in a martin cardbord box to send it me.

i bought it for two reasons. i always like fender upmarket acoustics. my first serious guitar was a Fender F85 , back in the 1970's and I wish every day I'd hung onto it.

The other was the Adirondack Spruce top, which i didn't know much about, but it sounded cool.

The guitar itself doesn't disppoint though it seemed to play and sound immediately better when I changed the strings for extra lights. The notes seem to articulate better, and the chords hang together well - which isn't always the case when you extra lights.

It seems very light in construction. But then most of my other good guitars have been Yamaha, which have a reputation for being overbuilt.

I would welcome other thoughts by people who have bought this new range.