I have a 65 Martin 00-18, which I worked in the fields for two months to earn the money to buy second hand in the seventies. It had been cracked and mended in a couple places on the sides, with visible chunks of wood missing, and was rumored to have been a studio guitar, which would explain its abuse. I favor Marquis lights. It's a great fingerpicking guitar, though I generally can't hear myself in a roomful of big box guitars, resonator banjos, and fiddles. The neck is still straight, often stays in tune for weeks even with the ungreasy tuners. Brad Sondahl http://www.camasnet.com/~asondahl/bradindex.html