I'd have to say Oskar's guitars are among the best I've heard or played. Of course I'm somewhat biased now that I have one. I picked mine up around late April or early May this year...Sitka spruce top, Ziricote back and sides. Before that I played a 1967 Martin OOO-18 (still play it) and a newer D-1R (haven't touched it since) and they don't come close. The thing that strikes me is it's only going to get better over the next couple of years. I've also played Lowdens, Santa Cruz, Larivee's, etc. on occasion. Maybe it's because I've spent time talking to Oskar about his guitars but there's just something special about them. Lots of other people think so too. I don't know whether it's the special bracing system or just the time and care he puts into his work, adjusting the thickness of the woods according to the stiffness and to match back, sides and top. At any rate they just seem to play and sound better than others. I can't really speak about other Graf guitars but I can try to answer any questions about mine.

BTW Rick...I had the pleasure of playing informally with Ken at Blue Skies (held on Oskar's land) earlier this month. Just sort of around the camp fire (well virtual camp fire due to the fire ban). Unfortunately I had to quit around 5:30 am since that was the 3rd night in a row I'd seen the dawn, but Ken sounded great (his guitar too!).

Hey, Willie-O...were you up at Blue Skies and might I know you?

Some others aside from Ken Brown and Jason Fowler who have (or have had) Graf guitars: Don Ross, Stephen Fearing, Kevin Head, Magoo,....lot's more I dont know

Dave T