What a lot of good points. The last two guitars I've bought I've gotten because I was in the shop for something else. I killed some time by playing some new models and guitar lust struck. I primarily play in DADGAD and other tunings, so I put the guitar in that mode and play some tunes that go all around the neck. If it sounds good, and the strings don't whimp out too easily, I go further. Then, it gets to the notion of what guitar I want to give up to get this one (I'm not a collector). The Santa Cruz OM/PW I just picked up, I got specifically to play in standard and G tunings. I brought Margaret and Kate to the shop with me and had them sing something from the repertoire to see how the guitar sounded with their voices going. Then I got out the credit card, and put the Breedlove on e-bay.