Well.... I own a Martin, a Guild and an old Yamaha FG-140.... the Yamaha is not the finest, but it is certainly the most prized to me because of the memories that it holds... years ago I was playing it while camping in the Oregon desert and lost a bridge peg in the sand... I replaced it with a piece of Juniper brush, which is still there today.... things like that. And, besides, it actually sounds almost as nice as the others!