Martin wrote:-
> Probably the last time I posted was a year or so ago, when I was considering > buying a new acoustic guitar and was wondering what people thought would be > a good buy. I got a lot of good advice then, but in the end just had my old > Aria overhauled, and a pick-up fitted. > > Today I went into Hobgoblin Music in Rathbone Place, London and saw that > they had a guitar in there with my name on it (literally - It was a Martin > D15). Well I had to pick it up, didn't I? > > I have fallen in love. > > A total dream to play. Beautifully stable when I fiddled with a couple of > tunings, and putting on the capo didn't pull it out of tune at all. > Gorgeous. > > The question? - They are asking GBP845 for it. Is this a good price? (I saw > on Martin Gtrs website they list at $979 in the US). They're holding it for > me, but I want to be sure of the price before I go spending money that I > don't really have :0( > > Martin. > NPIMH - The beginnings of a new song... > > > > Hi Martin, My view is that if you fall in love with an instrument you should try to buy it if you can. However, I will say that I've been a regular visitor to Hobgoblins over the last few years and, although I've bought a few instruments from them, and sold one there, I think they have a nasty tendancy to overprice and it's certainly worth searching around now you know what you want. I expect you tried Ivor Mairants over the road? Good luck Jacky
