Martin Special Dreadnought X1AE Style Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural

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You can't put a price on a fountain of youth.

I'm a 30 year casual player that has always owned a guitar. Sometimes a real pile of doo doo, sometimes a decent piece of sparkly doo doo. Owned electric guitars and bass that come and go but ALWAYS had a dreadnaught body acoustic near at hand. When my last Chinese made fender met an early demise I thought I would finally get the brand, if not the exact model I've always wanted. I still can't justify an American made model and I am very glad I didn't even try to convince myself that I could. It had to be fate because I made three different trips to play the guitars. I look like poor scum because I work with my hands and I tend to destroy clothes in my line of work. So even showing up twice in my best clean work outfits I was unable to get anyone to even unlock the door so I could gaze upon a genuine Martin. I just wanted to look. I didn't dare believe that I would pick one up and play. The third time around I had actually settled on a pretty decent guitar. A epiphone hummingbird studio in black. I hauled it up to the counter waving cash and they were going to help me now! While he held onto my choice I said, I will kick myself for the next twenty years if I don't at least try a martin before I leave. I won't be back again in my lifetime, and I can't possibly buy one anyway. But I had to know. So away we went and this time the door unlocked. I picked up this guitar, which I knew was the one hpl model they had with a solid top. The laminated neck looked sharp and felt great. The thing sat in my lap and played the three chords. Tears actually came to my eyes. I stood up with that guitar clutched in my hand. Nobody was going to test this one out again. In three chords i remembered what it was to be inspired by the sound and vibration of something new and exciting. How it felt to learn a new song. This guitar sounds like you are hearing music for the first time. Forget the song. You can't really put a price on that. I would have paid double for this exact one. That's all I had or they coulda got more out of me. Who cares. Work it out for the next 20 years and this much smile for $3 a month is like I robbed them. I can't thank Martin enough for making an entry level guitar that sounds so good the competition may as well be playing under water.