[mymartind35]

I own a bunch of Ovations so I'm used to a thin neck. I'm a fingerstyle player and I love it. Mine has a "James Taylor" sound. This guitar has started to open up in just a few days. I can't wait to hear it in a few years. Thanks a lot for the congrats everyone. I used a Takamine on the road from '94-'96 and I never needed a backup. I never really even thought about it. They are tough. My old one has a lot of checking and dents but it still plays and sounds great. It survived 80 degrees below zero for over 4 hours. The bus broke down way up north and we had no heat for at least 4 hours. It didn't hurt it. The band we shared a stage with did. They knocked it off the stand several times. We shared a stage for 5 weeks and traded sets every other hour. "Karma" caught up with the offender. Lightning hit his guitar rig and fried about $2000 worth of rack-mounted effects.