>I haven't played the Martin 12 strings, but if they're anything like the 6, you might not want to either. The 6 strings are wonderful. I'd always wanted one, and this past January I bought the SPD16R. Somethings never live up to your expectations. This wasn't one of those cases (and I don't mean hardshell < g >).

Those get spendy! THe Martin EC (Eric Clapton Model) run maybe in the $4-5K range! I could be 2 or 3 Marshall Full Stacks for that! Did you bt anychance here about his auction? Eric actioned off 150 of his own personal gutiars. Included 1 of the 28 made Original Gibson Explorers among evrything else. If your goin' to play do it in style I guess<g>.