Yup, they even have one of these in LawnGuyLand, NY

Yeah, I was rather partial to the 114CE, myself.  It had a nice balance of brightness, fullness and percussiveness.  Oh, and it had a nice neck too.  I think that old Gibson L50 may be finding its way onto eBay, where it may be joined by my 70-something Guild S90.

Ed, Phil, in my experience, it seems there's never been a super pricey guitar that I've ever played that I felt was truly worth it. I've had the best luck with middle of the road guitars that for the most part, have not exceeded $2200. I have a nice collection of old Gibson's and Fender's that are probably worth good coin, but when I bought them 100 yrs ago they didn't cost as much as they'd be worth now.

But even the pricey stuff I've tried lately just doesn't make me say "hmmm this really plays and sounds like it's worth 4k or 6k". I just could never get over that. Most of the guitars I own have always been in the $800-$2000 range with my most expensive electric at $2200. I've never been a fan of the Martin's either to be honest. On most of the one's I've tried, they sounded better than they played. I have an old Ibanez that I bought years ago here that plays and sounds like it it would have cost $4000. It's just one of those freaks of nature that has all the right stuff. Plays like a dream and sounds incredible mic'd up either mono or with an X/Y stereo mic rig. Acoustic guitars are funny animals. Sometimes super cheapos deliver the goods.

I remember when I was recording my last album....we had a music store right next door to the studio. Like literally in the same plaza connected to the studio. I could just walk in there and take whatever I needed. They had an awesome array of acoustic guitars in a climate controlled room. I tried about 50 guitars for this one tune we were working on....I kid you not. Nothing was giving me the sound I was looking for. My drummer walks in with a guitar case. I asked him what it was for and he says "I figured I'd noodle around on this new little guitar my girl bought me while I was waiting to cut my parts". He pulls out a nice little Washburn.

I didn't think anything about it at the time. I went to catch a smoke and he was in the lounge playing it and I was like..."dude, gimme that thing....it sounds pretty good...brilliant sounding...like, full with perfect top end." I played it and it not only sounded great, it felt incredible so we went with it using an AKG X/Y stereo mic rig and it sounded so good, we just did one take of it. Here, you can check out the tune if you want.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4909348/What%20About%20Us.mp3

I wrote it about the World Trade Center and a few political views. The Washburn is all through the song except for the lead guitar solo and the finger picking acoustic which follows the solo. That was my Ovation Custom Legend I wanted to use because it just sounded a bit warmer for those intimate parts. Check it out...proof sometimes those cheaper guitars are the way to go. :)

Personally I've always liked Martins. 

But my take has always been once you get to (decent) all solid wood construction, most of what you're paying additional for is just cosmetic.

Danny  that is a great tune !.....and I think the Washburn sounds really good. I had a similar experience playing my younger brothers Washburn at a jam the other night. It just fit really well for the occasion...........Very nicely done !   I have an old Ovation 12 string that I've strung as a 6 string for years at a time, It does the same thing recording wise -  it just works at the oddest times for finger picking and solo work.

The guitar player in my church band has at least a dozen Taylors, including one of their limited editions that was $14k (he's rich, if you haven't figured that out yet). It's a gorgeous guitar with a beautiful tone. There's no way it's worth $14k though. Not even close. The 100-series Taylors don't have all of the fancy bindings and inlays and have HPL back and sides if I remember correctly, but they do sound great. That's what I was going to get except my friend with all of the Taylors sold me one of his higher end ones for the same price as the 114e.

My next purchase is probably going to be an Epiphone Masterbilt acoustic. I played one at a Guitar Center and loved it. It's got a very different tone than the Taylor so I think it would be good 2nd acoustic.