In 2007 my grandma, well into her 90s, passed away. She left a small legacy to her grandchildren, myself included. Whilst we spent most of the money on the children and the house, as she would have wished, we spent £1000 of it on this wonderful instrument in April 2008 and we hope she would have approved of this too.

A classic spruce-and-mahogany Martin it is a bit of a handful (all those strings!) but the effort is worth it - you are presented with a wonderful 12-string sound. Very lively when strummed and rewarding when played fingerstyle.

Photo from Martin's web site - mine to follow soon.