I don't have three Guild acoustics, just the 70 D 35, and now three others that until I bought my SCGC, I would rotate. It's been close to three months now, and all I've been playing is my Santa Cruz. I got my Guild out yesterday, and I still like it, still the Santa Cruz is compelling. I've been waiting for the new to wear off, so far it's not happening. In fifty years of playing, I've never had this happen. I suspect it would have been the same had I bought the 39 J 35 that gave me the same feeling ten years ago. It has turned a lot of guitar beliefs upside down.