I had the same story. Played one of these back in the 90s at Richie's Music in Denville, NJ and it killed everything. Being poor then, I didn't buy. I have this on my list, and the Household CEO has greenlighted it, but am waffling between the GF-30 and a Rosewood GF-60 or GV-52. I have a maple guitar and would rather not sell it, but if I had to go down to one guitar, the GF3-0 would be it, and I just might.