I heartily agree Jeff, although my OM240E is no longer living with me. A good friend's daughter is learning to play, and was struggling with a truly awful Fender acoustic, and he asked me if I might have anything that would suit her. I immediately thought of the OM240E, and gave it to him for her to try. Well, she loves it. especially after finding out that she could plug it in, and ha told me that she has gotten better by leaps and bounds, and plays it all the time, so I sold it.
Looking around for a replacement "campfire" guitar, I stumbled into this Seagull SWS ("solid wood series") Maritime SG in need of a lot of love on Facebook Marketplace locally.
It had had some really crude work done to it, including some questionable sanding on the top crack, but the neck angle was good, and it even sounded decent despite having strings that were a few different shades of green. I brought it to my luthier, and he said there was a cleat underneath the top, but that it wasn't where the crack was! After a good cleaning (the fretboard was gross), new strings, a setup, and a proper crack repair, I now have what has to be the best $200 guitar in the world. And it's made in
Québec. I wouldn't say it's as good as my Gibson WM45, but honestly, it's not far off it. I'm a little late to the party with Godin and Seagull guitars, but I can see why people like them.