If you haven't heard the song “The Guitar”byGuy Clark and Verlon Thompson do yourself a favor and give italisten. Many a guitar or instrument has inspired a musician tonewheights in an almost mystical way. The alchemy between agreatguitar and an artist can be almost frightening. Still, theguitarthat inspires greatness in one player may go dead in thehands ofanother.

The search for “the ONE” and stories of the guitar that got awayarespread all over cyberspace in guitar forums. That old Martinyou hadthe opportunity to play at a little store while you werewaiting forthe bus out of Birmingham when you were in college… orsome suchyarn. It is truly a treat to find that guitar and when wedo, it maybe the source of inspiration for months or years, butoften we findourselves needing something else.