For the guitar enthusiasts:

[Mixer!]

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/02/22.../22guitar.html (http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/travel/escapes/22guitar.html)

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html...URE/index.html (http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/travel/20080222_MARTIN_FEATURE/index.html)

[goingoneight]

I really need to put the new strings on my Strat... I've been putting it off for about three weeks now.

[StoopTroup]

I was at Saieds Music Store yesterday in Tulsa and they had some nice Martins there.

The prices aren't to bad for the starters but the nicer ones are really the one to buy IMHO.

[Mixer!]

Agreed, you've got to spend the money to get a quality instrument.