You can read all the praise for Bertoncini Guitars on this site and I can personally vouch for every bit of it.  See, I just got my Bertoncini and after I picked my jaw up off of the floor and after I had played it for a few days, I couldn't stand it anymore.  I had to take it to my favorite guitar shop and show off. Well, it wasn't very long before about five of the teachers who are about 100 times better than I am (and I can hold my own) gathered around to admire the gentle curve of the top binding, the exquisite inlays, the extraordinary woods.  And then it happened.  One of them asked if he could  play it.  My heart started to pound and my mouth went dry.  Touch my Bertoncini? I composed myself and agreed that if they kept their picks in their pockets, that they could take turns on the guitar.  You want to hear how well a guitar is made, take it to people who play them all day, every day, and many nights and ask them.  They were stunned.  They had never touched a guitar that was set up as perfectly, intonated as perfectly, and sounded as rich and complex from the punchy lows to the delicate highs.  Then the custom shop luthier walked into the crowd of now 12 or 14 people and got his turn at it. I'm pretty sure "staggering" was one of the words he used.  He sets up all my guitars and advised me to sell the rest of them.  (Okay, the Tele stays.)  Anyway, my point is this.  I had a wonderful time collaborating one on one with Dave and he is truly a wonderful man and without question a master builder, but you knew that from the other stories.  I'm here to let you know that my Bertoncini, "The Aspen", is the finest acoustic guitar that every one of my professional guitarist friends and my personal custom shop builder has ever played or seen.  It's really that simple.