Price and value are subjective on the high end. I also have a guitar fetish and would gladly pay the money to have our very Mr. Newton hand build me a dreadnaught if I could justify the purchase in my muddled mind. It would be a better deal than the Gibson Custom Shop Dove hanging behind glass locally for a mere $7995.

I wish I could bring myself to liquidate some of the mid level guitars in my collection and go big on just a couple of higher end models, but each has it's own purpose, and sound. Variety does have it's place, and I have found I actually don't play the couple of higher end models I have as much as I do my $400 - $600 guitars. Odd in the most extreme of ways........

My bike collection is down to two Italians (one is still inbound), two hand built in England bikes, a rather hard to come by all red Ironman, a Moto Super Mirage, and a modern all the bells and whistles plastic bike. Each has it's won purpose and place, and I doubt I could bring myself to liquidate and have just one or two either. Oddly my Dawes Super Galaxy sees most of my miles, which is probably a crime against humanity.

An earlier post commented on folks who have 20 or so $200 bikes hanging around who think it's crazy to drop $2500+ on single bike. I understand the logic of each side of the argument, I just can't seem to put the logic to practice in everyday life