Thanks for the welcome everyone! To answer your question John, I have been eyeing a new GS but I have also bee thinking of going a different direction and ordering a custom Martin. Decisions decisions.
Well, that's going to be half the fun of getting your guitar - the evaluation process, or "hunt" for your guitar
This may be a weird analogy, but I kind of liken it to the cave man days when people had to go out for the hunt to get their food. These days, humans still have the instinctive need and desire to hunt, but it manifest's itself in our hobbies (finding the rare auto part for a classic car at a swap meet or finding the just right guitar). Whatever it's origin, the process is fun! Good luck, Paul, and be sure to keep us appraised.