Wow, just catching up on this thread. My view on this is quite simple, I buy what I want with my cash(well I did when I had some... lol) and I couldn't care less what others thought as long as it was what I wanted. On the other hand, when other people buy the things they want I am genuinely happy for them regardless of what it is. What I don't get is when people rag on someone else's good fortune, for the most part I blame the green eyed monster. Whilst that guitar is absolutely awesome and beautiful, personally I would still take Dave's Modern Eagle and I think Dave knows that, but I think it's fantastic that he is getting what he believes to be his dream guitar... doesn't matter to me if it's a £500 guitar or a £50,000 guitar.