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I've been without the nicer guitar for almost three weeks!

There's always been a little warp in the fretboard, but it's been so negligible, that I've been able to live with it for some time. I started working on a piece where I have the capo up on #4 though and it's really hard to avoid the problem then.

So I took the guitar off to the shop. They said they could fix it easily and have it back to me within the week. At the end of the week, however, they called and said there was a problem with the finish. Since it's a Martin and under warranty, no cost, but it would take another week.

That, however, was after we were due to be on a boat to Alaska, so I'm due to get the guitar back this coming week when we're back in Tucson.

The other guitar is perfectly serviceable, but I'm definitely looking forward to getting the d-18 back....