Due to a some serendipitous timing, KAOS Music is now the future owner of one of Martin's newest Limited Edition Guitars. At the recent summer NAMM show, Martin announced that it would build 55 of these commemorative instruments to honor their current President Christian Martin IV. Normally, we're not that keen on special or limited edition Martins. Not because they're not great, it's just that they are usually pretty expensive. This one however is pretty reasonable at less then $5000. The other thing that jumped off the page about this guitar is that the sides and back are made from quilted mahogany. Since starting to stock the D15 models (made from all mahogany) we have become fast fans of how good guitars made from this wood sound. So, when I saw that Martin had decided to make this guitar using mahogany combined with the price I jumped on it. The serendipitous part is that I happened to be working early that morning when the email arrived about these guitars. Add to that, my rep was also obviously sitting at his computer when my email asking for one of these came in led to us being able to secure an extremely limited quantity guitar. The arrival of this guitar is set for sometime in the next 45 days. For more information about this guitar you can read about it here.