I really don't think these guys looked far afield enough. Their list is more like the five most underrated guitars by famous makers of musical instruments. That's hardly worth the space the article takes up.

Two really obscure underrated guitars I've run across--that I'd have really liked to own, and I'm not somebody who collects guitars--were a garish little thing called a "Nashville Sweetheart," whose whole body was painted in badly-drawn cacti, and horses, and cowgirls, and mesas (I'd swear that thing would glow in the dark), and a little cheapie by Sears (I know not the brand name) that was made our of painted, laminated *cardboard* (came with a case made out of the same stuff). Both were actually well-made, incredible-sounding guitars (the Sears had a metal truss rod through the neck, so it was pretty durable despite the cheap body).

The "Nashville Sweetheart" sold (this was about 5 years ago) new for $145, and shipped in a cardboard box. The Sears I saw and played had been bought used at a yard sale for $16.50--I don't know how old it was.

Joe

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