Marc makes great guitars
When I had my store-front about 8 years ago, Marc sent us a lovely guitar to sell and I sold it the first day to the 3rd person that walked in the store. What a lovely guitar. I've always liked them. He's one of the best. Sadly, he decided not to send me any more guitars. I don't blame him, of course. He can make more money by selling direct to the player.

More power to him.
We are truly fortunate in this country. With eople like, Sawchyn, MacQuarrie, Thompson, Threet, Laskin, Manzer, Boucher, Heiden, Dunn, Park, etc etc. building some of the finest instruments in all of history, we have opportunities that no one could have dreamed of 40 years ago. To think we could be stuck with factory offerings like 70's Martins, and Gibsons. Yech.
Folks like those above have pushed the Factories (Martin, Gibson, Larrivee, Taylor, etc) to live up to their reputations. It's pretty cool!