I'm looking for a new acoustic and am curious what everyone's favorite brand/model is. I've been working towards a Taylor 714/814 for a while but am wondering if there is anything else I should look at. I have a Taylor 410 I traded for earlier in the year and like it but it just isn't clicking for me. It doesn't have the warmth and tone I want. The wife gave me the ok to get the new one as soon as the other one sells and I want this one to be my last acoustic. All opinions are appreciated!
That's what you want. Still the best I have played. There are other good ones in that price range, but I still prefer the Taylors.
Only other I might mention is the Martin D-35 Seth Avett model. At the shop I work at, we had a customer special order one of these guys. The bottom...WOW! This thing is a beast!
If you want a warm tone, you want a Martin. I have one of these.....
http://www.martinguitar.com/model/item/143-dc-16gte.html
I had a shop change out all the plastic with bone and its a great all around guitar. The Taylor's have to much treble for me.
Good luck.
I like Martins. the Taylors I tried felt... fragile. I'm sure they're fine guitars and all that but I don't like instruments that are finicky - prefer ones that can survive rough treatment. (which means I don't really consider guitars that exceed the $1k range - I won't pay for fanciness, don't care about it)
they don't make the DM anymore but that's the Martin I have and I totally love that guitar - it's a beast. I've been interested in the all-mahogany 000's lately for fingerpicking... but no real serious desire for another acoustic.
that said, I'm also interested in these lately... http://www.guildguitars.com/instruments/details/?partno=3810210821 -- need to take a trip over to satan center and test drive one, if they have any.
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Martin-15-Series-00015M-Acoustic-Guitar-105921852-i1512934.gc
I had this guitar at one time. To me, this is a perfect finger picking guitar. Sounds fantastic. I picked up one used for $725. Worth every penny.
I've got my eye out for a 70's Yamaha FG-3x...
a 70's yamaha G-50 does a pretty mean alto-cajon impression...
my martin doing some "porch music" recently, for sound reference.
http://www.ironsheep.com/mp3/ironsheep/Media/sighs.mp3