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Originally Posted by ljguitar
Hi Gary...
Hello and welcome to the forum. Glad you joined, and I will toss in my few cents worth.
I'd go to a shop that handles better brands, and play every Martin, Gibson, Taylor, Collings and Huss & Dalton you can put your hands on. Suspend your budget till you find the guitar you cannot live without and then spend whatever it takes to bring it home.
There are amazing instruments out there, and what you need to find is the one that makes you sing.
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As usual, Larry has come very close to hitting the nail on the head. The only thing I'd change in his comments;
Don't limit yourself to those brands but think about limiting yourself to your budget (or what you could scrounge up in a short amount of time). In the range specified, there are some darned fine instruments. Play everything in the budget and not just the top end of the budget. IMO, if you can't find a "gotta have" with that budget, you're just not trying. Remember to try to budget in a few dollars for setup tweaks.
Ed