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Originally Posted by Ps346
For the most part, I just finger pick, and I love a warm (but not muddy) , resonant, powerful sound.
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Find a used Santa Cruz OM/PW. They have exactly the sound you describe and are a joy to play. They show up frequently on eBay used in the low 2K range. The standard Santa Cruz OM has a more modern and balanced tone. The Santa Cruz OM/PW is warmer and woodier and wonderfuller IMHO
. I have some very nice guitars and my Santa Cruz OM/PW is one of my favorites. Played fingerstyle, it's every bit as loud as any dread played fingerstyle... perhaps more so if you have a lighter touch. It takes less to get the top moving on the OM/PW than the Martin dreads that I've played including the HD-28.
Another great guitar that has the sound you describe is the Santa Cruz 1929 000 - I traded for one last month and it has since blown my socks off daily. It's an all mahogany guitar and has a complex, warm, rich, dark and woody tone that is simply amazing. A fingerstyle player's dream. There's a used one for sale in your price range on the AGF buy/sell board as I type. And, for an all mahogany 000, this guitar has plenty of volume to boot. A bit less than the OM/PW but enough for any fingerstyle playing that I can think of.
Scott