cant decide on acoustic guitar

[Eko]

10. Kind of.

Part of that thousands of dollar martin is that it is all solid wood and will actually sound better the older it gets, the takamine being maybe a solid top with laminate back and sides and a 2-3 piece neck, not so much. That Martin was probably mistreated, either too dry or too wet, bad strings, or extremely low action. That is not to say that between the same models of each, example takamine eg540 and Martin hd28's there wont be a better one of the same model. So playing it is a good thing to do unless you have a good sales person that can let you know.