i've played a number of guitars over the years as many other have. martins, gibs's, taylors, epi's and a bunch that i don't remember names to. most of them played well with their own personality.
but my steadfast partners since '73 has been my Mahogany Guild D-25 and Guild Sunburst F312. The 25 has a single piece arched back with no stress bars and delivers a great balance between bass and treble. It's an excellent finger picking guitar with an easy neck. The 312 carrys extremely clear tones though not as bassy as the 25. THe 312 is really picky about strings though. I use Martin Marquis lights, tune down a step and capo up as needed.
I hope this isn't too brash, but here's a pic of the Guild and me.
http://www.croakingfrogmusic.com/ambrose/index.htm
The newer psuedo-fender-guild guitar of today don't even come close to the quality of 30 years ago.
But if I were to but a new guitar today and had the money to do it, I'd scarf on this Taylor,
http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/models/gslj.html . It's just plain beautiful. <g>
I think I'd just have to frame it and put it on the wall!
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ambrose