Yeah, some of them play better, or as well, as some of the more expensive ones.
My brother had an expensive Martin with terrible action lol I dunno if he just never fixed it or what. Martin's just boom too much, drowns out my voice.
My kids have those expensive guitars, what are they, can't even think of the name right now.
A Martin, kinda 'cause of the design they use - which is awesome and I love them, will often need a very costly operation every 15 to 20 years. You gotta take 'em apart, shim and sand, and do a neck reset. If's a couple hundred bucks, or less if tossed in with other work like a fret job and leveling. Other than that, you can do a setup and lower the action by taking down the nut and saddle. They tend to come high from the factory - mostly for marketing reasons. They don't want you to have a fret buzz when you pick one up to try it in the store.
Ah, that makes sense. You know how it is though, no second chance to make a first impression.
But man what a nice sound they have.
I own an absurd number of Martin examples, specifically the D-28. I'm a sucker for an old D-28. I have a couple from the late 1800s, but those aren't worth nearly as much as you probably think they are.
Taylor makes good guitars. You can pay a lot for 'em, or get their lower end stuff. I don't have much experience with the cheaper examples by pure happenstance. I've just never been around them much. There's also Takamine which is a Japanese guitar affiliated with Taylor, though those can get expensive in their own right. They're kinda like Gibson's Epiphone (I think).
Ah, Taylor's is what they have (my kids), nice guitars but I don't know, maybe they're overhyped.
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