Only those two meh? Got a lot more like the cheaper Takamines.

Don't know about Stagg but Yamaha has good quality control and their low end classical, C40, has a lot of punch for the price.

Of course sound quality bro. No point having a Taylor but you don't like the sound right (I don't think I like the sound of a Taylor. Too damn bright)?

I think matte finish makes the guitar quieter. On a lam top guitar, that isn't very good :/.

This post has been edited by secondrate: May 30 2009, 02:18 PM

I have this bias against lam tops . I think they sound more muffled than solid tops, which is expected actually. Maybe it's because the guitars I've played that are lam, my old acoustic and my church's FX310, sound really terrible.

But I played an F310 in Yamaha 1U today (I saw one with a really beautiful wood grain too) and it sounded pretty good . They put the solid tops on a higher rack and I was afraid I'd break them so I didn't get to try another FG700S .

Anyway the matte thing I read online. So far I've only seen 1 matte finished guitar.