It's the setup.

String action depends on;

1. Saddle height

2. Nut height

3. Bridge height

4. Truss rod allignment

Hums? You mean buzz? There's a limit, and the limit depends on your playing style / how hard you pluck / strum.

to me, i always feel there is a limit..but some ppl i know tell me before that once setting surely  can done

if decent guitar then should not be a problem, and even if need modification of cutting woods n all, its worth it...but to those below rm1k..not worth it..the modification will cause easily 50% at least of the guitar value

hahhaa, depending on the models la...to me, if i got 1.2k, i'm go for FARIDA D12 or maybe some CORT guitar...lower end brands i would go for with low budget

not bad la for its price..quite reasonable..anyway its preferences..maybe i won't like it but u like it...so overall its a fine guitar for sure

What gauge did you use? 

R you serious? Don't you feel soundless for acoustic? I'm using .12 and above all time. Used .11 once and .10 once. Real nightmare.

using .10 acoustic for me, definately midbass very less and the dynamic kinda lose same as those who use .09 compared to 0.10 for electric...but my real reason of using acoustic guitar with .10 is because my hand feel very pain n tired if keep barred chord at .12..too too pain for me

pls do inform me if u know bout it..hahaha..hard to find this kind of fusion

I saw LightA-medium gauge combi before. It is kinda like first tree string light gauge, the later three string medium or vice versa. I think special order from the shp is possible.

This is me playing a santa cruz (not the fake santa cruz more like the SCGC variety) guitar that I bought in 2002. It costed me USD4000 back then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtNmsPeULeY&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSljHwi2B7s&feature=plcp

IMHO playing the acoustic for more than 10 years, you don't have to spend a whole lot of money to get a good acoustic these days. The technology in making good mass produced acoustic guitars have leapt forward tremendous in the last 7 years.

On the Martin-Taylor spectrum its more like Martin, just better made and more delicately tuned. I like Taylor's playability, but I prefer a dry woody tone than the modern Taylor "sound". I don't play amplified guitars, either.

If you're a stage performer who plugs in Taylor would be a good choice, but I'd go for Takamines instead. They are made tough enough even for the roads. Taylors are a bit too precious for that sort of stuff.

Be careful of Malaysia's humidity. The more expensive the guitar (i.e. made with individually tone-tapped, thin solid wood tops), the more sensitive the tone is to humidity. You can get pretty crap sounds if the guitar is not kept dry-ish.

Rule of thumb is around 45% humidity.

Cheaper still, use rice as they absorb moisture fairly well.

Turning the air-con helps a lot... on cooling cycles, they act as dehumidifiers.

I never thought about the worm, haha! Sometimes I can't be bothered gonig out to buy things and just use whatever is lying around

On the other hand, I don't think there will be enough silica to dry guitars in our 80+ RH%.