Since so far electric guitars :

Ibanez PF60S (acoustic dread) - RM 700+. I saw blue ones in Bentley.

Solid Engelmann (I think, looks like it) spruce top, mahogany back and sides. Wood grain is very nice on the mahogany, very tight and even on the spruce. Fretboard is rosewood, it has cream binding and synthetic bone nut and saddle. Comes strung with .11s, I changed to .12s. Ibanez 'smooth tuners' that look like Gotohs. Built in tuner but mine doesn't work.

Guitar bought this year but made in August 2007 according to serial number and made in China (not by Cort).

To me it's better and worth more than the RM 1000 Yamaha FG700S I saw in Beatspot and Yamaha (LDP).

Pros : Sounds beautiful plucked and bright strummed. The solid top makes it sound a lot louder than a lam top. The wood looks good. Comes with synthetic bone. Compensated saddle. Better than plastic, but I'm changing to genuine bone soon. Very shiny mirror-like lacquer finish. It is very heavy meaning good construction (I think) and has X bracing. Not that fragile. I've banged it a few times by accident and it comes away with no scratch or a minor one. Intonation and action good 'out of the box'.

Cons : Neck is like an electric guitar and my hands are quite big so it hurts after a while. I swear it's slightly bigger than a normal dreadnought. Nitpicking but - no fancy headstock, standard inlays and a really stupid 'RoHS Directive' 'sticker' at the back. It's like it's laminated on the lacquer so I can't take it off.

This post has been edited by secondrate: May 11 2009, 08:45 PM