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Martins are great guitars, I have a 000-28EClapton I bought in Oklahoma City, I think I 2009 that I dearly love, 000-15M that has a wonderful tone and an Sc-13 that I purchased at Gryphon soon after they came out. I love the playability of the DC-13 but I do wish it had better quality wood. Its tone doesn’t compare to to the other Martins. I’m thought of asking Martin to make me a custom SC-13 but am afraid of the price.
I do have A Taylor 12 string that I don’t play much, a Nylon 712 that I do play a lot, and another 712. You are right about the tone of the Taylor vs the Martin. If you want old school tone Martin is much better. Too bad cause the playability of the Taylors is outstanding.
My Favorite’s currently are all 3 of My Larrivee’s and my Yairi FYM66 all mahogany. I have a hard time putting the Yairi down. Fantastic tone, build quality and playability. Also Have A Yairi Parlor Pym66 all mahogany that I can noodle on propped up in bed. Try to find a Yairi fym66HD used if you want an complete folk style guitar.I had to look for over a year until I finally found one.