Hi Peter. I have no clue what makes a good guitar, but my wife does. She's a pro singer/songwriter finger-style guitarist who has played guitars by Martin, LoPrinze, Graven and others, but she now uses two Rainsong guitars. They are graphite. She likes them because they are practically indestructible, and they stand up well to the stress of repeated alternate tunings which she does differently on nearly every song. Apparently they don't warp so there is no truss rod. They seem to hold tunings pretty well in all conditions, at least to my ear.

The Rainsong guitars have a Fishman pickup, or at least hers did. When I record her, I mix about 70% acoustic mic and 30% line in. The bass is phenomenal yet clear.

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