Wesley nailed it ...ive been playing for close to 50 years now and the best sounding,playing acoustic I have ever had and used daily is a takamini g series 6 string acoustic...they sound so beautifull and they get better with age and you can buy new git for under 300.00 not saying that there are no other options i'm saying you should get the takamini g series it delivers fine tones and its little hard to burry a funky miss placed or bad timed finger and pick commitment that's how tight my g series is ...so you want to do a little pickin and lil strumming get one grab a dean markley sound pickup and a set of elixir light nanoweb git strings and trusty light nylon pick and get er done ...good luck