kojointhesky wrote:

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A friend of mine really likes nylon string guitars since he places a lot of bossa nova music. Since, I mainly work with electronic music. I have no idea where to start as far as guitars. Are Takamine guitars a good brand to give to a seasoned player?

I have been recording for a good few years now and have recorded a great many guitars, Takamine, Taylor, Atkin, Guild, Martin, Gibson to name a few. In my experience I would say that Takamine represent one of the best value for money manufacturers. Many of the others make better models, but how much better and for how, much more money. Certainly with the much more expensive makes ie £2000 plus how much of that surcharge is cosmetics rather than sound or playability.

The law of diminishing returns rapidly sets in. No one is going to sneer at a nicely set up (and that's important) Takamine.

Good Luck

Sean Kenny