Thing I dont understand on this thread is the number of times its mentioned about Taiwanese, Korean etc. guitars & same guitar sold as Yamaha etc.

As I understand from Takamine, ALL their guitars are manufactured by them in Japan.
The 'Takamine G Series' are budget guitars sourced from those countries mentioned. Their literature is very clear on this point.

I own 3 Takamines (not G series) EN10 Dreadnought, EN45C Lex & LAN20 Jumbo. All are nice actioned and toned. All have been played by much better guitarists than me & all have commented on their quality. This has usually happened when someone has liked the sound & requested a closer look.
All are good thru amps. but as mentioned above, any half-decent instrument should be able to sound good electrified.