I play an old G-70 rosewood Gallagher which is extremely loud and bright and a 1964 Gibson built Epiphone Eldorado which has a wonderful 40 year old mahogany sound....but for recording, I often like the clear and balanced sound of a Larravee OM-03....it's not too bright and its bass and mid-range are very easily handled without eq "touch up".....it fails one of your parameters however; it's not expensive.....