I'm not a professional but I've played a number of Martin and Taylors. To me their is a definite improvement in intonation as well as playability with these guitars over guitars of lesser quality and craftsmanship. Does anyone play a Zager? I'm going to check them out when I'm in Nebraska.
To those concerned about buying American. We are the central bank to the world. The world's economy can only expand if we run a trade deficit. It's called the Triffin Paradox. We have to address this if we want to bring back good jobs to this country. Personally, I would rather buy a similar priced guitar made in America or Japan than support the slave labor system in communist China. I really feel sorry for those folks and I remember Tianamen Square -I'd like to hear some Chinese blues singing about that disgusting massacre.