Your answer is in the "Baby Taylor" and the "Little Martin". The best of the two is up to you. What I have found is the Taylor fans like the "baby" and the Martin fans like the "little". All you have to do is go to each website and find them. I've played both and settled on the "Little Martin" because...well...I liked the looks of it better. I talked to about ten different guitar salesmen and they were split about half and half. You can't go wrong with either. Retail is about $380 on both, but all stores that I called or visited in Houston or Austin have them for $249 to $289. Plus a free (very nice) padded soft case. These two are big guitars in small bodies, or as close as I've found.