I stand corrected about the various Tacoma models, Spaw. And I agree that some laminated guitars are quite nice; just wanted to make the point that, more often than not, you'll hear less of a difference between rosewood and mahogany in a laminate than you will in solid wood (there will still be a difference, it's just not likely to be as dramatic).

I don't know if anyone has yet mentioned the Tacoma Papoose, which is a small guitar-like creature that is tuned a fourth above the pitch of a standard guitar (A to A rather than E to E). Their ads are full of respected folks who endorse it -- even Norman Blake, which surprised the hell out of me (I didn't think he'd play any instrument that was younger than him). And I have a CD at home called "Uncommon Ritual" by Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas and Edgar Meyer, on which Bela plays a tune on a Papoose. So these folks would seem to have some credibility.