Just my twopenny worth, for what its worth.   I Bought a S&P of the same model, because I wanted something "electrified", and tried aTaylor CE310 and the S&P. PURELY on "plugged in tone" I bought the S&P. ( I should at this point explain I play a 20year old original Sigma, that puts MANY D28 Martins of the same vintage to shame tonally ) OH BOY BIG BOO BOO!!! What a pile of doo doo it was, within a fortnight, it had started "going off" and was in need of a SERIOUS set up, and the tone just seemed to be getting worse!! I tried my usual Martin Phos Bronze 11's on it ....Nah, crap as well, followed by just about every string make and guage I could lay my hands on, and............ CRAP, as the man says, cheap, not very cheerful, and there are better similarly priced boxes out there!! You have been warned!                                                                                    Cheers