Brand Name: Samick

Model: Samick Greg Bennett Series J-8

Price: 230

Review - Please try to include as many specific details as you can: This is a jumbo acoustic. It has a solid cedar top, rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, gold Grover machine heads, with abalone decoration.

This large bodied guitar has a full, loud sound, with a very even response and good string separation. It is well suited to most types of playing but particularly excels with flatpicking. Strumming, chord picking or single note melodies all sound full but sweet.

The quality of build is really excellent and apart from a few wobbles in the gloss sheen finish, it is very hard to fault.

Rating (On a Scale of 1-10): 9

Additional Comments/Final Verdict: The best value guitar I've ever played. I have owned a Martin and a Lowden, yet for tone, I'd say the Samick beats either. Hard to believe, I know. try one for yourself and see (hear).