Looking at you post, I'd say you might want to take a serious look at Ovation, Martin & Gibson don't have alot to offer under $1000, Dean probaly doesn't make a $1000 acoustic worth $200, Takamine might be worth a look, but I really believe for the money Ovation is hard to beat, and don't forget the other half of the Electro/Acoustic sound is your amp/sound system, a regular guitar amp rarely makes a good acoustic amp, not enough high end, high dollar E/A's sound like a tele and a 10 dollar amp if you don't have something good to plug them into...............