What's a good guitar?

Question:

What's a good guitar?

My husband wants an acoustic guitar just for sitting around playing. He's an intermediate player. What's a good, inexpensive one to get him for Christmas? Has anyone tried a Takamine Jasmine? Do they sound OK? I don't know anything and wanted to surprise him.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I don't know what you are thinking of $pending, but my oldest brother is a long-time professional guitarist/musician/studio musician who performed with some major names (Tony Bennett, Andy Williams, Smokey Robinson) over the years. He swears by Gibson and Fender; he also likes Yamaha. Now normally we're talking $500 ^.
However, I just did a search on the Yahoo engine Shopping for guitars and found a Fender DG-8S acoustic ($499) on sale for $199. I'd say that's probably going to be about the best buy you're going to find for Christmas, except it's doubtful that you'd get it in time.
There's a Yamaho ($250) on sale for $150. That's another Xlent buy.
At any rate, the link is:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/guitar/...
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I've now skimmed through about 5 pages, and the ones I am finding that are $200 or less are the Fender (WOW!) and the Yamaha.
If you have $200, you can't go wrong. Fender is absolutely the CREAM. IF you dont' want to spend that much, the Yamaha for $150 would be Xlent!
I think if you can afford $200, and if your husband is an intermediate player (fairly serious) a $200 Fender would blow him away! If you don't want to spend $200, the $150 Yamaha just can't go wrong!

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Merry Christmas, darlin'! And I think your husband is one lucky guy!