here's sound advice: if you want to buy an acoustic guitar, buy an american made gibson, martin, taylor, or any other quality brand crafted in the usa. if it appears by all indications to be in good shape, and a better model by style or type, us made guitars will likely give you a return on your investment. besides, japanese corporations ripped off almost anything they ever learned about guitar making, and yamaha, who makes speakers, mixing boards, keyboards, motorcycles, outboard motors, pianos( and i imagine vibrators and sanitary napkins) is by definition a japanese company................do you want to send more money to their economy??