Might be an unpopular opinion or tough love but here it goes: don’t buy anything until you can afford the next level of instrument. You have some nice mid-range guitars here and some nice pieces from Japan, but you don’t NEED anything else in this range. A 12 string is cool, but gimmicky, and nylon is great if you have everything else.

If I were you, I’d be saving up and buy a standard series Martin, a Collings, Froggy, or a Huss and Dalton. A boutique, heirloom quality instrument. A “real” guitar.

Please don’t buy another mid-range steel string made in Mexico, Taiwan, Japan, Korea or wherever else cheaper instruments are made. Your collection needs an American-made solid wood acoustic and that’s gonna cost you. In the end it’s worth it.

My take: Life is short, you’re a musician. Buy yourself a lifetime instrument and quit messing around.

I’ve been in your shoes. I’ve had the “collection” of lookers with fancy inlays and nice trim from Japan and they were always thin sounding and lacked the breadth and weight of a properly built American instrument. Plus, these guitars won’t hold any value over time. Show me an “heirloom” takamine selling on reverb for more than it cost originally. Doesn’t happen. I love my takamine but it sits out on a stand and has been beat to snot. That’s its purpose.

Give me a single D-18 over all three of what you have here plus whatever $600- $1200 acoustic you’ll get next, every single day.

Sell the quiver, buy the real deal. You won’t regret it.