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This is very simple.  THE bluegrass guitar is a Martin, usually a D-28, or a D-45.  One of the most used and best acoustic blues guitars is a Gibson J45.  Alot of new "pop" artists and commercial country artists use Taylors.  However Takamine and Yamaha make some of the best stage guitars.  The answer is, the "best" guitar depends on what type of music you play.  To me however, Martin makes the overall finest guitars, which perform and sound exceptionally in all styles of music on stage or in the studio.  The Martin D-45 is made of 45 year old wood (hence the name), the same for every other guitar in the D series, as guitars sound better with age.  In effect, you're buying a new 45 year old instrument.  Most other companies do not use wood that's been aged for that long, and virtually all lower priced guitars are not made of solid wood.  Personally I own a rare Yamaha acou/elec that was mislabelled at the factory with a model number that doesn't even exist hah.  I Have played alot of Yamaha acoustic's, and they ALL sound exceptionally good to me, and the price can't be beat.  They look pretty nice cosmetically also.  However as with any other company, Yamaha makes handmade guitars in their "Chronos series" that go for about $2,000 - $3,000CAN, then they have their factory models which don't sound AS good but they do sound good from about $150.00 - $800.00.  The quality of the guitar does not depend on the price, it depends on tone, neck feel, projection and your personal comfort with the feel of the instrument.

Oh I'm not complaining, I figure everything out by ear.  The newbies can't though, and if you're pointing them towards incorrect chords/tabs, they aren't going to learn properly.  As you just said "the incorrect tabs are free to correct", well I would assume that means someone already has "corrected" them, incorrectly.  We don't need a search engine for tabs, that's what google is for.  And so far all I've seen on this forum is nonsense and people who don't have a clue in hell what they're talking about.  Sure you'll ban me now, because you can't handle the truth.  Many people agree with me that nobody knows what they're talking about on this forum site.  Thanks for your time

When they die is when I would change them.  Especially if you can't afford to be wasting money on strings that aren't dead.  Dead means when you hit one and it no longer resonates.  Also if they start to turn blackish.  The bottom 2 strings usually start slipping when the strings are dead (they go out of tune alot).  But you'll know, because they usually start breaking when they've had enough use.  The third string always breaks first, as it's the highest tensioned string on a guitar, but the sixth string up on a 12 string guitar is the highest.  You can save all the trouble by buying elixir coated strings, that keep oil from penetrating the string's core, good for people with oily hands.

Martin makes THE finest acoustic guitar on the face of the earth, no questions asked.  I Played an Ovation celebrity that my buddy had, it wasn't that great, and ironically enough he ended up trading it in for a fender amp.  Man if you can get a Martin, go for it.

Well man, I Just generally don't like solid body guitars.  I have owned 2 of them and played many, they're all very simple constructed and have no sound unless plugged in.  I'm an acoustic man, always will be.

I don't think big old fat black guys, otherwise known as the greatest blues musicians, were raccoon hunters.  They mostly all played either acoustic or a Gibson ES-335, or something simillar.

I Think SGinCYQX only prefers SG's because he probably has a cheapo copy of one, perhaps an epiphone..polar white maybe with EMG pickups.  Les paul is by far better, especially if you get a semi-hollowbody.

Using the thumb alone doesn't produce a loud enough sound, especially if you're playing with other people, they'll just drown you out.

Nobody learns the guitar right anymore man.  The best thing to do is start out with a simple picking song like "Wildwood Flower" by the Carter Family, Every guitarist I know (and thats quite a few) all started with this song.  It's a simple short almost riff like song in key of G, and once you can play it (which isn't difficult) you'll be like "HEY! I Can actually play a song, I'm going to keep practising!" I used to play that tune everyday when I finally got it right..then I moved on to learn fingerpicking, strumming, flatpicking and whatnot.  Just keep at it man!

The best website for tuning I know of is www.get-tuned.com ..It has a guitar, 12 string guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, uke and bass tuner.  Check it out

my dream guitar is a Martin D-50 with an inlayed back, gold tuners, totally inlayed fretboard with the tree of life pattern and a pickup added extra...however that would cost around $100.000.00 US from the Martin Company.  - Worth it though!