recording gear or new guitar?

[the eyes upon us]

ok, i currently have a ibanez aef30ms, which is decent, but im looking at possibly upgrading to a martin d-15 or d-16. my question is, should i buy the martin and use my current recording setup (mic running directly into my comp, and using soundforge to edit), or should i buy this recording combo from musicians friend http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=241480 ? if i get this combo, do you think i could tweak the sound of my ibanez to sound as good as the martin? im looking to upgrade either my guitar or my recording setup, i only have money for one, so what do you guys think? thanks for the help.

[mattinbeloit]

If you are stuck soley on that recording package then I would say get a Martin, you can do better then that package i think.

[the eyes upon us]

well, im not that knowledgable in recording equipment, im just trying to keep it under a grand, and was wandering if i should go with a better guitar, or better recording gear and in turn making my current guitar better. but im leaning more towards the guitar myself (cant stop buying those damn things! lol)

[mattinbeloit]

Ya I would go with a better guitar before you get into the nice recording equpiment, and trust me u'll get more enjoyment out of the guitar, i can't stop buying them either.

[HooKeD]

Yeah, i dunno, it takes really expensive recording equipment to get the sound that everyone wants. If you go under a grand (especially for the whole setup), you're probably going to be disappointed. I'd go with the guitar.

[J_Clark]

guitar for sure.