A ton of great guitars use the mortise and tenon bolt on neck including Huss and Dalton, Breedlove, Collings, Goodall, Bourgeois, etc.
Why?
Because it takes years of experience to develop the Martin skill of dovetailing a neck. Evidently, it is still very much a long hand process.
Think about neck angles and all the variables that have to be met to dovetail the neck/body joint.
That's why the newer builders use a bolt-on.
Does it make a hill of difference...Probably not. Frankly, the bolt on probably can be set to higher tolerances during assembly.
Taylor has it down with their combo of precision machining and shims.
JackL
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