In my experience, I have played plenty of guitars that I have not found to be too bright. Models by Yamaha, Alvarez, Eastman and Guild just to name a few. I do find that many models by Breedlove and McPherson to be too bright and or thin to my ears. It is just so subjective and there are so many factors in the building process that affect tone. I am using brand names here for a shortcut since regardless of brand, each guitar is its own thing and there is variety within each brand, though probably it could be argued that they each have an overriding tonal signature, as the OP has already mentioned with Taylor and Martin.
I had a guitar that had a brighter edge to the trebles than I preferred and I tried some GHS Vintage Bronze strings on it and that did the trick.
My tonal preference leans towards the darker but I haven't found that hard to find among the guitar choices out there.
Best,
Jayne
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