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Originally Posted by brencat
The D-28 if you are a flatpicker.
The J-45 for everything else. (It's not a great flatpicker)
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This is what I've found as well. But my experience is that you are a
little more likely to run into a disappointing J45 than a disappointing Martin dread. I've a local store, Grayson's TuneTown, that carries both. Over the years, the Martin dreads have been more consistent--though occasionally a less compelling one does surface. The J45s have varied a
little more from instrument to instrument. J45s are not booming guitars, and a couple of times I've picked up one (with good strings) that was relatively muffled and dead to the touch.
But in the best of worlds my choice as a singer who relies on hybrid picking and supportive strumming and fills would be a good J45 before either a good D28 or D18.