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Originally Posted by Silly Moustache
In my opinion, and wothout trying out all the oneman/small factory makes I'd say :
1. Collings
2. Bourgeois
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10 Santa Cruz
I'm sorry but Huss & Dalton don't come near.
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I'd also add to your list, though I am not sure in what order, Merrill and Blazer Henkes. And I have heard great things about Hooper but have yet to play one.
Not sure that I'd agree on the first and last builders you have listed. I owned the prototype of the H&D TDM, and it was shocking how much it sounded like my friend's '56 D18. And my old D1A, not to mention the few dozen I played while working in a shop, didn't exactly have the Martin tone like Bourgeois and SCGC, brands that we also stocked along with Martin.