I'm detecting a bit of cynicism here.
The price differential is not just about marketing and bling. The very best wood from the stock piles goes into the D-45. And the most talented of Martin's luthiers work on these instruments.
A friend with whom I've done a number of home concerts had a D-45 built through the custom shop, paying upwards of $30,000 for the guitar. I've played it--fingerstyle, of course--and am absolutely blown away by it. Before that time I thought that anything above a D-35 was basically the same instrument in terms of tonal characteristics. But this is simply wrong.
If you ever get a chance to play a D-45, don't pass it up. The guitar makes its own argument.
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1 dreadnought, 1 auditorium, 1 concert, and 2 travel guitars.
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