I am curious EK, I have played a D-45 (for about 10 minutes), and certainly it has been played by many important players, but the D-28 is essentially the same guitar (depending on if it is a HD, HDxx-V, and accounting for scalloping and positioning of bracing etc., but I would hazard was played by many more working musicians than the D-45. Why D-45?
Not that I am necessarily arguing, just finding out more about your reasoning. The D-18, (Hank's guitar) is a big one too.
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