I don't know WHY you would want a dreadnought to play fingerstyle.

Dreadnoughts were designed to be loud--because they predated most amplification and were competing with louder instruments in bands.

They are very useful in bluegrass-style flatpicking because you want that volume for single-note solos. However you don't really need the huge air chamber to be heard while strumming, it generates excessive bass and feedback galore. And they are not very comfortable for most people to hold and play. (I love mine, being a flatpicker, but it's my little guitar that I actually play the great majority of the time)

Any smaller-bodied guitar is easier to amplify, and electronics has come so far that it makes much more sense to get a smaller guitar. They feed back so much less, are more comfortable, and have a brightness that most bass-heavy dreadnoughts lack.

Grand Concert, OM, triple or double O size...these are all easier to handle than the macho dreadnought. And if you're looking for one with the onboard electronics anyway, there's no reason to go for the big gun.

W-O