OK, I'll bite...

I have owned maybe 10 flat-top acoustics over the years (c. 1971 to present) and had regular access to several others... Gibson and Epiphone flattops, 4 Martins, a Fylde, a John Bailey and several other boutique luthiers (2 of which I still own). However my favourite since 1987 is a regular '73 Martin D-35 which I have often compared with others for sale and never found anything I liked better (for my style) - at least in my price range! (Say not exceeding 2k-3k in UK pounds). A 1999 pic of me (taken with a very early digital camera that used a floppy disc!) accompanies my home produced solo album, all recorded on that guitar, see here.

More recently I acquired its "big sister", a 12-fret Martin HD-28VS, which has even more sound and a quality and resonance all its own, but not quite the clarity of the D-35. Both great to play though. My other present holdings are both luthier built here in Oztralia, one by Gary Rizzolo of Rizzolo Guitars and the other by Jack Spira of Jack Spira Guitars... both are beautiful instruments and have their own sound and feel, and would be hard to leave behind in a burning building as well! I *think* the D-35 is the best all rounder for playing "out" and with other musos, but the others certainly are not out of the picture.

You can see a more recent photo of the Rizzolo in action (a bit distant) here played by some old geezer (thanks to John Penhallow for the picture!) while the Spira guitar is here: Spira jumbo S4 Australia

I put up a pic of the 2 Martins side by side for a comparison of their size and appearance for use in a Wikipedia article, here: Martin dreads side by side ... A picture (or several) is worth a thousand words methinks!

Tony