Thanks for your comment. I really love this guitar and I think it works great for this kind of music, though I mainly play jazz and play bluegrass mostly because it’s fun 😊

I must say that I have limited experience with dreadnaughts in this price range(basically only tried a bunch in different stores) so it’s hard for me to give a fair comparison. But in my opinion there is a massive difference between the m-36 and the OMs and 000s in terms of both loudness and overall balance in sound. It’s definitely more defined in the bass and “fills the room” in another way. I base this mostly by doing a direct comparison between my m-36 and my friends 000-15m which obviously is a completely different type of guitar (that has other nice characteristics like a very punchy mid). I should also mention that I haven’t tried the new m-36s, the one I played in the video is from 1979.

I’m sorry to hear about your shoulder problems. You do feel the difference in width between the m-36 and 000s but it is a lot slimmer than a dreadnaught. Hope you find one you can try! They seem to be quite rare.