$1300 for a vintage dread is indeed worth it. My D 35 is around a grand less invested than my next cheapest guitar, a Martin Custom D 35 I bought for $2200. Then my 65 Texan cost an astronomical $3400, which was a whole bunch more than I ever paid for a guitar. The point is the Guild D 35 gets played as much or more than the others, so is not at all less satisfying. To get that good of a guitar for under $1500 is pretty remarkable, and about the only way to get old wood at a reasonable price. So one should take a look at guitars needing a little or even a lot of TLC. My Guild is the real middle ground of the three. It doesn't have the classic Martin voicing or the Epiphone punch. What it is is extreamly balanced and articulate. You can hear everything going on, and I love the neck. No guitar I can afford can do everything. Pre war Martins are beyond my wallet. I came upon a Bryan Sutton clip where someone asked him how he evaluated a guitar. He listed all the things he required in tone and feel, finally looked down at the 1936 Martin D 28 he was holding and said, this guitar pretty much does it all. Yeah, $80,000 or so should tick all the boxes.
The certainty is that he could make my Guild sing like I cannot.