Martin uses mortise and tenon on their lower end guitars and dovetail 18 series and higher, it may well be more about cost than anything.
I don't care what neck joint they use, a guitar has to have the sound I'm looking for, if it sound good it sounds good. My OMC-Aura is mortise and tenon, I can't tell any sonic difference, but it's also my least expensive Martin and doesn't have quite the sound of the high enders. Whether that's a function of the neck joint or a 16 series based guitar against 42/45's I don't know.
Bourgeois and Collings make great guitars, so I am neck joint indifferent, give me tone and I could care less about ther neck joint.
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