The HD 28
It's my dream car. It's the Rolls Royce of acoustics. I have heard no sweeter sound from any guitar. Just one note is ear candy.
Someday.
Someday, sigh.
He said he hopes Sens. John McCain, Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can stop by and see how one of the country's oldest manufacturing operations has managed to remain in America in the same family.
A Martin guitar is one of the best lifetime friends you can have.
Right out of the box I think a Taylor has better resonance than a Martin, but a 30+ year old Martin has a sound that is better than a newer Taylor, IMO.
...I’ve been playing my flat top Martin D-18 since 1970....I’ve never heard any other brand sound as good playing Bluegrass....it’s just got the power you need to pound out the rhythm....hit your G spacer run on a Gibson and it sounds OK....but hit it on a Martin and it will thump you in the chest....Martin has always been the gold standard for hard playing....look at the old pictures of Elvis sometimes...he’s playing rock-a-billy on a flat top Martin!
Those composite ones they are making are durable as hell.
My father-in-law found an old Martin-made violin in the house he bought in 1954. It’s not worth a lot. We display it as a work of art.
One of life’s great pleasures (for a guitar player) is to pick up a vintage Martin dreadnought and slowly finger pick your favorite song. Every note is perfect and the effect is sublime.
The HD 28
It's my dream car. It's the Rolls Royce of acoustics. I have heard no sweeter sound from any guitar. Just one note is ear candy.
Someday.
Someday, sigh.
I hope I can afford one someday. Sometimes I make excuses to go to the guitar store just to play a few $2K Martin gems.
I just bought a DCME cutaway with pickup, had a bone nut and saddle installed. Pure sweetness.
I’ve had a Martin Shenandoah for about twenty years. Actually plays better now than it did new. Best guitar I have ever owned.
My Dad owns a 1940 00-17 it still kicking !
Bookmarking for later...
1955 O-15
Took grandson to factory ‘05.
I’m actually trying to sell a left-handed 001 12-string. It’s beautiful. Plays like you can’t believe. But I need the money for a new Rick.
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I had a roommate in college who had a Yamaha 12 string. Sometime later in the year he bought a Martin 12 string. The difference in sound was incredible. When he strummed a single chord, the sustain went on and on and on.
nice post.
It was on Black Friday of last year that I went into a music store and they were liquidating their Martin stock. The store specialized in student instruments and nobody was buying their Martins. I got a D-16GT for $599 and a DCME cutaway for $899. Both with case. I took the cutaway to a luthier and had a bone nut and compensated saddle installed, along with ebony pegs and WOW does it sing.