"new" martins

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:55 am

merle travis
car talk

dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:20 am

The Bigsby Martin is amazing. Bout time they repo's that one. The originals were amazing and super rare.

jon183 · Post by **jon183** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:26 am

that first one looks kinda....bleh...sorry

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:03 am

that first one is horrid, but I <3 the click and clack guitar. car talk is one of my favorite things on the radio

suede · Post by **suede** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:06 am

sign me up for two of each...

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:15 am

wow those dudes actually play. I really like that guitar. may be the only signiture model I'm %100 behind

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roachello · Post by **roachello** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:37 am

This headstock is insane! I like how the pickguard echoes the head shape. I've been looking for an acoustic for a while now, I prefer it to electric acoustics, and if this one was cheaper, it would be my choice acoustic

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:07 pm

dodgedartdave wrote:The Bigsby.

This is like your bat signal.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:52 pm

light rail coyote wrote:car talk is one of my favorite things on the radio

+1.Great show.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:51 pm

I am disappointed in Martin for using HPL.

deadonkey · Post by **deadonkey** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:31 pm

DGNR8 wrote:I am disappointed in Martin for using HPL.

they've been doing that for years.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:46 pm

analogsystem · Post by **analogsystem** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:02 pm

Those Bigsby headstocks are rad. I wish the Bigsby solidbodys were cheap and mass produced. I'd love to play one.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:21 pm

robert(original) wrote:hpl?

High Pressure Laminate

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:24 pm

wow, i should have known that.
i know about 3 years ago the cheapest all wood(or mostly) was like 1600.00 and it still had laminated sides.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:32 am

I have never played a Martin that I liked.

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:54 am

CF Martin IV sucks - I hope his daughter fixes the company or at least contracts designer who can. Silver Creek, Morgan Monroe, and Blueridge can build all-solid guitars for well under $1000; even with American production, an all-solid should start at $1500 (and not have that ugly-ass pink shitwood neck they use on the "entry" models).

Sloan: Play a vintage martin, even 70s versions - they're great guitars. CFMIV just fucked it up trying to save a couple trees. The alternative materials they use actually do more environmental damage and leave a bigger carbon footprint then just CUTTING DOWN A FUCKING TREE.

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dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:34 am

DuoSonicBoy wrote: The alternative materials they use actually do more environmental damage and leave a bigger carbon footprint then just CUTTING DOWN A FUCKING TREE.

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How's that?

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:35 am

I played some 1942 Martin at Chamber's Guitars in Nashville. It was kinda gay.

dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:37 am

Sloan wrote:I played some 1942 Martin at Chamber's Guitars in Nashville. It was kinda gay.

Some are kinda clanky. Others are warm and awesome.