Brentrocks Posted December 4, 2013 Author Posted December 4, 2013 This beauty belongs to a good friend of mine. He just go it back recently from having some repairs done and a neck reset.This is the funny part....While playing it, the back of the guitar really vibrates against you....and the tone is very warm, lots of low-end. But when you are facing it, while someone else is playing it, it sounds much more balanced....more highs, more mids....it really projects well.
G Man Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Those old martins are the bomb, I'm jealous. I remember playing a 1937 00-17 that just floored me with tone. Love vintage Martin's, truly the holy grail of tone.
Steve Haynie Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 The oldest Martin that was ever placed in my hands was a 50's OOO-18. Oh, my! The D-18 would be one for everyone to want to try out. Lucky you, Brent!
cmatthes Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 My wife's grandfather ordered a D-18 (I believe) in 1938, when he graduated from Med School. It was a factory lefty. He was mostly a piano player, so it was really only strummed occasionally at parties into the mid '50s.He gave it to my wife's uncle David, also a great musician, in the early '70s at High School graduation. He pried off the pickguard and slapped a righty one on, flipped the nut and did something funky with the bridge, and it never played all that great afterwards. It also has my wife's grandfather's name and SS# engraved in the heel, and a couple 40 year old stickers on the back. He still has it, and I've been after him to send it to Martin for a restoration - it had never occurred to him that it was a valuable instrument. That thing should be worth a good bit of money, but I can't imagine what it would be worth if it had remained mint and unmolested.
Brentrocks Posted December 4, 2013 Author Posted December 4, 2013 The D-18 would be one for everyone to want to try out. Lucky you, Brent!Brendon is a monster player too...he really makes that old Martin sing!!
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