Martin OM-28 John Mayer vs. Martin OMJM

[gamaxbag2300ra]

if i had at least one of these i would be the happiest guy in the world

[YourVagIsMine]

hey what was the song you started to play at 1:00 ?

[ChorizoParty]

@YourVagIsMine friends lovers or nothing

[MrMattyRyan1]

You can hear the first is better. Nothing like an extra couple thousand bucks to add some ring to your tone

[santichac]

how many martins you have?

[puppiesinspace]

We all know the best way to review a guitar is to use the internal microphone on your piece of shit camera....



[guitarslim56]

@puppiesinspace, Works for me!

[goodwrench838]

ill take your least favorite :)

[TheDonatellooooo]

I don't know why, but i can't hear the difference. :\

[CMSpida]

@TheDonatellooooo The OMJM is slightly brighter i think

[bobbrossify]

@TheDonatellooooo Tonally they're pretty close. The 28 JM is quite a bit louder, and has better bass response. Although I will say unless you A/B'd them back to back it'd be hard to tell a difference.

[slander77]

Buy an OM-28V. Unless your gay for Mayer's Oscar Mayer don't bother. Who wants someone else's signature on their guitar anyway?

[therichardchannel]

@slander77 what an uninformed statement. maybe because an OM-28V and an OMJM are completly different? 1 and 3/4 vs 1 and 11/16 and V necks versus C necks. Not to mention the OMJM has a martin goldplus installed already, it's largely up to preference. and I find it funny you watch a john mayer martin guitar vid only to badmouth him hahhaha

[pastyourhorizon]

@slander77

Completely different guitars my friend. I HATE buying things with someone's name stamped on it, but for guitars it seems like a totally different thing. The JM signature models are well built and designed guitars compared to buying an item like a knife with Bear Grylls' name stamped on it. The OM-28V is nice, but quite different and I'd rather let my ears guide the way than ego.

[daliksheppy]

Does either of these have lots of protective layering?

[Sixstringmaster91]

I love this guitar man. :)

[klwnguitar]

damn, the OM-28JM sounds so much better to my ears, the sound is so crisp... and that really pisses me off because I know I will only be able to get the current model.

[rolandflynn]

how much did each of these cost?

[gaiolinn]

@rolandflynn OMJM around 4000 dollars/3500 euros.

The other no idea.

[silversundash]

whats the song at :28?



[Carthsgtr]

whats the song at 1:00?

[TgHrOeMeAnS]

@Carthsgtr John Mayer - Friends, lovers or nothing :)

[radbadchad17]

how much did that cost?

[Cbluesrocker]

im just jealous that you have both (especially the omjm)

[josh91935]

what is that last song fingerpicking song he is playing?

[acidjames]

first off, thanks for the comparaison. I just wanted to point out maybe why the OM28JM sounds "louder", bassier or crisper than the OMJM.

I suppose the author recorded the video with a macbook. OSX has a room noise analysis filter on its microphone. basically, it automatically selects which frequencies to equalise. This can be disabled in the prefs i think. It would have been best anyways with a condenser microphone that has no automatic level control.

[Carthsgtr]

@acidjames

Bassier is the almost the opposite of crisper dick head.

[Plocky241]

What strings come with this guitar?

[lionelusa2002]

Even though the crisp of the OM28JM is fantastic the ONJM sounds more balanced and the bass and medium are more accurate than on the OM28JM.

Both are great of course. Just have to pick the one you fit the most with your ears and type of sound you research.

[Plocky241]

does this guitar comes with a pickup system? is is acoustic electric?

[MartinGuitarsGuy]

@Plocky241 It does come with onboard electronits (Fishman Natural)

[Nicholashotz]

@Plocky241 hey, which fishman pickup system do you have in the guitar, i know they use to use the prefix plus as its in my guitar

[MrGearguru]

To judge these guitars for what they do best you should definitely be finger picking.

[blakez347]

hey what song is playing at the beginning of this video ? 0:00-0:16

[kaysonf]

@blakez347 slow dancing in a burning room(acoustic version)

[onlyseanmeier]

@blakez347 it's called "slow dancing in a burning room" by john mayer.

[hrodriguez702]

wow, is it me or does the om-28jm sound a lot more crisp and resonate a lot more?

[BraydonSzafranski]

@hrodriguez702 Well, duh. It's a better guitar. It comparable to comparing a Les Paul VOS to an original.

[Carthsgtr]

@BraydonSzafranski

No... You are fucking retarded.

[BraydonSzafranski]

@Carthsgtr How so.

[pastyourhorizon]

@hrodriguez702

if you've heard one in real life, you would hate listening to great guitars like those on youtube. T_____T

[MrGeeetar]

hey man great stuff, i was just wondering if you did the slow dancing in a burning room intro and if so is there anyway i could hear the whole thing as i thought it was excellent.

[highriser465]

@MrGeeetar dude that is a recording by john mayer. its called the village sessions. its available on itunes and is awesome. get it!

[fizzydrinkz]

wow 16's

[jingwah]

the original sounds louder and crisp

[DeathZeroTolerance]

Great sounding guitars.

Shame my weak 9s electric hands can't handle the relatively high action for long before giving out.

[TheSoulofBlues]

@andr3wbr1an the song is "Friends lovers or nothing" by the album Battle Studies

[andr3wbr1an]

what's playing at 1:09? and can you give me a list of all the songs played please? i really like it and thank you for the review!

[Firebird3509576]

Clapton all the way! The short scale seems to add warmth to the rosewood back and sides that have a tendency to sound a bit metallic.

[gregory49]

either you were playing it cleaner the first time or the om28jm just resonates better and sounds warmer on friends, lovers, or nothing. Hard to tell through youtube.

[keapen94]

thanks for posting this. can you please elaborate on the specific differences of the two, especially if the dovetail joint makes any difference in the feel compared to the bolted neck on the omjm. thanks

[jpjsej18]

I want these guitars

[LuXguitaR]

The OM-28 Fits me well!

[chrismooreacoustic]

...lovely solid clean sound. Nice playing.

I have a Martin OMC-15E fed through a Fishman Aura unit - you can hear it on my latest instrumental 'Haze'. Cheers.

Chris

[GuleNissen123]

What kind of strap-locks do you use?

[Matthewray22]

is the omjm that big of a difference in sound?

[ezekiel814]

Hey. Great guitars. Were you self taught?