Joe Bussard plays his vintage Martin guitar

[ruotze]

Beautiful guitar you gots !!

[ruotze]

@ruotze

...i wisht i was in Heaven sittin down !!

[heymynameistyler]

60 bucks!!!! ahhh i wish lmao

[cowtippingrocks]

those guitars are amazing. They sound good when you get them new, but as they age, they sound like a million bucks :D

[78locomocion]

wow

[sclogse1]

What kind of tuning do you think he uses to play this?

[entfred]

@sclogse1 D tuning. I myself use D and G tuning the most, as far as open

tunings go. The G tuning is cool, since you can get those John Fahey and

Hawaiian style licks in.

[Labrabob]

What is Joe using as a slide? Looks like a screwdriver.

[entfred]

screwdriver.

[mainemichael]

No, the 18's had a spruce top (light colored.) The 15s & 17s were the all-mahogany guitars.

[entfred]

I'll look inside the guitar next time I get a chance

to play it and see if I can see the model no. I don't

know anything about how Martin model nos. go,

so you could be right.

[mainemichael]

00-17. Despite being the budget guitar of Martin's line the 17's were built of African mahogany and glued with hot hide glue. A straight production line guitar, but because of good design & quality materials they sound great 50, 60, 70 & 80 years later.

[entfred]

I think it is a 00-18 (not sure of exact

number of 0's). I know that I was told

that the label inside has "18" on it.

So, they used hide glue in the 50s?

Is there an equivalent Martin model,

today?

[kingdorkiv]

Amazing.

[entfred]

I am going to verify the exact model next time I get to

play it.

[Lookup2Wakeup]

Great tone out of that box. Look like a Martin 0-17?

[entfred]

It is a Martin 0-18 or something like

that (not sure how many zeros).