D28 Martin Guitar Demo

[kennyembry]

Well Keg man, I meant mainly the new ones. It's a very expensive guitar these Martins if you want to get a good one so if you have one and it didn't cost $25K or still older and you got a good deal on one that's nice then yeah and all those Music Heros you mention were big Gospel. Love ol Hank, not a bigger religious song then "I saw the Light" but maybe "Jesus loves me". Cash, Haggard, Nelson all big Gospel and Country singers. It's a matter of preference and I like some newer names too R good

[Heyomattyo]

oh yeah, but how are ya with a pick buddy.....?

[ryan06105]

Can we ban Wildwood Flower to anyone doing a Martin demo? Just as we could maybe ban Little Wing from Strat players?

[bluegrasssingingman]

Very nice sounding Martin, but if you are going to play Wild Wood Flower. Flat pick it the way Bluegrass is played. I love to here you drive that guitar and song.

[sabotage427]

Wildwood flower, good song only 1000 different versions ive heard.

[kennyembry]

I do know Martin and I do play and it's for certain music. Church music and other formal settings that need a nice clear sound that carries. It's not a good country guitar because it's made in a way that doesn't have good ring to it like a gibson dove or hummingbird which is better I think.

[bluegrasssingingman]

@kennyembry LOL Is that so? Tell me why Martin is the #1 Bluegrass guitar, Bluegrass Gospel, and Gospel guitar on the market. Gibson, Taylor, doesn't ring. They are muddy and tinny. They are certainly are not a clear sounding guitar either. I owned a 1973 Martin D-35. I now own a 1992 Martin HD 28. Both of these guitars will drown you're Humming Turd, Dove Turd out. Martins are clear as a Cristal Bell, and the low bass is clean as it gets. Martins are cannons and will drive through anything.

[bluegrasssingingman]

@kennyembry From you're comment, you no nothing about Martin. Maybe it is you're ears. Maybe you're tone deaf, and just can't play.

[kennyembry]

@bluegrasssingingman Maybe you work for Martin who knows on here. I do know that the local mall has a ton of that junk at the Willis Music store in the back room that they can't get rid of, maybe cause it says "Pakistany" or "Chiny" on the inside, maybe they'll sell the junk one day but they'd do better making a pontoon out of them and sending them back to the country that made em. Hih, hih, hih. I'll stick with my nice made in the U.S.A. Tacoma. Siss hole!

[bluegrasssingingman]

@kennyembry USA, LOL Tacoma are made in Japan. LOL junk Martin is the best and always will be. Keep playing you're Tacoma Japan junk. Martin are made in USA. I think you're confused.

[bluegrasssingingman]

@bluegrasssingingman Martin is the oldest, longest running company on the Market, Since 1833

[Kegum190]

@kennyembry Obviously this guy is confusing Martin with some other company. "Pakistany or Chiny?" Try Nazareth, Pennsylvania. They invented the steel string acoustic guitar a couple hundred years back. Not a good country guitar? Huh? How about George Jones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard? Do they qualify as country?

[kswilson89]

what would be better for playing slide, this or the 000-28?

[clayto1332]

They just look so freaking boring for the price

[greenslime27]

@clayto1332 Just shows what you know about the 28 series - not a lot.

[clayto1332]

@greenslime27 I said looks, not plays.

[greenslime27]

@clayto1332 Fair enough. I hear that comment a lot though. For me (and I own 3 x 28 series Martins), it's the fact that there is NO bling that's attractive. My money is sunk into the woods, the sound and the feel of the guitars (I like the look though) and prefer the black pickguard.

There is nothing in just the looks that tells you what it is - notice many sound bites etc don't show the headstock either. You know, or you don't.

Take care and enjoy.

[clayto1332]

@greenslime27 Thanks for your mature response. I guess I am just a bit biased toward gibson myself. I am a sucker for binding and nice finishes. Martin is a really nice sounding guitar though. I have always wanted a D-45. Maybe someday I will have 7500 to drop on one lol

[greenslime27]

@clayto1332 You too. Irony is since I played on a colleagues J45 sunburst, I'd always wanted one of those. Then, when I realised I'd never be good enough, but had the money and some encouragement from my wife (40 years later), I tried some out.

The D-28 (me being anti-guitar bling by then) spoke to me, and a year later the new 000-28 came along followed by the D12-28 which I bought second hand. Hopeless I guess, but I love playing them, if not just looking at them - beautiful (for me). Cheers

[Tennessee0331]

verynice (in borat voice)  ....what year is it?

[jones328]

What year is it??

[everysinglenamesgone]

The D-28 has this special sound to its treble that the scallop-braced guitars lack. Can't seem to find it anywhere else.

[eatthemoon13]

How hard is it to get the pickguard off the d28? I wont to replace mine.

[andrewshere]

@eatthemoon13 Removing the pickguard is easy for pickguards that are over the finish (older D-28s have PGs under the finish and placed directly on the bare top). I did it to my D-28 a week after buying it. I used a hairdryer and slowly heated it. Put my nail under the corner and pulled it up very slowly while still heating it. Then I cleaned the sticky stuff off the top with naptha (found in Ronsonol lighter fluid) and put a Mario Proulx one on.

[eatthemoon13]

@andrewshere Thanks allot i was thinking the hairdryer would work..

I just cant stand the stock pickguard..

[skydogz1]

Thats a good rendition. Nice D-28 too.

[borntokill30]

wildwood flower!!!!

[nutmegger1957]

Nice rendition of "Wildwood Flower!"

[DEK431]

Looks well used. Well played.