Martin Backpacker Guitar Clip-Rest by Martin Whittaker

Designer Darrell Martin Whittaker shows off the design of the Martin Whittaker Clip-Rest, a perfect solution for turning your Martin Backpacker into a comfortable full-size style guitar.

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Music

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• Martin
• guitar
• backpacker
• guitars
• clip
• rest
• cliprest
• martin whittaker
• darrell whittaker
• design

[pragmaticus123]

Nice job!! You make that backpacker sound exactly like a Gibson J-200....how'd you DO that? I can't get that sound out of MY backpacker! Mine has a solid cedar top...and yours looks instead to have a spruce top. I know Martin down in Mexico, where they're made was trying out different top woods, based upon availibility and price of wood. I wonder if the spruce top makes a difference. Mine sounds WAY more ukulele-like. Standard Tuning?? Extra-light strings??

[MartinWhittakerClip]

Hi pragmaticus,it looks like spruce to me, they were a new set of martin extra lights,I've lowered the action,and I was playing in a brick studio, so there's quite some echo. De-tuned to the chord of D. The serial no. is 184,696 I love it, especially with the cliprest. regards Darrell

[pragmaticus123]

Yeah...mine is #163,735. Don't know what year...but looks fairly new...I bought it lightly used for $69 !!

I was surprised by the excellent workmanship of the Backpacker...and the high quality, SOLID woods they used. I think the fingerboard is solid rosewood and the sides, back and neck are solid mahogany. The tuners are actually the same tuners that they use on the $2600 Martin D28.

I LOVE my Backpacker also, and DO take it on the trail. I am making a neoprene travel-skin for it.

[MartinWhittakerClip]

you would have never got it for $69 if the seller had owned a cliprest

Darrell

[Taud]

@eatthemoon13 in all honesty, i was going to buy the rover but its made in CHINA i just cant support that, martins BP is made in mexico, thats at least connected to the same land mass as i am..... lol the rover has a better body shape to it and thus a fuller sound, it doesnt hold the martin warranty as well

[Taud]

@sircam6 he was giving him a compliment, quit being a drag, man : P

[sircam6]

@pragmaticus123 Sorry that sound nothing like a Gibson J-200 just saying lol

[sirjohncool]

Wow these backpackers sounds like toy guitars.

[harryebbeson]

This device really works well! It fit perfectly and really makes playing the backpacker much more fun. I am not sure but I think it adds a bit to the sound as well. Well worth the money. Very easy to order even in the US. A real gentleman to deal with!

[PinkFZeppelin]

You my friend sure can strum a guitar.

[varguitasdna]

Great thing!!! I'd love to know 2 things... First. Which kind of striong are you sing? Steel or Nylon, sounds like steel to me... Second. Where can I buy this clip-rest?!?! :D:D

[eatthemoon13]

@PUG1E Yea i thought martin would include something like this by now with the rover trying to take over. I have a backpacker on the way now and would love to have one of these, Reason i got the backpacker over rover. A its a Martin B better built C looks way better ,the rover is cheesy looking. IDK why people hate them and say its not a guitar well look at it,lol its not going to sound like one but thats what i like about it.

[DamianSix66]

Great invention , great jamming too .

[qt247ha]

@pragmaticus123 maybe it's because he is in a room of high resonance, brick walls helps alot!