Hohner Essential Challenge (Full Version) Taylor Big Baby, Martin OOOX1

The Hohner Essential Challenge pits the New Hohner Essential Folk guitar against the Taylor Big Baby and Martin OOOX1. In a blind taste test out of the four guitar instructors that participated two of them chose the new Hohner Essential Folk. For more info on the Essential series please visit http://www.hohnerusa.com/essentialseries.html

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Music

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• Hohner Guitar
• Hohner Essential series
• Martin D1
• Baby Taylor
• Martin OOOX1
• Martin DXM
• Big Baby Taylor

[Classicrock515]

DREW! HE used to work at Guitar Center RVA!

[Hohnerusa]

@Classicrock515 Thats me! Actually Charlie the second guy who didn't pick the Essential :( also worked there in the accessory department.

[clueworm82]

There seems to be a huge flaw here. The reason the martin and the taylor sound "dead " is because you guys have crappy strings on them. Its pretty obvious when you watch the video. That makes a HUGE difference in the sound and playability of a guitar. For all the audience knows you could have heavy gauge cruddy strings on the martin and taylor while your hohner has a sparkly new set of medium-light elixurs.

[icymallard]

@clueworm82

I wonder if thats true...

[Hohnerusa]

@icymallard Definitely true you can call Key Signatures and ask if this was staged. They were quite gracious to allow us to film this there and use their instructors.

[Hohnerusa]

@icymallard Definitely true you can call Key Signatures and ask if this was staged. They were quite gracious to allow us to film this there and use their instructors. If it was staged I would have had all the participants choose the Hohner ;)

[Hohnerusa]

@clueworm82 Actually this is not the case. The Martin and the Taylor were both pulled right out of the box for this demonstration. We don't use Elixir strings at all we use D'Addario strings that are stock on all the Essential series. Taylor on the other hand does use Elixir strings.

[danielchootl]

BIG BABY ROCKS!!!

[DWurting]

I think thats not a very convincingly Video. The best players in this video didn't choose the Hohner, i don't want to sound arrogant but the other two who take the Hohner didn't sound very professionell

[gnargnargnarify]

@jkkdf44 Its when you play a string on the 12th fret, then play the string again, except with harmonics (hold your finger on top of the string lightly on the 12th fret without pressing down) If they all match, then you have good intonation.

[rahamdavenp1230g]

This is a "well-groomed" video. =p

[rolandhensle24]

Your video is a favorite on Bhutan

[loushky619]

Hohner rhymes with boner ;-)

[tubaeli93]

OR 2 out of 4 guitar instructors couldn't tell which guitar they were holding lol...

[jkkdf44]

can someone tell me what intonation means

[xDet3rmin4tionx]

That's SO weird, the martin and the taylor are the guitars im currently looking at buying still cant make my mind up.

[bdline]

hohner essential folk is the best??I don't think so. Taylor and martin sound better here.But if you compare it by price than hohner essential folk may win.In Canada, you can find 00x and big baby in all big guitar store .Hohner , I don't think so.

[jingeshan24]

there is no acoustic guitar maker as of today, that was able to replicate the low-end of a taylor properly.

the hohner and martin cant hold a candle to a big baby.