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01-10-2009, 11:41 AM
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Martin CF-1 - wow!
Well, my wife and I went to the Martin factory yesterday and took the tour and checked out the museum.
I was able to go into the picking parlor to try out some really high end stuff. They had a Johnny Cash model, the Elvis model, HD-28VS, and several other really nice ones but the CF-1 archtop was the highlight for me (seconded by the Johnny Cash model sweet!!!) I'm not that good at playing yet but the Archtop really had a great sound to it, not as much bass as say the HD-28VS that was there but the brightness and clarity was better then just about everything else I played that day. It's the first archtop I've ever handled though so it may just be that all archtops have that sound to them but I liked it a lot. I'm sure someone here has tried this guitar who has more experience then I do, was it just a first time archtop experience or is the CF-1 really as good as it sounded to me? -Jim
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01-11-2009, 06:28 AM
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I love the look. The sound was ok. The Solomon Archtop I had did circles around the Martin. When I did the tour I stumbled on the designer of the current CF's Dale Unger. Super nice fellow to chat with. He runs a class out of Nazereth on building your own archtop. The cost of the class is probaby cheap for the lessons learned, but pricey for an archtop.
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