Martin Dread Fan Club

[tpbiii]

1939 D-28 and 1935 D-28



D-18s 35, 41, 45, 54, 54, 56, 63



Let's pick,

-Tom

[twocorgis]

Originally Posted by tpbiii

1939 D-28 and 1935 D-28

D-18s 35, 41, 45, 54, 54, 56, 63

Let's pick,

-Tom

Yowser! Those babies need some Hercules Stands!

Interesting how those drop-dead gorgeous D28s have a mark in nearly the exact same place on the top.

[fongie]

WOW! Tom they are wonderful, where would you start?

[fongie]

Hello Infer-del, just love the 3 piece back of them D-35's. I've read that somewhere that some were made with the centre piece being braz wood, would that be correct?
Regarding your D-17, what is the difference to a D-18?

[Bridgepin]

I like to through a pic. of my D-41 in the ring

[Bridgepin]

Originally Posted by hawgadi

Here's my 5th String custom, an HD-28V with the Adirondack top and a few other nice touches.



Full set of images here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9058873...7607997617584/

Hawgadi, You got me Drooling on myself bad. My triger finger is twichin bad for a HD-28V but I want the Adirondack top and braces, man that nice

[surfoxy]

Originally Posted by tpbiii

1939 D-28 and 1935 D-28



D-18s 35, 41, 45, 54, 54, 56, 63



Let's pick,

-Tom

ZOINKS!!

[surfoxy]

Originally Posted by Bridgepin

Hawgadi, You got me Drooling on myself bad. My triger finger is twichin bad for a HD-28V but I want the Adirondack top and braces, man that nice

Oh yeah! I don't know if mine has the red spruce braces, probably not.

[ahorsewithnonam]

Man oh man...this thread is making me crazy.....drool

[pschaafs]

Mine is a little unusual - a Ditson 111 model

[fongie]

Originally Posted by dablues

Generally F/S bracing will give a guitar a little stronger bass response. Personally I have found the low end to be a little too boomy on the HD-28V for my tastes althought they are wonderful guitars. I prefer the HD-28 as its slightly more balanced and not quite as boomy. I would love to hear Hawg's 28V with that adi top. I sometimes think that a guitar made with F/S bracing almost needs an adi top (stiffer than sitka).

Besides the stiffness with the Adi wood, what are the other comparison to a Sitka wood? Don't know very much about Adi's

[fongie]

Originally Posted by pschaafs

Mine is a little unusual - a Ditson 111 model

Hey pschaafs, what is a Ditson? Is that a Martin guitar? Very nice!

[dablues]

Originally Posted by fongie

Besides the stiffness with the Adi wood, what are the other comparison to a Sitka wood? Don't know very much about Adi's

I have played several Martins with adi tops but never owned one. I believe adi tops can be driven alittle harder than sitka tops giving the guitar sligtly more headroom and more "punch" making them a great choice for playing bluegrass or flatpicking. A sitka top may actually be a better choice for playing singer/songwriter stuff, etc. I do not believe that either one is necessarily "better" than the other, just different.

[Bridgepin]

Originally Posted by tpbiii

1939 D-28 and 1935 D-28



D-18s 35, 41, 45, 54, 54, 56, 63



Let's pick,

-Tom

Well Tom,
So much for those new shorts I was waring, I just had a Forrest Gump moment, like when he was sitting at the edge of the bed and Jenni took his hand (Shiver shiver) NICE collection Sir

[Bridgepin]

Originally Posted by tpbiii

1939 D-28 and 1935 D-28



D-18s 35, 41, 45, 54, 54, 56, 63



Let's pick,

-Tom

Well Tom
So much for those new shorts I was waring I just had a Forrest Gump moment, like when he was sitting at the edge of the bed and Jenni took his hand (Shiver shiver) NICE collection Sir.

P.S. Ah Tom would you like to adopt a son, I'm house broken