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Originally Posted by nkatsonis
My 00-18 is the Tim O'Brien model, long scale and Adirondack top, plus a few cosmetic upgrades. Anyway, it's my do-anything guitar. It's one of those guitars that sound great whether played lightly with bare fingers or aggressively with a pick.
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So, you are one of the lucky 100 owners of that model. Cool!
I've played many 00-18 Martins of every era, but unfortunately never the Tim O'Brien signature model.
I bought a brand new Custom Shop 00-18 at a dealer about six years ago. This was just before Martin released the new reimagined 00-18. It has many of the important sonic features of the O'Brien: 1/4" scalloped GE bracing, Adirondack top, longer 25.4" scale, 1 3/4" width at the nut, plus a 1/2" deeper body.
For this bare-fingered picker who tunes in lower open tunings, this guitar provides all the power, volume, and tone I could hope for in a small and responsive package.
After I bought it, I got rid of three guitars. I'm down to keeping three, but this little CS 00-18 gets about 95% of my playing time. I'm done buying guitars.
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