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I was like "So this is what passes for innovation with Martin?" and then I saw the neck join...Cool. I wouldn't mind trying one.
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It's the asymmetrical neck profile, and its thin shape, that intrigues me.
I cannot thumb-wrap any of my three.
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Why is the body laminated again? Is that supposed to be for looks or is it better live and loud?
Anyway, I would like to try the neck, but don’t expect one in my neck of woods/planet in the near future....we only just started to see last year’s stuff! Watching the Reverb.com video, I’m thinking a few custom solid wood models might be cool. Maybe Tayloresque/Lowdenesque but solid all figured mahogany top and back/side. Or a rocker version..gloss black over solid wood back, spruce top, that blue stuff from the rosette as binding on back and front and neck! If it doesn’t sound good in black, it might look good on the wall. BluesKing777. |
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Lost me on the 2-5/32 bridge string spacing. That's 3/32nds narrower than my minimum.
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Am looking forward to playing this new model with the ergonomic neck design. I think it’s nice to see some real innovation from Martin.
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It won a Best or Show award at NAMM. I can see why.
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Looks like serious competition for a Taylor 314 CE.
String one of each up to the same amp to best compare, plugged in.
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Well, if it doesn't look like a Martin and it doesn't sound like a Martin and it doesn't play like a Martin and it isn't built like a Martin ... what is it?
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As I said in the other thread about this new Martin, I'm looking forward to seeing/hearing it in person.
I've been trying to find a smaller or maybe just different shape of guitar that has bass approaching a dreadnaught guitar and this could be it. Perhaps. I hope my local GC will have one soon so I can go in and try it out. I get that some here are completely turned off by the laminate B/S along with those who look down their collective noses because of its shape or similarity to Taylor or Breedlove or whomever but for me, I will wait to pass final judgment until I get one in my hands. Having said that however, it's safe to say I'm pretty excited to try it out. I guess you could say I'm leaning in a favorable direction even before hearing it which is the opposite of those who've dismissed it before they've heard it in person. Like my Mom used to say, "It takes all kinds of people to make up a world." Best, PJ
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I don't see this as a "hybrid" guitar. It is new and different but seems to be a pretty straight forward flat-top acoustic steel-string guitar. Price point is superb and I do like the built-in sound-hole tuner but I'll have to see how it sounds upon live evaluation. All guitars can be set up to play easier and all guitars can be plugged in and/or modified to do so. How it sounds acoustically, then how it sounds plugged in with the supplied electronics will be the true test. If all that checks out as top tier, maybe I could get my mind around the laminate back and sides. I'm a bit surprised and would like to hear Martin's reasons for that. Especially when other "Road Series" guitars are all solid.
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As to the design, I believe the 3 layer laminate was to help tame plugged in feedback and my sense of this particular model is that plugging in was a (the) prime consideration. As a Strat and reverse Firebird player, the offset waist doesn't hurt my eye's aesthetic. I will be in Nazareth in the summer and look forward to putting the guitar through its paces. I will defer any strong opinions until then. |
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Not sure why, but at least a couple people have referred in this thread to the back and sides as being a three-layer laminate which it is not.
From the linked review article: "The back and sides are gorgeous Hawaiian koa, laid down as a fine veneer over an interior core made of solid Khaya." Just for the sake of accuracy here. |
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If it is, that weakens my guess that a reason for using koa as a veneer, aside from the appearance, was to significantly reduce the use of a limited resource. It would mean that they're using twice as much koa as they need to. |