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04-13-2019, 07:51 PM
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Martin Custom....
No not "a" Martin Custom, MY Martin Custom.
After a lifelong relationship of mediocre quality with the keyboard, 20 months ago I finally put my mind to it and took up the guitar. With ferocity. My 61 year old hands are complaining a little but Advil is cheap. And with it came the inevitable search for the ideal guitar. Went through quite a few not too expensive guitars to find out what I liked. (A few have Reverbed their way out of the collection again) That it was to be acoustic showed early on. A cheap Ibanez... a Richwood parlor for travel. A D16 Martin off Craigslist. Liking the smaller body a brand new 000 15M Street Master. Love the feel of that instrument. Then I discovered the "Hybrid" or "Crossover" and the fact that nylon is, to me, a lot more civilized than steel. So I got a used Martin 000C-Nylon. But I'm not playing classical.... I'm playing Beatles and Floyd.... But, with the Martin Magnifico strings I'm getting a really nice sound out of it. At open mics musicians of a much higher caliber come and ask me what "that" is.... As an aside I got a Cordoba C-9 to take with me on my work travels... THAT, for the money, is a VERY nice sounding and playing guitar especially with the Magnificos on it.... But, I do like the sound, feel and look of that mahogany. Sooooo, I asked the nice folks at Martin to make me a OOOC-Nylon just like the one I have out of mahogany. I can't WAIT to put my hands on it. Something tells me that it's going to be my "Trigger"...... It's been 4 months, hopefully the wait won't be much longer. As a very interesting side note.... The Cordoba has a nut that is just over 1/16" inch narrower than the 1-7/8" of the Martin.... And I find it a HAIR nicer to play at that width... So I asked if Martin would make the nut accordingly. I found it surprising that they said they "weren't set up for that" and referred my to a nearby luthier that works on Martins. (I live 25 minutes from the Martin factory....)
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CF: Emerald X-30 Royal Ebony, Rainsong H-WS1000N2, Journey OF660 Martins: 000-Nylon, All Mahogany custom, 000-15SM, D16-GT (resto mod in progress), D15-M, Stinger SSL electric.... And a Kobza, Bouzouki, Hurdy Gurdy and something medieval looking..... www.woodenshoe.blog Last edited by oscarvan; 04-13-2019 at 11:57 PM. 
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04-14-2019, 06:04 PM
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It appears I may not have a high enough post count to do that yet....
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CF: Emerald X-30 Royal Ebony, Rainsong H-WS1000N2, Journey OF660 Martins: 000-Nylon, All Mahogany custom, 000-15SM, D16-GT (resto mod in progress), D15-M, Stinger SSL electric.... And a Kobza, Bouzouki, Hurdy Gurdy and something medieval looking..... www.woodenshoe.blog
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12-17-2019, 09:44 PM
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Here's the guitar porn... took a while. Ironically I have been wondering off into CF land.... (see sig) Still love this baby though. Never gonna let it go.
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CF: Emerald X-30 Royal Ebony, Rainsong H-WS1000N2, Journey OF660 Martins: 000-Nylon, All Mahogany custom, 000-15SM, D16-GT (resto mod in progress), D15-M, Stinger SSL electric.... And a Kobza, Bouzouki, Hurdy Gurdy and something medieval looking..... www.woodenshoe.blog
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12-17-2019, 10:07 PM
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Wow, an all mahogany nylon guitar. Come to Artisan in Harrisburg this year and bring it along! Martin shows up big so you will have your peeps.
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Multiple guitars including a 1979 Fender that needs a neck re-set
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