Adirondack on a D-18... - Page 3

Shades of Blue · #31 03-02-2020, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by warfrat73

Should be a beast! Hope it works out for you... I do sometimes wish I ordered mine with GE bracing.

Thanks. I debated honestly between this one and a Standard. If it didn’t have GE bracing and had aging toner I would have went standard. Honestly seeing a pale white top was very enticing...

jklotz · #32 03-02-2020, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Shades of Blue

Thanks. I debated honestly between this one and a Standard. If it didn’t have GE bracing and had aging toner I would have went standard. Honestly seeing a pale white top was very enticing...

I'm with you on that one. I love the look of a real aged Martin. The aging toner will never look as good as a 10 year old natural one to me. 20 years even more so.

As for the addy, I've got 2 addy topped guitars now, one rw and one hog. One is an Eastman e20-om and the other a Martin 000-18ge. I can feel and hear the difference between addy and sitka. I feel like I've got a pretty good handle on it now. Sitka is softer in tone and feel. Addy more hard and direct. I happen to like both, but for different things. For strumming and projecting, it's hard to beat an addy topped guitar.

archerscreek · #33 03-02-2020, 08:40 PM

Congrats on the new guitar coming in. Hopefully it doesn't ship FedEx so you actually get it and get it on schedule at that.

Signed: Stinging from recent FedEx debacle.

Haha

Shades of Blue · #34 03-04-2020, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by archerscreek

Congrats on the new guitar coming in. Hopefully it doesn't ship FedEx so you actually get it and get it on schedule at that.

Signed: Stinging from recent FedEx debacle.

Haha

Well it is shipping Fedex and it hasn’t shipped yet. Ordered it Monday. Guess it will end up sitting on a truck all weekend somewhere....

UncleJesse · #35 03-04-2020, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Shades of Blue

Thanks. I debated honestly between this one and a Standard. If it didn’t have GE bracing and had aging toner I would have went standard. Honestly seeing a pale white top was very enticing...

Congrats! I knew you wouldn't wait to sell the other one!

Now that it's gone at MFG I can stop looking at it.

Shades of Blue · #36 03-04-2020, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleJesse

Congrats! I knew you wouldn't wait to sell the other one!

Now that it's gone at MFG I can stop looking at it.

Well, I'm glad I didn't wait. The other one sold today. Timing is amazing sometimes...

cu4life7 · #37 03-04-2020, 02:44 PM

It makes it more better.

budglo · #38 03-04-2020, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jklotz

I'm with you on that one. I love the look of a real aged Martin. The aging toner will never look as good as a 10 year old natural one to me. 20 years even more so.

As for the addy, I've got 2 addy topped guitars now, one rw and one hog. One is an Eastman e20-om and the other a Martin 000-18ge. I can feel and hear the difference between addy and sitka. I feel like I've got a pretty good handle on it now. Sitka is softer in tone and feel. Addy more hard and direct. I happen to like both, but for different things. For strumming and projecting, it's hard to beat an addy topped guitar.

https://imgur.com/gallery/5fSQMzJ

Actually side by side with my 48 year old D35 not a lot of difference.

UncleJesse · #39 03-04-2020, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Shades of Blue

Well, I'm glad I didn't wait. The other one sold today. Timing is amazing sometimes...

Nice! I'll look forward to hearing about it. I really wanted to grab it but I ended up trading my Eastman E20OM-TC for an Eastman E10D-TC and it's such a cannon and it completely blew away my idea of how good an Eastman can sound. Enjoy

llew · #40 03-04-2020, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleJesse

Nice! I'll look forward to hearing about it. I really wanted to grab it but I ended up trading my Eastman E20OM-TC for an Eastman E10D-TC and it's such a cannon and it completely blew away my idea of how good an Eastman can sound. Enjoy

Good call...I really like Eastman's mahogany models but not nearly as big a fan of their rosewood offerings? I bet the E10D-TC is an awesome dread!

Shades of Blue · #41 03-04-2020, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleJesse

Nice! I'll look forward to hearing about it. I really wanted to grab it but I ended up trading my Eastman E20OM-TC for an Eastman E10D-TC and it's such a cannon and it completely blew away my idea of how good an Eastman can sound. Enjoy

I want to try an Eastman someday, but until then I’ll just sit in ignorance lol

TJChapin · #42 04-01-2020, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrbirdog

^^^^^

this plus more volume or is that headroom??? Mine is a cannon

Not necessarily volume just much clearer tone and definition when driving the top hard which to me defines headroom.

Mrbirdog · #43 04-01-2020, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TJChapin

Headroom and clarity

^^^^^^
this

Clarity...most assuredly & and who among us doesn't like more head??? room, headroom that is....

Mrbirdog

Steel and wood · #44 04-01-2020, 05:24 PM

The Martin D18 is just about my favourite acoustic guitar on the planet, but I would be hard pressed telling the difference between Adirondack or any of the other spruce varieties. (Same for any guitar).