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Here's what mine looks like...
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As you can see in my sig I have a Mountain 'D45' and it's a very decent guitar. Mine was a car boot special and cost me £27.50! It was in a pretty battered state and invested £10 in a new bridge but it stands up well against much more expensive competition (including a brand new Martin D45 that I played side by side with it three or four years ago. I'm sure the Martin is a much better guitar now it will have been played a bit but at the time.....). It has laminated rosewood back and sides (there was a badly placed jack socket which had been punched through the side so I can see the laminates) and a solid spruce top. It's nominally my 'busking guitar' but really I keep it as a spare and for the different sound and playing experience compared to my others.
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Sound like a good find. Any pics?
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Just wondering...
The OP states:
"BTW now that I'm playing again my wife was kind enough to buy me a real Martin D-28 as a retirement gift. Nice to be starting again with this beauty in my lap..." Occurs to me, are you perhaps referring to your wife here? |
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That appears to be a solid top on that bad boy! I downloaded the sound hole picture and zoomed in tight and the grain goes strait across! clear as a bell!
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She has proven her sainthood again and again as she has patiently watched me buy five guitars and sell two over the last 1 1/2 years as I've learned what guitar tones and sizes work for me. See my sig for the latest lineup...
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Yep. Shortly after I pulled it out of the closet, I took it to a good luthier for a set up. He said it was in perfect shape and confirmed it has a solid Sitka Spruce top (nicely aged) and laminate rosewood b/s.
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Mountain's are amazing. Get one if you ever see it, what have you got to lose - they generally sell for less than a new laminate. And, if you follow Yairi's philosophy regarding laminate bodies or Yamaha red label? - I just got myself a 1970's solid spruce top/Brazilian rosewood (laminate ..stable?) for less than £200. And I do think it is a keeper. It's not perhaps the £5k Martin that it pretends to be, but as my ears get worse and my kids get more expensive, I can live with my Mountain - and the rest...
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I have a C.F. Mountain& F-100, which is roughly a OOO-18. Looks to have a solid top, which I thought at first was laminate. I have not seen any other OOO C.F. Mountain& guitars around. I think they were the same company as Mountain, my label looks a lot like yours except that some idjit got red paint or something on it. I did a thread on here on the repair of it about 18 months ago. With intonation work and light strings, it’s really very playable.i had a soundhole pickup in it and left it at the Church music room. It’s now my porch guitar, sounds better than it has a right to. I’m on the lookout for a decent case for it.
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Mountain
I have a couple of these - and they are great finds! Especially considering that I picked them up for less than £200 each.
I'm never going to buy an equivalent Martin, but instead of comparing them to Martin - just think about them in the context of what you get for such a good price! Both of mine sound great straight off - added some bone and PlateMate, worked on the action - I have two great looking and great sounding guitars. Of course, as with any guitar, it's worth playing first - but I got mine straight off ebay and I do not regret it at all. One has Brazilian rosewood and maple back (laminate... of course).. the other has a wonderful bearclaw top! They both sound and play much better than the cost suggests they should. Everyone I have heard from who has one, praises them. If you see one get it before they start raising the vintage prices of Morris and ...dare I say it Yairi!
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