My take on the Martin Outlaw model

[stephenT]

Change can be difficult.

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

I know that Collings and maybe Bourgeois have made !8 models with 28 trim. Don't see the point, myself.

Now Martin are messing with their own numbering system and designs.
"17" to indicate year ? C'mon!

I'd prefer to live in a world where a D18 looks like a D-18, a D-28 looks like a D-28 etc.

Who IS making the marketing decisions in that company now?

Seems to me that someone who knows nothing about guitars, Martin's heritage and numbering system is just playing around with possibilities.

[Boozehound]

Can anyone confirm the specs on these? The Martin website is quite vague. For example: (1) I know that hide glue was used on the Neck Joint, but was the entire construction hide glue or just the neck joint? (2) Has the top been sanded to authentic thickness or is it a modern full thickness top? (3) Is the bracing GE Scalloped or authentic scalloped?

It's an interesting guitar to me (although I am among those who think that the Herringbone trim should be reserved for Style 28 guitars) but I don't know that I would find it superior enough to my MFG Custom Style 18 (Essentially a D18GE) that it would be worth the upgrade.

[Digits_Only]

At $7K maybe they expect you to steal it, you Outlaw, you.