Martin 0015s Custom from LA Guitar?

[CBarclay]

Hello everyone, I'm looking for people who have a Martin 0015s Custom from LA Guitar (short scale custom 0015 12 fret slot head). Anyone have thoughts on and experience with these?
Thanks!

[offkey]

I had one and enjoyed it for awhile. I didn't find that I preferred the sound over a 000 15SM. I also had a 0 15SM which was the best of the three, at least for me.
So many personal factors enter in that it is impossible to say one is better than another. I do miss the 0 15 and if it had an old fashioned wide, 1 7/8 nut I would still have it. My fat clumsy fingers like the extra width. Vintage guitars in Philadelphia had a custom 0 17 that looked really nice as of a month ago or so. I would look at that if it is still there. Good luck looking.

[tippy5]

A friend of mine bought a new 0-18 from Ted and he was fabulous to deal with.

[stephenT]

I have a regular scale LAGS custom 00-15, had it 6-7 years now. It's a keeper obviously. Can't speak to the short scale slothead.

I will say there's a wide variation of the species in the 15 series, i bought and sold several different 15 models before I settled on the custom 00-15.

[AZLiberty]

I have played Ted's customs in his shop before.

Very tempted to pick up one of his 00-15 instruments. The tort. binding is a great upgrade over the stock unbound factory version.

I have no use for an evil blood-letting slot head though.

[stephenT]

Originally Posted by AZLiberty

I have played Ted's customs in his shop before.

Very tempted to pick up one of his 00-15 instruments. The tort. binding is a great upgrade over the stock unbound factory version.

I have no use for an evil blood-letting slot head though.

I have a friend who fell in love with my 00-15 and wanted me to order a new one from Ted. I called Ted, told him the story and told him what I'd look for if I was in the store and the guitar my buddy got is really nice, actually was spectacular out of the case. Thought I'd offer some encouragement.

[CBarclay]

Thanks so much for the input everyone! I have purchased from Ted before and have nothing but good things to say about that.
Strangly enough, one of the hangups I have with the 0015s is that is has tort binding. I love the look of the raw 15 and old 17 series.

[AZLiberty]

Originally Posted by CBarclay

Thanks so much for the input everyone! I have purchased from Ted before and have nothing but good things to say about that.
Strangly enough, one of the hangups I have with the 0015s is that is has tort binding. I love the look of the raw 15 and old 17 series.

I have two guitars with no binding, a Tacoma and an -01 series Larrivee. Both show damage on the edge and both have a couple minor top separations.

Given the choice of a bound vs unbound guitar, I will always take the bound one.