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11-15-2019, 07:37 PM
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No, I'd save my money and get an all solid Martin if I wanted a black Martin.
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06-30-2022, 08:06 PM
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Yep, save up and get the real thing. It’s an atomic cannon.
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06-30-2022, 08:14 PM
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Well, I'll go ahead and comment since the dead thread has already been revived.
I've never played it, but I'd imagine aside from aesthetics, the all-HPL Martin Dreadnoughts roughly sound the same. And I did have a DX Woodstock, which was all-HPL. It was a very nice guitar, BUT for the same money you can get an HPL Martin with a solid spruce top, e.g. DX2E. Granted, it doesn't have the same look, but I think the DX2E Sunburst model does look pretty nice. And having also owned a spruce top HPL model, I can say the spruce top makes a big difference.
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07-01-2022, 03:01 AM
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Personally I think it’s tacky garbage, a shallow ‘cash’ grab. You could get a real guitar for this price.
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07-01-2022, 04:42 AM
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Justin Johnson has quite a few videos up with one of these.
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07-01-2022, 06:22 AM
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I know someone who has one and it’s HORRIBLE!
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07-01-2022, 06:59 AM
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I have one because we do a lot of camping and the temp and humidity can be all over the place. Mine has a great sound. The main difference I noticed is that it just doesn't have quite the volume of my other guitars, but I keep trying different strings and it's getting better. Otherwise it's a great guitar for my purpose.
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07-01-2022, 07:01 AM
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My impression of the Martin all HPL guitars is that they haven't quite got the bracing right yet. They have added the bow tie braces between the X and a full width carbon fibre rod behind the bridge, which is all about trying to fix issues with using HPL as a guitar top material.
If they do keep producing all HPL guitars then I expect there will be a new bracing system in a few years time. But I actually think that they will quietly fade out of the catalogue, and then become collectable!!!
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07-01-2022, 07:34 AM
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Hey I love a good zombie thread so I'll pile on too. I really don't see this Johnny Cash model as being much different than me wearing a Johnny Cash t-shirt. It has nothing to do with him or anything he played, it just shows other people that I respected the man and his music. I haven't played this particular model, but I used to own a black X series which was all HPL and basically the same thing without all of the Cash stickers on it. It sounded ok unplugged and plugged in it was a pretty good stage guitar. The only reason I moved mine on was it really wasn't that much more durable than a spruce top X series and those did sound better. So I like it for what it is and I do think it's useful and it does look pretty cool.
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07-01-2022, 09:30 AM
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I don’t have the Johnny Cash model, but I do have an all HPL Martin that I picked up for $400 on sale. For that price, it’s actually a great guitar - it still sounds like a Martin. I got it mainly to have something very durable, which it has been - I left it out on a stand all winter and it never even needed a truss rod adjustment. Sure, I’d rather have a nice carbon fiber, but don’t have two grand.
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07-01-2022, 09:48 AM
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07-01-2022, 02:20 PM
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"Justin Johnson has quite a few videos up with one of these."
Yeah, but Justin Johnson can play a SHOVEL and make it sound good... shovelguitar.jpg
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