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Best sounding Martin
I know this is subjective, but I just want opinions anyway. What is the best sounding Martin guitar, considering both low-end and high-end price-wise?
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Best new guitar I've ever played is the Martin D-1 Authentic 1931.
I've played 4 of them, and they are all out of this world--and blows the doors off all the other Authentic series dreadnoughts. Rich tone, endless volume, but super responsive. My favorite lower end Martin (I guess I'm defining that as below the standard series) is the 000-15SM. Really sweet, unique, but versatile sounding guitar. I bought one of these a while back hoping it would make a nice guitar I didn't have to worry about, and now I find myself reaching for it just as often as the D-18GE. |
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Impossible to answer. Some people like dreads. Some people like small-bodied guitars.
Some people like mahogany. Some people like Rosewood. and on and on and on.... |
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I love my custom shop OM-18 - Adirondack top with Adirondack GE scalloped braces, it's everything I could ever want from a hog OM. On the lower end, I also like the all mahogany 15 series guitars, especially the 00-15 and 000-15SM.
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My opinion is that the one that sounds best to the owner's ears is the best one.
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My 1956 00-18.
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Guitars aren't judged this way.
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OP mentioned this, but it’s worth restating. He’s looking for varied personal opinions... |
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For my taste the best sounding Martin I have played was a 00015SM. I have the 00015M which I’m quite content with but if money was no object I would be highly tempted to go for its 12 fret cousin.
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That said, I played a number of Martins I’d love to own. I particularly love what they’ve done with their standard series models in recent years, which I think is probably the sweet spot in their lineup in terms of cost, value, tradition, aesthetics, feel, and tone. |
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The one in your hands! 😎
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Anything with spruce over rosewood, the older the better.
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I played a custom-shop D-45 once that was crazy nice. Brazilian Rosewood. I wanted to hate the guitar because I'm much more into mahogany than rosewood, and I'm not at all into bling, but this guitar was amazing.
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It's the true ''do it all and sound better doing it guitar''. My friends who play Martin dreads are shocked by the sound that comes out of this guitar! |
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I like this one.
Martin liked it so much that they decided to make it too ... but not as good.
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