A 00 version of the 000-17 whiskey sunset?

Robin, Wales · #1 03-21-2023, 06:45 PM

Any idea what Sierra is playing? Looks like a 00 body rather than a 000. Sounds like monel strings or dead 80/20s. It's definitely got the right timbre for my playing style.

Ahh... It's a 12 fret. So what is it?

Luckymud · #2 03-21-2023, 06:56 PM

Martin made a 00-17 Whiskey Sunset for a few years. It was a 12-fret version, but if I remember correctly they also did it in a 14 fret version as well.

MaurysMusic · #3 03-21-2023, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Luckymud

Martin made a 00-17 Whiskey Sunset for a few years. It was a 12-fret version, but if I remember correctly they also did it in a 14 fret version as well.

Correct... and they also had a 12-fret 0 IIRC.

Robin, Wales · #4 03-22-2023, 02:13 AM

Many thanks! There's absolutely no chance of me finding one of those in the UK!

Hogs150 · #5 03-22-2023, 11:42 AM

I have the 14 fret version of this guitar Love it. unfortunately the Binding popped on both sides of the waist .

baseball · #6 03-22-2023, 01:33 PM

Didn't those guitars come stock with the "silk and steel" Martin strings to simulate the old sound the OP is speaking of?

Goat Mick · #7 03-22-2023, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by baseball

Didn't those guitars come stock with the "silk and steel" Martin strings to simulate the old sound the OP is speaking of?

My 000-17 Whiskey Sunset came with Martin Monels.

Cuki79 · #8 03-22-2023, 03:30 PM

Here you have them

boombox · #9 03-22-2023, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Robin, Wales

Many thanks! There's absolutely no chance of me finding one of those in the UK!

When I first started investigating small bodied 12-frets, I tried the 12 fret 00 when they first came out in PMT in Bristol - best Martin I've ever played, but I was starting my search and ultimately my head got turned by a Taylor 712e. Those 00-17s never come up on the market now. I have seen a 14-fretter for sale once and the dread version too, but never a 12-fretter. Oddly enough, I went to see Martin Carthy recently and his support act played one, equipped with a K&K. They guy really loved his. Not my video, but it gives you an idea of what it sounded like on the night: