The Acoustic Guitar Thread

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Re: The Acoustic Guitar Thread

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Conway wrote:I played a 1954 Martin the other day and was rather taken with it. Yes, 1954 I said. And I gave it a good long sniff. It wasn’t smelly in the slightest. Shock horror!
Well that's worthy of note; Conway and Slowy agreeing on a guitar! This particular D18 is exactly what an old Martin should be. It expects you to hit it and rejoices when you do. There are instruments out there with greater subtlety but for sheer exuberance, this one can't be beat. I think it's an amazing guitar.
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Slowy wrote:
Conway wrote:I played a 1954 Martin the other day and was rather taken with it. Yes, 1954 I said. And I gave it a good long sniff. It wasn’t smelly in the slightest. Shock horror!
Well that's worthy of note; Conway and Slowy agreeing on a guitar! This particular D18 is exactly what an old Martin should be. It expects you to hit it and rejoices when you do. There are instruments out there with greater subtlety but for sheer exuberance, this one can't be beat. I think it's an amazing guitar.
I thought that D18 was a '64?

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robnobcorncob wrote:
Slowy wrote:
Conway wrote:I played a 1954 Martin the other day and was rather taken with it. Yes, 1954 I said. And I gave it a good long sniff. It wasn’t smelly in the slightest. Shock horror!
Well that's worthy of note; Conway and Slowy agreeing on a guitar! This particular D18 is exactly what an old Martin should be. It expects you to hit it and rejoices when you do. There are instruments out there with greater subtlety but for sheer exuberance, this one can't be beat. I think it's an amazing guitar.
I thought that D18 was a '64?
That's right. Conway was playing a 0017.

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robnobcorncob wrote:
Slowy wrote:
Conway wrote:I played a 1954 Martin the other day and was rather taken with it. Yes, 1954 I said. And I gave it a good long sniff. It wasn’t smelly in the slightest. Shock horror!
Well that's worthy of note; Conway and Slowy agreeing on a guitar! This particular D18 is exactly what an old Martin should be. It expects you to hit it and rejoices when you do. There are instruments out there with greater subtlety but for sheer exuberance, this one can't be beat. I think it's an amazing guitar.
I thought that D18 was a '64?
:problem: Hmmmm. You may be right. There's a little Mahogany jobbie if I remember correctly but Conway liking that?
Inconceivable! What have you done with Conway?!!!!!
Everything I said about the D18 stands though.
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Slowy wrote:
robnobcorncob wrote:
Slowy wrote: Well that's worthy of note; Conway and Slowy agreeing on a guitar! This particular D18 is exactly what an old Martin should be. It expects you to hit it and rejoices when you do. There are instruments out there with greater subtlety but for sheer exuberance, this one can't be beat. I think it's an amazing guitar.
I thought that D18 was a '64?
:problem: Hmmmm. You may be right. There's a little Mahogany jobbie if I remember correctly but Conway liking that?
Inconceivable! What have you done with Conway?!!!!!
Everything I said about the D18 stands though.

The whole incident is remarkable in a number of ways: Conway posts enthusiastically to the acoustic guitar thread(!) about enjoying playing an old guitar(!), that he likes(!) and it does not smell(!) Next, he will be buying guitars that begin with 'G'. Or perhaps that is going too far?

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You never know! Take that Bigsby off the LP double cut and who knows what might happen...

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Yes, the 50's Martin, not the 60's one, Slowy! The little mahogany one. Lovely.
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Conway wrote:You never know! Take that Bigsby off the LP double cut and who knows what might happen...


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Uh-oh! What have I said...
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Conway wrote:Uh-oh! What have I said...
To be clear, I don't want you to buy it, just to like it :-)

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Mahogany or Spruce, both are great. I have a '61 00-18 on the bench right now, wish it was mine!

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olegmcnoleg wrote:
Conway wrote:Uh-oh! What have I said...
To be clear, I don't want you to buy it, just to like it :-)
Phew. I've already told you it's the best G guitar I've ever met.
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Conway wrote:
olegmcnoleg wrote:
Conway wrote:Uh-oh! What have I said...
To be clear, I don't want you to buy it, just to like it :-)
Phew. I've already told you it's the best G guitar I've ever met.
I suppose I can like with that :-)

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Re: The Acoustic Guitar Thread

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Cheaper Larrivee D on TM, looks like a nice guitar...

https://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instrum ... 768e0ae6e6

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Re: The Acoustic Guitar Thread

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There's a Martin in Keith MacMillans shop in Hamilton. It's a D-3r I think he said. He's fixed a bit that was lifting on the top. $1500 w a hardcase. It's a beautiful sounding guitar and has a pickup already installed...
Unfortunately I don't have a spare $1500, but it'd be well worth checking out if you're in the market.

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