There is just nothing like a Martin guitar!

[Bake]

If it doesn't come from Nazareth, PA, it's just not good enough. Nothing else sounds like a Martin. Collings makes a good guitar, same specs, but it doesn't have that Martin sound. Taylor ... pffft ... you can have 'em. Gibson? Great electrics but don't bother me with a Gibbie acoustic.

Nothing else is a Martin (yeah, I'm playing mine now)!

Bake

[DarkTirade]

1. My mom had a nice Guild that I learned to play on.

Unfortunately I couldn't take it with me when I moved out. :(

[Bake]

2. I've played some nice Guilds over the years

Especially the 12-strings. But they ain't Martins.

Bake

[DarkTirade]

4. Well, Guild doesn't really exist anymore unfortunately.

So you can only compare ones that have been around a while. :(

[libnnc]

3. I haven't touched my D-28 in months

*shame* :blush:

[Bake]

5. That, my friend, is a damn shame!

It's calling your name ... pick it up and play it! It NEEDS to be played!

Bake

[libnnc]

6. I gotta change the strings on it

they're in horrible shape.

I'm an unfit mother. :(

[Bake]

7. New strings ... is that so much to ask?

Your D-28 loves you. It gives so much. Is it so wrong to ask for new strings every year or so?

:rofl:

Bake

By the way, my strings last about a month, but I play a LOT.

[libnnc]

8. I used to change mine every 2-3 months like clockwork

but then I got into grad school....

hell, I barely have time to clean out the cat box.

[Bake]

9. Play it, by all means.

What you think are dead strings may be just the top "going to sleep." It needs a good thrashing to wake it up.

Bake

[Kermitt Gribble]

10. Wish I could afford one.

I have to say, though, I played a Taylor 614ce at guitar center and it was about the best sounding (to my ear) guitar I've ever played - maybe because of the maple. Most Taylor's sound too tinny to me. I'd buy that 614ce in a heartbeat!

[Breeze54]

11. My ex bought a Martin D34 and

we got in a HUGE fight over it. He could have waited.

We couldn't afford it, at the time. :grr:

But it sure did sound purdy! :P