by philipchevron Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:37 pm
D18 wrote:philipchevron wrote:There's no real substitute for trying out a guitar in a shop. I have bought a number of electric guitars online without first playing them, and so far I have been very fortunate not to have made too many errors, but I don't think I'd ever buy my "main" guitar without playing it for a while. When I bought my current Martin Dreadnought in 2004, it even took me half an hour to decide between it and a seemingly identical, but to me, quite different, guitar in the same shop.
Hello Philip,
I was watching the Paris video thinking that a Martin dread would be the best guitar to compliment Jem's banjo style,and wondered if you had ever used a Martin in the Pogues. I haven't seen too many people playing Martin Dreads with a cutaway and sound hole cover so I assumed you were playing something else. After I read your post, I took a closer look at your guitar on the Paris DVD and was realized that you were still playing the Martin, which pleased me because I like Martin enough to own a handful of them.
Did you intentionally select a Martin with a cutway or was that just the best sounding guitar with the electronics you wanted that the shop had in stock? I don't think I've ever seen you play above the 12th fret in the Pogues, but I do realize that Martin makes the cutaway a standard on their "Performing Artist Series" which have the built in pickup, so maybe you didn't have a choice.
Last question, what model Martin do you play?
I like Martins though I prefer Gibson cutaways. The choice is not really related to how far up the fretboard I go though I like to have plenty of space in "Broad Majestic Shannon". The Martin is just a bit friendlier for live use and I never use a guitar I have not discussed thoroughly with Paul Scully, our sound designer. I say that but, although Scull-Ji likes all my current guitars, they are in reverse order, which is to say the prefers the Godin electro-acoustic best of all. I can't really get on, for two hours, with an instrument that essentially feigns acousticness! The Martin is a good compromise because the rubber inlay in the sound board is not too obstructive to me as a player. I almost always use an Elvis Presley style Gibson cutaway in the studio and at home.
[quote="D18"][quote="philipchevron"]There's no real substitute for trying out a guitar in a shop. I have bought a number of electric guitars online without first playing them, and so far I have been very fortunate not to have made too many errors, but I don't think I'd ever buy my "main" guitar without playing it for a while. When I bought my current Martin Dreadnought in 2004, it even took me half an hour to decide between it and a seemingly identical, but to me, quite different, guitar in the same shop. [/quote]
Hello Philip,
I was watching the Paris video thinking that a Martin dread would be the best guitar to compliment Jem's banjo style,and wondered if you had ever used a Martin in the Pogues. I haven't seen too many people playing Martin Dreads with a cutaway and sound hole cover so I assumed you were playing something else. After I read your post, I took a closer look at your guitar on the Paris DVD and was realized that you were still playing the Martin, which pleased me because I like Martin enough to own a handful of them.
Did you intentionally select a Martin with a cutway or was that just the best sounding guitar with the electronics you wanted that the shop had in stock? I don't think I've ever seen you play above the 12th fret in the Pogues, but I do realize that Martin makes the cutaway a standard on their "Performing Artist Series" which have the built in pickup, so maybe you didn't have a choice.
Last question, what model Martin do you play?[/quote]
I like Martins though I prefer Gibson cutaways. The choice is not really related to how far up the fretboard I go though I like to have plenty of space in "Broad Majestic Shannon". The Martin is just a bit friendlier for live use and I never use a guitar I have not discussed thoroughly with Paul Scully, our sound designer. I say that but, although Scull-Ji likes all my current guitars, they are in reverse order, which is to say the prefers the Godin electro-acoustic best of all. I can't really get on, for two hours, with an instrument that essentially feigns acousticness! The Martin is a good compromise because the rubber inlay in the sound board is not too obstructive to me as a player. I almost always use an Elvis Presley style Gibson cutaway in the studio and at home.
