Thanks so much for sharing. When I was doing Brian's lessons, I really liked him demoing and talking guitars. You've got some special comments down there lol.
Nick Lewis Who said the strings make this guitar sound like this.. The question of what strings were used is a typical curiosity question to entertain what others use for a setup (strings) on a pre war vintage Martin. I agree with ChumDM3 who stated below that Picks, strings, hands do make a difference on an acoustic guitar relative to tone.
Would you rather sing with Rosewood? I am a baratone and I have always Had mahogany, but I would like to try rosewood. What would you sugest. I want A-18, or HD28.
It actually stems back to the tragic saga between Gibson and some coal miners back before the war. A coal miner who was a remarkably gifted musician and actually came up with a lot of the type of bluegrass stuff we hear today, was discovered by a very wealthy north eastern elite while driving through coal country and encountering travel problems. the elite convinced the coal miner to play and sing at a big fancy function that was going to happen the next month. The coal miner invited his family and friends and they spent their entire savings to get to the function having been offered reimbursement by the elite. However, as they soon found out, the miner was only invited to play as a mockery to country folk and the elite abandoned his promise to pay for their trip. To make things worse, after the humiliation the elite put the coal miner through, and the people becoming stranded with no way to travel home, he stole the miner's music and profited greatly off of it soon after. the miner had to sell his prized guitar, a Martin that was gifted to him by a generous doctor a few years prior (an entirely different, yet inspirational story). after that event, the coal miner and his family vowed to make sure everyone that played their people's music would never associate with the name of that elite. the elite's name, Stuart Gibson. The coal miner assumed this was the same gibson as the guitar company. Gibson started suffering a loss in guitar sales. the Gibson guitar company got word and tried to kill the miners and frame it as a mining accident. luckily for the miners, the person Gibson hired to carry out the plans was a corporate spy from Martin and warned them (which is the real reason pre war martins are highly sought after). the vow to disown gibson ran deep and the story of why was largely forgotten. yet to today, bluegrass players simply refuse to play gibsons and stick mostly to martin....
I needed to hear this.
Thank you for your insight
Picks, strings, and hands all makes a big difference in tone too.
Thanks so much for sharing. When I was doing Brian's lessons, I really liked him demoing and talking guitars. You've got some special comments down there lol.
Nick Lewis Who said the strings make this guitar sound like this.. The question of what strings were used is a typical curiosity question to entertain what others use for a setup (strings) on a pre war vintage Martin. I agree with ChumDM3 who stated below that Picks, strings, hands do make a difference on an acoustic guitar relative to tone.
Greatest guitar I ever played was a 63 D-18
I agree, I played one 12 years ago an it was one of the best D18 I ever heard.. Some (few) 1963 D18 sound virtually like a 1940's D18.
Mahogany all the way for me
But how many pre-war D18 are on the market? Who would sell such an instrument for a reasonable price?
Wow That's a great sounding D18...as it should being a 35'.. What strings were used on this video?
lol, it aint the strings
@@Iamnickdude09 I didn’t see him claim it was.
Would you rather sing with Rosewood? I am a baratone and I have always Had mahogany, but I would like to try rosewood. What would you sugest. I want A-18, or HD28.
HD35. Low and highs due to the 3 piece back.
@@mommar394he didn’t ask “what is the worst guitar Martin ever made”.
Why don't bluegrass players use J-45's or any Gibsons??
Volume. J45s sound great, but not alot of volume.
It actually stems back to the tragic saga between Gibson and some coal miners back before the war. A coal miner who was a remarkably gifted musician and actually came up with a lot of the type of bluegrass stuff we hear today, was discovered by a very wealthy north eastern elite while driving through coal country and encountering travel problems. the elite convinced the coal miner to play and sing at a big fancy function that was going to happen the next month. The coal miner invited his family and friends and they spent their entire savings to get to the function having been offered reimbursement by the elite. However, as they soon found out, the miner was only invited to play as a mockery to country folk and the elite abandoned his promise to pay for their trip. To make things worse, after the humiliation the elite put the coal miner through, and the people becoming stranded with no way to travel home, he stole the miner's music and profited greatly off of it soon after. the miner had to sell his prized guitar, a Martin that was gifted to him by a generous doctor a few years prior (an entirely different, yet inspirational story). after that event, the coal miner and his family vowed to make sure everyone that played their people's music would never associate with the name of that elite. the elite's name, Stuart Gibson. The coal miner assumed this was the same gibson as the guitar company. Gibson started suffering a loss in guitar sales. the Gibson guitar company got word and tried to kill the miners and frame it as a mining accident. luckily for the miners, the person Gibson hired to carry out the plans was a corporate spy from Martin and warned them (which is the real reason pre war martins are highly sought after). the vow to disown gibson ran deep and the story of why was largely forgotten. yet to today, bluegrass players simply refuse to play gibsons and stick mostly to martin....
@@bjornegan6421 No wonder the "story" is unknown... sounds like too much story.
@@bjornegan6421 Must have been quite an evening around the campfire to concoct this story - an entertaining yarn though so credit where it's due