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Martin D 18 Authentic 1939 VTS Aged Acoustic Guitar Review: A Timeless Masterpiece
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2023
- Get ready to be transported back in time with the Martin D 18 Authentic 1939 VTS Aged Acoustic Guitar. This stunning instrument is a perfect blend of vintage style and modern technology, featuring hide glue construction and hand-scalloped X-bracing for authentic tone and playability. The Vintage Tone System (VTS) ages the wood to replicate the sound of a vintage Martin, making this guitar sound like it's been played for 80 years. Not only does it sound like a vintage guitar, it also looks like one, with its methodically, painstakingly distressed finish, inside and out, in all the right places. This guitar is truly a tactile, visual, and auditory experience that will take you back to the 1930s. Don't miss out on this limited stock, watch the review video now!
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I own one of these and it a pretty phenomenal Martin, and it weighs just under 4 pounds. Most folks who play mine believe it's not a full size Dread, just because of it's light weight. They changed the nut width and went with rear-shifted bracing I'm pretty sure in late 1938. Martin applied a super thin-finish that has a different formulation so it's easier to craze it. Then they spent a lot of time putting wear marks on the fingerboard and edges of the bridge. And then they distress it a bit. I'm a fan of the Aged treatment on the D-18 1939 AA. So, when Martin produced a 000-28 Custom Authentic 1937 Aged, I knew it was going to be a great guitar too. Great video!
Oh wow that's some tasteful aging there. Glad the times where they beat the crap out of those guitars is mostly over.
Such a beautiful guitar. Would like to see a Authentic vs Modern Deluxe comparison and hear your thoughts on the differences.
Great video guys. Always a fan of yours and Martin Guitars. Keep up the good work. From Nova Scotia Canada.
I remember in a loop interview before David Crosby said he trade a original for dope and regretted the rest of life
Cooper, this guitar wants to be with you. Make a deal, sell some of your other stuff, do whatever you have to, but just know that this guitar belongs to you. 😎
This is possibly the best sounding D-18 that I have ever heard, and I have a great one myself.
Love mine and agree with all your assessments. The aging is tasteful and makes you not feel bad about playing it or getting a ding. The weight is unbelievably light, crazy when you pull it out of the case. And the sound is amazing.
Thanks for the review! 🙏🏽
Glad Cooper gave this D-18A a proper flatpickin’ workout. Stunning guitar… IMO, the best guitar Martin makes. I demo’d the D-18A once, preferred my D-18GE, but hardly a clinical study. This one sounds absolutely amazing. I actually traded a 000-18GE for a D-18GE in even better condition. Nothing wrong with the 000-18, but ironically, I liked my 000x1ae so much, I didn’t mind trading it, cuz the GE and A are the best of the best! No disrespect for the D-28 lovers, right next to them on the top shelf.
Greetings from Michigan. Love the content guys.
Holy shit! Cooper played the hell out of that thing. The guitar is amazing I know because I have one BUT Cooper can make any guitar sound great to be fair. Thank you for a great video.
Sounded killer!
Good job with some bluegrass style licks. And yes the bluegrass players are the ones to work overtime to get that guitar.
Gorgeous and the sound is the best I've heard from an 18
And honestly to me this sounds more versatile and less country then the 37. I'd say the 37 is also better for bluegrass. In my opinion this sounds like a standard d-18 on steroids but with some age. Reminds me of a 1950s d-18. I think it's a perfect singer-songwriter guitar I think it's a perfect solo guitar I think it's extremely versatile and smooth
Just like the big guy said as soon as you said it was a More Country Focus guitar I can see it all over his face. I feel the opposite just like him it's versatile
Amazing tone! Love it!
Mine has a beautiful sinker mahogany in the back and a sunburst Adirondack top. It sounds and projects better than my D-42 Adirondack/Guatemalan rosewood.I love them both, but play the D-18 more often. It is the most amazing high end guitar I ever played.
Sold!
One of the best martin guitar ever made. Sttunin' guitar.
Nice fingers Coops!
Hey Cooper, I need one of those green Alamo ball caps (if if doesn't have mesh). I don't wear mesh caps anymore because of sunburn and skin cancer. I'm old enough, if I get a burn, cancer shows up. Great demo. But I like the Martin 000 -18 better.
Hey Howard! We don't have any of these caps left, we need to do a reorder-- once we get some more in down the road I'll send one your way!
@@AlamoMusic and don't forget that 2-switch looper Cooper was ordering for me! Thanks!
I got my d18. 15 years ago it my nu one
I have a 2019 D18. How do I know if it's an "authentic"?
Pretty sure in 1939 they went to the 1-11/16" nut, but not sure when they moved brace placement back (I know the '41 is rear-shifted, but don't know about the '39)
Yeah they definitely moved it back in 39. But there's a question was it actually fully rear or in a standard position in 39. But it definitely was not FS anymore
Interesting guitar. It has rear shifted bracing.
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Been waiting for you guys to do this review. Are the braces rearward shifted and what does that do to the sound. No one can describe guitar sounds like Chris.
The braces were shifted rearwards in original 1939 Martins, so I would think that's the case with this reissue.
You can hear it. It's warmer, thicker, yet more clear at the same time. Not as bassy and loud and bright on the he high strings. Thicker trebles etc. Just a great d18.
Great video! A little off topic but are all Gibson acoustics made with Hyde glue neck joints?
Definitely not all.
I played one the other day, it sounded fantastic, but it had too much relief for me, and no truss rod to adjust.
My D-18 had high action 3 years ago, when purchased, and was adjusted through the truss rod adjustment in the sound hole. Assuming the same could be done here. Doesn't every " good" guitar have a truss rod ?
@@rogershinton7483 This 39AA has a T-Bar non-adjustable truss rod in the neck. The only way to change the relief on this neck is to re-fret it with compression frets. If you have to have an adjustable truss rod, this is NOT the guitar for you. The Standard series D-18 has an adjustable truss rod in the neck.
T Bar helps give it that sound tho. Although that's debatable. I'd love adjustable with that sound. But can't have everything. Good news is, you can have one custom made with a truss rod
@@rogershinton7483The best Martins actually don't have them
I think Dwight plays a d-28. Neil Young has Hanks d-28.
Not interested in the least in an aged guitar. Torrefaction is one thing. But I don’t get the whole relic-ing thing. I wouldn’t mind a new one made to old specs, necessarily. But if I pay for a new guitar, I want it to look like a new guitar. Period. I feel the same way about denim jeans, BTW. I’ll age it myself, thank you very much. Sweet sounding guitar, though.
Fhe finish actually helps. Thinner harder finish. Aged. But i agree. Idk why they have to make the entire thing also beat up. Just use the finish. Unfortunately you can't get something that sounds this good, that you get to age yourself
Aged ... makes it harder to resale.
"I swear! That ding and scratch were there when I bought it!"
hey guys what are these strung with??? 13s??
The nut is 1-11/16 instead of 1-3/4. Too bad Jim.
Don't like aged stuffed. Rather age be natural and genuine
Canr get this sound then unfortunately. Because it also comes with a special finish
$7K
So.... an aged top and different bracing makes the guitar cost over $4,000 more than a "regular" D-18? No thanks. Maybe for a real 1939 guitar.
You would be adding another zero for a real 1939.
It's alot more than just that boss. Jesus.
Hand scalloped AUTHENTIC bracing. Takes a hell of alot more work.
High grade Adirondack top
VTS treatment to that top also
Aged hand rubbed finish because of how thin it is. Alot thinner and harder.
Hide glue which you literally have to be a master to use. So every joint is more precise
Speaking of joints, they're all hand NOTCHED together inside the guitar
Better quality mahogany
Better quality ebony
Better tuners
Much thicker piece of mahogany for the neck
1930s long saddle and low profile thin bridge
It's built by the best Luthiers they have as I said too
All while weighing under 4 pounds. They're a work of art
And maybe for a real 1939?😂 A real 39 would cost you about 50 grand boss. Maybe more
This guitar is a steal compared to what's comparable out there. Idk what world you're living in
Oh you lost me less than 2 minutes in when you showed its just a scratched up repro model not an OG 1939.
That makes alot of sense..... Lol wtf. Bro a real one is 40 grand if you're lucky. You guys just don't get it. At all. It's hilarious. You can either spend forty Grand to get this sound or you can spend what this costs and get thar sound. You're nit getting ot anywhere else. That simple. I'm guessing your guitar is a case queen
@@el34glo59 I'm gonna say YOU are the one not getting it. To start with the title is insanely misleading which is why I posted. When they used key words like "authentic" yes it is a REAL Martin.. but what it is NOT is an Authentic 1939 Martin. "Aged" is also a misleading word when tied to the first misleading descriptors.
Martin guitars are still a strong and respected brand. As long as webbies don't kill that reputation hyping up their guitars like a side bro in a rap video. Intelligent people who passed reading comprehension understand proper use of words and how they are put together to form sentences. We didn't learn to speak getting high in mommies basement smokin weed and watching Teletubbies.
Last as nice as that guitar is it sounds NOTHING like an OG 1939. Not the same woods, not the same glues, not the same finish, and surely NOT the same builders. Anyone who knows ANYTHING about guitars or luthiery knows you can have 10 people build the same guitar from the same specs with the same materials and you will get 10 different sounding and feeling guitars.
Which brings us right back around to you. I play my guitars nearly every day and cycle thru them several times a week. I am not the greatest of players by any means but I do post videos of me playing. When looking at your channel I see not a single video so your credibility is ZERO. To me you are just another troll account talking shit.
@@borgonianevolutionNo one said its a 39. But it's the closest thing. I don't like the beat up look either. However, it's the best sounding new production Martin I've ever played. Ans I've played them all. So it's a trade off. You can get one that you age yourself from playing, that won't sound like this, unless it's also has the bracing, hide glue, t bar, etc and you wait 60 years, or get this. Or spend 40-50k to get this sound but better, yes.
I didn't learn to speak. Kid, take it down a notch. You're trying to hard
It also is the same wood, is the same glue, and basically is the same finish. They used Red Spruce and mahogany. Same as this guitar. They actually aged the top to get even closer to AN AGED PRE WAR MARTIN. The aged finish is the closest thing to the original nitro that Martin has ever used. They even got the lower and upper bouts almost exactly the same side and shape this time. You cleary need an education
I couldn't care less about you posting videos on UA-cam btw 😂. Like that adds credibility
No one ever said it was an OG 39. That's why your comment made no sense. If it was, again it would be 50k. They never tried to deceive anyone. You again need to learn about Martin Authentics
@@el34glo59 Wow you sat butt hurt for a month to come up with that... Step up yer troll game bro its wanting.