Martin D-18GE Ambertone
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:56 am
Picked this up to compliment my HD-28. Sweet playing guitar.
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Re: Martin D-18GE Ambertone
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:28 pm
Happy New Guitar Day!
Re: Martin D-18GE Ambertone
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:56 pm
Very nice! Congrats on your acquisition.
Dennis
Dennis
Re: Martin D-18GE Ambertone
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:58 pm
gplayer wrote:Picked this up to compliment my HD-28. Sweet playing guitar.
And a nice compliment I might add.
Re: Martin D-18GE Ambertone
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:49 pm
Very Nice gplayer...A Martin is at the lonely top of acoustics, right? Educate me please on the strings; are they nylon or metal or hybrid (whatever that may mean) 
Re: Martin D-18GE Ambertone
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:26 pm
Hey, gplayer--
Beautiful guitar!!! Mahogany backed?
I love the shaded-topped (as they call sunbursts) Martins.
--JIm
Beautiful guitar!!! Mahogany backed?
I love the shaded-topped (as they call sunbursts) Martins.
--JIm
Re: Martin D-18GE Ambertone
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:15 pm
Beautiful guitar! I'll bet she sounds sweet!
Re: Martin D-18GE Ambertone
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:34 am
Thanks all. I've been getting more into acoustic playing lately, since I don't jam with others, anymore
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Paul, it has Phosphorous bronze coated steel strings.
Jim, it has an adirondack spruce top with mahogany back & sides. It really has a great sound and feel to it.
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Paul, it has Phosphorous bronze coated steel strings.
Jim, it has an adirondack spruce top with mahogany back & sides. It really has a great sound and feel to it.
Re: Martin D-18GE Ambertone
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:55 am
Aha, thanks... I bet they sound terrificgplayer wrote:Paul, it has Phosphorous bronze coated steel strings.
gplayer, would you say the acoustic guitar (with said phosphorous bronze coated steel strings) is harder to play than an electric (Mosrite, Fender, Hallmark, etc.)? A friend of mine has an acoustic (with the metal strings) and having played on it myself, found it very tiring after a while -but then his is not a Martin... Re: Martin D-18GE Ambertone
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:56 am
The Martin dreads come with 13-56 strings (med. gauge) If you're not use to them they can kill you fingers.
When I first got my HD-28, I switched to 11 1/2- 54 strings. then I moved up to 12-54 strings. Now the mediums don't bother me, anymore. A good setup is essential, as well. My fingers are pretty tough, now.
When I go back to my electrics it's almost comical how easy they are to play. The Martins just have a great sound. You hear all those old folk & mellow rock songs from the past, ringing in your head, when you play them.
When I first got my HD-28, I switched to 11 1/2- 54 strings. then I moved up to 12-54 strings. Now the mediums don't bother me, anymore. A good setup is essential, as well. My fingers are pretty tough, now.
When I go back to my electrics it's almost comical how easy they are to play. The Martins just have a great sound. You hear all those old folk & mellow rock songs from the past, ringing in your head, when you play them.