Hey Steve - I love all your videos, but this one is special to me. I bought a new HD-28 about 20 years ago. I’ll never forget when I played it in the store and hit an E chord hard - such a massive voice! Of course, over the years the sound has gotten even better. So great to hear your pre-war beauty! Please keep the videos coming!
Tom Ames’ Prayer is one of my favorite songs of all time. I learned it off a cassette I made of a WXRT broadcast of a live show at Fitzgerald’s in suburban Chicago around 1995. Thanks, Steve!
I've had Train a comin playing in my car for the last couple of weeks, some great songs on there, this is probably my favourite, played on an awesome guitar, thanks Steve, keep em comin.
Sweet guitar Mr. Earle,,,,,ya had me hooked on your music when I was 10,,,, drove my father crazy in tracker trailers....46 now still listen Steve!!!ya still sound awesome my man!!!
Dear God... We are getting old !!!!! I remember this, when him and I were in our prime !!! Dammm age is not for the faint of heart ... Play on brother !!!
Thanks for sharing this guitar and song with us. We are keeping you in our prayers. I have a Martin Custom Shop pre-war HD-28 reproduction I bought new in 1992. And I love REKJr and this song your version and his. I’m glad I got to see you in Decatur, AL last year. Take care.
That is a monster guitar isn't it ,and when Steve's gone someone else will make music with it just like someone did before he got hold of it. Music and instruments outlive us wonderful thing.
Thanks for what’s been a Martin education. What’s coming next? There’s got to be a Gibson or two, Fender’s no doubt. This is is a mighty big love us guitar nerds share. Pity for the poor spouses that have had to put up with us all. I know grace as my wife has it in spades....without one hit record, no less. I have no excuse except for for the love and comfort each one brings.
I agree about "if I could only have one guitar" regarding the D 28. I have played acoustic guitar since 11 years old. Every time I go off in a Gibson or Taylor direction and buy a few, I love them and play them for a year or 10 but once I get back to my '54 000-21 and '66 D-28 Martins, I go wow, I like these best. One question: My '66 D-28 with Brazilian rosewood sounds so much better to me than a 1970 D-28. Do the pre war D-28's sound even better than my '66? Never played one to know. Thanks
Fantastic. Love every bit of gravel in your voice and the excellent song. I hope you go through all the brands and style of guitars you like since I will never own them or get to play them myself. Be safe and thank you.
Awesome...! Sidenote..: I have every album that Norman Blake ever recorded, but his break on Tom Ame's Prayer beats everything else he ever did. Not flashy, not complex. Just. Perfect. Shut up and learn something, indeed...!
The Slotted Headstock has less moving MASS than a Paddle Headstock... This allows more Vibrations from the Strings at the NUT, to travel down the Neck through the Dove Tail Joint into the Body. This gives the Guitar a slightly Higher Dynamic Range noticeable to Trained Human Ears.
NO.I Love the Rosewood..Yes,Steven i hear youon Copperhead, not IN Concert.i have followed your Trials and Tribulations since We WERE Kids.1956, for me. i am so Vry Glad.you keep moving on and Writing.we got a little more to SAY..so good night.john henry.m.polett0
Great stuff! I’m a D-18 fan, but that ‘35 D-28 is without a doubt THE perfect Martin guitar. Fancier appointments (back stripe, bind8ngs, rosette, etc.), without being over the top, like the 41 and 45. Very cool.
D 18 is a different animal. More of a blue grass guitar. Mahogany side and back opposed to rosewood ( brazilian rosewood pre 1970) that the d 28 has . D18s are a bit more shallow
@@danielmims8467 well aware of the differences, but to say a D-18 is a blue grass guitar is heavily selling it short. I’ve always preferred the sound of mahogany back and sides on acoustic guitars, though I do own some with rosewood as well.
@@bldallas oh I don't disagree with you. I play a d 18 most all the time . My favorite. But traditional bg players tend to prefer them over the 28s . I think if I were to get another vintage one it would be a 28 just because of value but I'm a fan of the 18 for sure . Don't have to be as careful with em either .
@@bldallas Steve actually prefers mahogany over rosewood as well. I believe martin is about to release another signature model of his that is all mahogany like the black one with off white pick guard you see him play . Supposed to be way more affordable than his last .
@@jipsigal Ha! A nice one may be had for $35K. A really clean one is $100K. I was lucky to buy my '39 D-28 from an old trader in North Carolina in 1977 for $2,100.
@@jipsigal LOL! Find me a 1935 D28 (or any prewar D28) for sale anywhere close to that amount. Buy it and I'll pay you double for it. That's easy money for you. You could buy your own with the profits. Not sure where you got that figure from. 1960's D28s go for $6-7000.
The "S" stands for standard I've heard (12 fret being standard and 14 fret being the new thing). So a 000-28VS is a 12fret vintage series and a 000-28 is a 14 fret....
right you are except the new Hutton's book on Martin says 41 of first batch still had the ebony truss rod and bar frets and then the next batch in '34 had the T truss rod and T frets. I think that number was 21.
The Tone Wood Mahogany Neck Vibrations, Travel into the Neck Block and the Tone Wood Back of the Guitar. All Designed to ADD Extra Volume and Overtones to the All Solid Instrument. This is why you don't Push your fat Stomach against the Guitar.
Funny, if a guitar has a refret or the bridge needs replacing let alone a rebuild it cuts the value down. Rebuild the engine in a car a fix the doors and re-carpet, the price goes up!
How are you doing Today cupcake ? Its really nice having you on here .. I saw your profile on here and i think we definitely are on the same page on many levels. Trust, communication, loving, honoring, understanding, patience and respecting your partner. So crucial to provide balance. This is what creates such great chemistry between two people that are committed to one another.
That really is that amazing of a guitar. I cringe every time I hear those bracelets tapping it. Glad you just finally got one otherwise there'd be rockstar vanity holes all over the damn thing by now.
For 'Our' blessed beloved brilliant beautiful badass friend mentor brother and Christ equivalent Bob Dylan For 'Our' blessed beloved brilliant beautiful badass friend ally Ultra Great Ultra Badass Archangel of Justice Steve Earle Getting to Heaven is one thing, realizing you're there is quite another. Geoff Bartley is a colorful epiphany. I'm under house arrest cause I have poor boundaries for a psychotherapist. Yesterday when I got my authorized ride to therapy and back (no stops allowed) me and the driver and another old man were talkin' about Heaven and what we would do if those fucking humans fucked with Maine. I said: "what kind of heaven do they expect after they already pissed all over this one". Now you 'know' I've been picking up cigarette butts since 'Occupy Boston' 12 years now. As I bent over at 6am to start pickin' in Belfast, Maine there went the disc and on came the pain. but they're all expecting HEAVEN for dropping their butts and laughing at social workers from Boston College came the refrain. But they're goin' to garbage dumps...that's what I 'hear'. I told Jesus: "Maine is Heaven enough for me. You kept your promises and set my soul free so thank you my brother my friend my Savior till the end and Lord Jesus you know I owe Geoff Bartley for my last lesson and I 'know' he's gonna shoot me in the head". Jesus said: "I'll talk to him but you pay him or you will most certainly wind up dead". Ole Geoff Bartley - Written from the grave by a hobo to whom once Geoff lessons gave Ole Geoff Bartley is a well known bard he set the standard he came down hard on idiots and the like he didn't like the way I walked so I got a bike and a Martin HD28 which he did like though he could win them at contests for finger pickin' Gods with deft strokes plucks and keen strikes hammer ons and pull offs he took a liking to mine so I took my lessons me on his him on mine but that didn't even the odds you just can't please the Cambridge Gods he promised me gold said I had "potential' but that's what all the gods say before you get old stupid and gray so I left on my bike and came back another day 'Knowing What I Know Now' I just had to learn to play I told Geoff if I don't figure her out soon she'll move me to the moon you know I'm gonna slowly burn better work on your own self then or you'll never learn Geoff wisely surmised and he wasn't concerned when I looked so surprised see Geoff's quite a scholar gentleman and poet so he kept me around till he 'knew' I 'knew' it and when he was through he showed me the door and I left without payin' and that's what Godfather Geoff Bartley killed me for end You know Geoff, We go way back so I can tell you why I'm here. I'm sure no god as you well 'know' but the gods did send me with a mission and a tale that can't be told but I'm tellin' you now. They said: "if you don't find Dylan and wash his feet you're gonna know hardship horror and grief and Shawn Colvin won't give you no relief". So Geoff, you see what I'm up against now that I'm dead. I'm sittin' here in bed 2 herniated discs and your bullet in my head Geoff Bartley is known in Cambridge, MA as 'The Godfather of Folk' for his decades of work. He is a genius and one of the best guitar players I've ever witnessed up close and personal. He was my first teacher and I brought my brand new Martin HD28 to him in 1983. He held it up to his face and said: "I love the smell of a new Martin". I got it at Manny's in NYC for $850 which was far cheaper than the Cambridge area so I got a ride to NYC and back plus the guitar and still saved a few hundred. Geoff was more than a teacher. He was a close friend and mentor in the philosophy of folk music. Geoff is a true musicologist and very politically savvy. I adore him. He's 75 now and still going strong. He's famous for many things chief among them his long stewardship of the Monday night Folk music open mic at 'CanTab Lounge' in Central Square which was so successful it was expanded to Tuesday night bluegrass night as well. Something like 30 years now. He used to tour with Tom Paxton and co-wrote 'Raven In The Storm' with John Gorka. Geoff has many Grammy worthy albums. I adore Geoff. Kisses SC Dylan Jackson James Steve Sting Paul Richard Shawn John Eric Joni Taylor Brandi Sarah M, Sarah J, Emmylou Alison Molly Jonatha Sheryl C Cheryl W Michelle
Before i watch i wanna say your music changed my life and how i see things you're my hero
I’m coming back to these after a few years.
You’re a really beautiful soul sir.
Thanks for these videos.
I learned an awful lot.
Hey Steve - I love all your videos, but this one is special to me. I bought a new HD-28 about 20 years ago. I’ll never forget when I played it in the store and hit an E chord hard - such a massive voice! Of course, over the years the sound has gotten even better. So great to hear your pre-war beauty! Please keep the videos coming!
Tom Ames’ Prayer is one of my favorite songs of all time. I learned it off a cassette I made of a WXRT broadcast of a live show at Fitzgerald’s in suburban Chicago around 1995. Thanks, Steve!
Tom Ames' Prayer - didn't see that one coming - thank you!
I've had Train a comin playing in my car for the last couple of weeks, some great songs on there, this is probably my favourite, played on an awesome guitar, thanks Steve, keep em comin.
What an amazing sounding guitar and a top notch musician Mr Earl!!!
This is the 59 Burst Les Paul for acoustic people, crazy piece.
Either that or the D-45.
Sweet guitar Mr. Earle,,,,,ya had me hooked on your music when I was 10,,,, drove my father crazy in tracker trailers....46 now still listen Steve!!!ya still sound awesome my man!!!
what a wonderful instrument !! ..and your playing and singing is equally as fine ! Thanks for your music 👍
Dear God... We are getting old !!!!! I remember this, when him and I were in our prime !!! Dammm age is not for the faint of heart ... Play on brother !!!
Thanks for sharing this guitar and song with us. We are keeping you in our prayers. I have a Martin Custom Shop pre-war HD-28 reproduction I bought new in 1992. And I love REKJr and this song your version and his. I’m glad I got to see you in Decatur, AL last year. Take care.
I really enjoy these videos.
Thanks for posting them.
Wow! I have really enjoyed these videos about Martin guitars. You have taught me a lot, thank you!
If I could keep just one !!! Good song title, your welcome. Thanks for sharing
Steve's voice is just fine. We all change in time. I like the trimmed up beard. Yeah, that 1935 Martin sounds great. Love the zipper back.
Best thing I've heard this weekend. thank you Steve
I have one of these as well. I am a fingerstylist. Great for ragtime, fingerstyle jazz, Brazilian music, blues, whatever you want...
Beautiful instrument! Keeps these videos coming, I really enjoy them.
That guitar seems so alive, I can just about feel it moving from here!
That is a monster guitar isn't it ,and when Steve's gone someone else will make music with it just like someone did before he got hold of it. Music and instruments outlive us wonderful thing.
Thanks for what’s been a Martin education. What’s coming next? There’s got to be a Gibson or two, Fender’s no doubt. This is is a mighty big love us guitar nerds share. Pity for the poor spouses that have had to put up with us all. I know grace as my wife has it in spades....without one hit record, no less. I have no excuse except for for the love and comfort each one brings.
I agree about "if I could only have one guitar" regarding the D 28. I have played acoustic guitar since 11 years old. Every time I go off in a Gibson or Taylor direction and buy a few, I love them and play them for a year or 10 but once I get back to my '54 000-21 and '66 D-28 Martins, I go wow, I like these best. One question: My '66 D-28 with Brazilian rosewood sounds so much better to me than a 1970 D-28. Do the pre war D-28's sound even better than my '66? Never played one to know. Thanks
Fantastic. Love every bit of gravel in your voice and the excellent song. I hope you go through all the brands and style of guitars you like since I will never own them or get to play them myself. Be safe and thank you.
Thanks for the Journey Steven! ✨🙏💤💙HU…..
This guitar sounds amazing.
The legend Steve earl was a great singer
Awesome...! Sidenote..: I have every album that Norman Blake ever recorded, but his break on Tom Ame's Prayer beats everything else he ever did. Not flashy, not complex. Just. Perfect.
Shut up and learn something, indeed...!
The Slotted Headstock has less moving MASS than a Paddle Headstock...
This allows more Vibrations from the Strings at the NUT, to travel down the Neck through the Dove Tail Joint into the Body.
This gives the Guitar a slightly Higher Dynamic Range noticeable to Trained Human Ears.
That Guitar Town, was a Big hit in bars, when it first came out! Also, Martin Guitars, in my Opinion, are the BEST.
NO.I Love the Rosewood..Yes,Steven
i hear youon Copperhead, not IN Concert.i have followed your Trials and Tribulations since We WERE Kids.1956, for me.
i am so Vry Glad.you keep moving on and Writing.we got a little more to SAY..so good night.john henry.m.polett0
This guitar sounds so amazing!
That D-28 is a great guitar. That said, I like small 0's and 00's the best. Would like to have a 1929 0-45
This is a Great Song...u wrote it do young 😉🧐
Justin does a mean Tom Ames too.
Love these 'show n tells'. Will we see the 1985 Gibson Celebrity J200?
Awesome guitar and a great song!
Great stuff! I’m a D-18 fan, but that ‘35 D-28 is without a doubt THE perfect Martin guitar. Fancier appointments (back stripe, bind8ngs, rosette, etc.), without being over the top, like the 41 and 45. Very cool.
D 18 is a different animal. More of a blue grass guitar. Mahogany side and back opposed to rosewood ( brazilian rosewood pre 1970) that the d 28 has . D18s are a bit more shallow
@@danielmims8467 well aware of the differences, but to say a D-18 is a blue grass guitar is heavily selling it short. I’ve always preferred the sound of mahogany back and sides on acoustic guitars, though I do own some with rosewood as well.
@@bldallas oh I don't disagree with you. I play a d 18 most all the time . My favorite. But traditional bg players tend to prefer them over the 28s . I think if I were to get another vintage one it would be a 28 just because of value but I'm a fan of the 18 for sure . Don't have to be as careful with em either .
@@bldallas Steve actually prefers mahogany over rosewood as well. I believe martin is about to release another signature model of his that is all mahogany like the black one with off white pick guard you see him play . Supposed to be way more affordable than his last .
and a great library too!
I can’t resist those Martins either haha thanks Steve
Some great books in the background there
Sweet!! Now I have a new ‘dream guitar’ to aspire to! ❤️
It's only $100,000 + what are you waiting for??
jmdbb ... a decent 1935 Martin D-28 CAN be had for considerably less, in the area of $3500 to $7000. I can still ASPIRE ...
@@jipsigal Ha! A nice one may be had for $35K. A really clean one is $100K. I was lucky to buy my '39 D-28 from an old trader in North Carolina in 1977 for $2,100.
@@jipsigal LOL! Find me a 1935 D28 (or any prewar D28) for sale anywhere close to that amount. Buy it and I'll pay you double for it. That's easy money for you. You could buy your own with the profits. Not sure where you got that figure from. 1960's D28s go for $6-7000.
@@photorc Wow! You could buy a house with the profits of that today, :)
Thanks. All the best.
Beautiful guitar
Is that an exercise bike in the reflection off that rosewood?
The "S" stands for standard I've heard (12 fret being standard and 14 fret being the new thing). So a 000-28VS is a 12fret vintage series and a 000-28 is a 14 fret....
Sweet I like how happy I r
....to add,...1934 was first year for the 14-fret D-28,..11 made I believe !
right you are except the new Hutton's book on Martin says 41 of first batch still had the ebony truss rod and bar frets and then the next batch in '34 had the T truss rod and T frets. I think that number was 21.
Love ya man!!
The Tone Wood Mahogany Neck Vibrations, Travel into the Neck Block and the Tone Wood Back of the Guitar.
All Designed to ADD Extra Volume and Overtones to the All Solid Instrument. This is why you don't Push your fat Stomach against the Guitar.
I like his singing voice matching with this dread..his talking not so much …yay…I don’t even know him but loves his vlog (:
Where can i get one of those thumb picks?
Bumble Bee picks, widely available.
@@charlesr8258 thankyou
Awesome guitar!
You deserve one, honest
Beauty Steve!!
Thank you
Funny, if a guitar has a refret or the bridge needs replacing let alone a rebuild it cuts the value down. Rebuild the engine in a car a fix the doors and re-carpet, the price goes up!
Microphone model?
🎼🤟♥️♥️♥️🤟🎼
How are you doing Today cupcake ? Its really nice having you on here .. I saw your profile on here and i think we definitely are on the same page on many levels. Trust, communication, loving, honoring, understanding, patience and respecting your partner. So crucial to provide balance. This is what creates such great chemistry between two people that are committed to one another.
Wow, that should be illegal. What a sound !
I bought a Martin marquis d28 forwards shifted bracing sounds just like that 1935 except mine cost 2k on eBay I think that ones over 35k !?!
Try over 100k. When you play one in person the difference between it and a modern one become very apparent.
There is no chance the Lenin book next to The Beatles book in the bottom right corner is an accident
I wonder if that came from Steve Swan?
Cool, someone else who knows who Steve Swan is. I bought a guitar from him back in '98 when he shared a small space with John Mello in Kensington, CA.
Good googly moogly that might be the baddest Martin I've ever heard! How many copies of Copperhead Road did you sell man?! 🤣
Non guitarists don’t understand why you need a stable of different guitars.
Wow!
y'all would sound as good singing that song with any acoustic guitar,
Pricey guitar - I believe they are usually over 100k to purchase.
That guitar should be in the Smithsonian! Lol
That really is that amazing of a guitar. I cringe every time I hear those bracelets tapping it. Glad you just finally got one otherwise there'd be rockstar vanity holes all over the damn thing by now.
#BelieveThat
Damn it Steve I remember when you had Hair ..
Women will do that to you .. lol
Hey spunky xxx
For 'Our' blessed beloved brilliant beautiful badass friend mentor brother and Christ equivalent Bob Dylan
For 'Our' blessed beloved brilliant beautiful badass friend ally Ultra Great Ultra Badass Archangel of Justice Steve Earle
Getting to Heaven is one thing, realizing you're there is quite another. Geoff Bartley is a colorful epiphany. I'm under house arrest cause I have poor boundaries for a psychotherapist. Yesterday when I got my authorized ride to therapy and back (no stops allowed) me and the driver and another old man were talkin' about Heaven and what we would do if those fucking humans fucked with Maine. I said: "what kind of heaven do they expect after they already pissed all over this one". Now you 'know' I've been picking up cigarette butts since 'Occupy Boston' 12 years now. As I bent over at 6am to start pickin' in Belfast, Maine there went the disc and on came the pain. but they're all expecting HEAVEN for dropping their butts and laughing at social workers from Boston College came the refrain. But they're goin' to garbage dumps...that's what I 'hear'. I told Jesus: "Maine is Heaven enough for me. You kept your promises and set my soul free so thank you my brother my friend my Savior till the end and Lord Jesus you know I owe Geoff Bartley for my last lesson and I 'know' he's gonna shoot me in the head". Jesus said: "I'll talk to him but you pay him or you will most certainly wind up dead".
Ole Geoff Bartley - Written from the grave by a hobo to whom once Geoff lessons gave
Ole Geoff Bartley
is a well known bard
he set the standard
he came down hard
on idiots and the like
he didn't like the way I walked
so I got a bike
and a Martin HD28
which he did like
though he could win them at contests
for finger pickin' Gods
with deft strokes
plucks and keen strikes
hammer ons and pull offs
he took a liking to mine
so I took my lessons
me on his
him on mine
but that didn't even the odds
you just can't please
the Cambridge Gods
he promised me gold
said I had "potential'
but that's what all the gods say
before you get old
stupid and gray
so I left on my bike
and came back another day
'Knowing What I Know Now'
I just had to learn to play
I told Geoff if I don't figure her out soon
she'll move me to the moon
you know I'm gonna slowly burn
better work on your own self then
or you'll never learn
Geoff wisely surmised
and he wasn't concerned
when I looked so surprised
see Geoff's quite a scholar
gentleman and poet
so he kept me around
till he 'knew' I 'knew' it
and when he was through
he showed me the door
and I left without payin'
and that's what
Godfather Geoff Bartley
killed me for
end
You know Geoff, We go way back so I can tell you why I'm here. I'm sure no god as you well 'know' but the gods did send me with a mission and a tale that can't be told but I'm tellin' you now. They said: "if you don't find Dylan and wash his feet you're gonna know hardship horror and grief and Shawn Colvin won't give you no relief". So Geoff, you see what I'm up against now that I'm dead. I'm sittin' here in bed 2 herniated discs and your bullet in my head
Geoff Bartley is known in Cambridge, MA as 'The Godfather of Folk' for his decades of work. He is a genius and one of the best guitar players I've ever witnessed up close and personal. He was my first teacher and I brought my brand new Martin HD28 to him in 1983. He held it up to his face and said: "I love the smell of a new Martin". I got it at Manny's in NYC for $850 which was far cheaper than the Cambridge area so I got a ride to NYC and back plus the guitar and still saved a few hundred. Geoff was more than a teacher. He was a close friend and mentor in the philosophy of folk music. Geoff is a true musicologist and very politically savvy. I adore him. He's 75 now and still going strong. He's famous for many things chief among them his long stewardship of the Monday night Folk music open mic at 'CanTab Lounge' in Central Square which was so successful it was expanded to Tuesday night bluegrass night as well. Something like 30 years now. He used to tour with Tom Paxton and co-wrote 'Raven In The Storm' with John Gorka. Geoff has many Grammy worthy albums. I adore Geoff. Kisses
SC Dylan Jackson James Steve Sting Paul Richard Shawn John Eric Joni Taylor Brandi Sarah M, Sarah J, Emmylou Alison Molly Jonatha Sheryl C Cheryl W Michelle
Its an Aussie thing lol
Your jewelry banging on these special guitars is annoying to say the least