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This is 100% the best tour I’ve seen of any of the Martin museum tour/demo vids. You let the curator talk, you asked interesting questions or added your own thoughts, and you played in a way that suited each guitar beautifully - you let the guitars speak for themselves. I am curious to know what they have done or will do if one of these guitars need repair. It’s awesome that they allow others to play them rather than collecting dust. If one of those 180 year old tuners broke, for instance, what would they do? Would they try to repair it? Restore with new-old materials? Replace with new tuners that are relic’ed to look the part? I also wonder how they constantly maintain all of these all guitars - to make sure they stay playable for years to come. How does that work? Also, it seemed like you guys were alone most of the time. Where did those people come from toward the end?! Was hilarious how people were trying to hang close to hear the curator, lol. Or were you on a public tour all along and just didn’t show it until the end? 😂😂😂 I know people were eating turkey and/or watching football yesterday, which meant people largely weren’t watching TH-cam. I really hope people will l take the time to watch this video in the coming days and weeks even if they saw a similar vid from other TH-camrs - you won’t be disappointed! Thanks for everything you do for each video you guys post!
My favorite guitar is my 1974 Martin D28, I bought it new and at 50+ she still looks and plays great! My next favorite is my Lakewood D46... both are amazing instruments. Thanks for the tour of the Martin Museum, I enjoyed it very much!
you are very lucky. I would love to one day be able to own a 00016gt like the one i once had. Hard times forced my sad loss but as they say , it's better to have loved and lost............
I saw Joan Baez A LOT back in the 60s, since we both grew up on the SF Peninsula, so my vote is of course her lovely instrument. I had a 000-18 back then and used a super-light steel string set on it, and I remember how easy it was to play. Thanks for the memories!
I'm getting my first Martin 12 string next week. I'm 70 and have been playing since 1968 but haven't been serious about acoustic guitars until a couple of years ago but it's better late than never.
Sometimes you appreciate things when older.Martin 12 strings are great Tip: invest in humidifier packets. They not only keep your guitar in top shape but you will notice it plays and sounds better as well. I’m gonna be 64 at years end, it helps to use a thermal gel into your palms “ease his pain” 😎
Martin sure is claiming the Kurt guitar provenance pretty hard when the reality is that it was Mary Lou Lord's guitar who lent it to Kurt for like a minute. Remember, at the the time Kurt wasn't even playing acoustic, he only really did so for unplugged in 1994 (which was a 1958 D-18E, btw) so there wasn't much use for that guitar to him while touring. Then he gave it back, to Mary. Mary then lent it out to Elliot Smith and this is the real story, it should be called Mary & Elliot's guitar because both of those musicians used it extensively for years. A shame Martin is sticking with the Kurt story, but hey, whatever sells, right?
That early OM with the torch on the headstock was both beautiful and sounded so good. Then comes old Grandpa all beat up looking and he steals the whole show !!
For some reason the small bodied Joan Baez 0-45 had, for me, a wonderful balanced tone and perfect action. They each have a special tone but this one was very special. I grew up with my dad’s 1945 D-18, that he purchased new, and was spoiled by its wonderful tone. Later I realized that the tone over 54:39 emphasized the base part of the cleft. Now after all these years my 0-18 from 1928 has the best balanced tone and is the one I play when alone. Of course if I do a wedding I play my 2001 D-45 or a twelve string because of the volume and also the internal Fisher electronics. Last fall I came from South Korea, where I live, specifically to visit the Martin museum. What was special in this presentation was each guitar was played., and played well. Too often you wet our appetite with the visual, but more important is the sound! I enjoyed every minute of this presentation while sitting here on the other side of the earth.
You can tell the older guitars are tuned down a step or two, most likely to preserve the body, bridge and neck.. but still what beautiful instruments. The D45 from 1942 was an absolute work of art.. True music history. Thank you Martin for building the best guitars on Earth.
It’s hard to say which one “sounded best”. It seems like tone is subjective. We each like what we like. I was fascinated to see and hear the story of the Uke going with the Admiral Byrd expedition. I had my wife join me to replay that clip. I’ve owned an absurd number of guitars but only one at a time. I always sold one to scratch some itch. Many regrets at this point of “the one that got away.” I own a custom dreadnaught now. I know I may have matched tone and playability for less money with some other very good small builders but I do love being part of Martin’s amazing history.
I just took my 15 yr old son to the museum/Factory about a month ago and bought him his 1st Martin 000-16 Streetmaster. I hope to get him a D-28 at some point.
I started pla😊ying guitar back in 1956 when I was 14 years old. Now in 2024, I am still playing guitars and have a n😊umber of Martin guitars that date from the 1870s to 2014, an 1931 Martin replica of the original D-1. All are special but my favorite will always be my dad’s 1945 D-18 that he purchased new. After trying to learn while working as a dish washer back in 1956 on an old Kay guitar guitar, I came ho,e at the end of the summer and saw that old D-18 leaning against the wall next to the piano. I picked it up and played a few cards. It brought tears to me. It looked just like the Kay I learned on but I thought there were angels inside making the sound. I could not believe the tone. It will always be my favorite guitar in the world!
I loved the seeing the Martin Factory and Museum last fall.I have an DX1RAE that has a great sound. The guitar was made in 2014 and the Factory was out of the regular alternate they were using so I have a neck with a wood fingerboard on a stratabond neck. Quite sturdy.
My mother bought a D-2 Martin in the early 30s when she and my father were playing nightclubs in Chicago, doing Hawaiian/popular music. My mother passed it on to me. I’m a singer songwriter and wrote several hit songs on it, including “Already Gone” one of the Eagles greatest hits. I’m now in my late 70s and I have no one in my family who plays music, so I have no one to pass it on to. I would be interested in re-homing it but I’m not sure how to go about that. If you have any ideas, I’d be glad to hear them. Thanks. Robb Strandlund.
Wow Thanks Robb, what an incredible story. Please send me an email at playandtradeguitars at gmail and I'm happy to discuss. Thank you for watching! -John
Ok, so I'm a nerd ... but 28:12 - 12 to 14 fret was "Chang of use" from melody/fingerstyle to rhythm 28:25 - "000 were 24.9" scale" ... No-only the 14 fret versions not the original. 28:41 - "00 was "long" (means 25.4") scale" I dispute that. Who is correct I wonder?
Without a doubt, my favorite guitar in the collection is the 1880 0-40 previously owned by Joan Baez. The history and quality of the looks and the sound I thought were the absolute best.
Perhaps what they are using as a qualifier is current, continuously operating manufacturer. One could certainly argue a stringed instrument from the 17th or 18th century built by Stradivarius has an older manufacturer, but are they still in businesses producing instruments? I believe that is the point made.
Thank you for this video. I took an unaccompanied tour of the museum (and the shop floor) several months ago, but this was truly enlightening. I can only echo what @mashaT22 said: you let the curator talk and asked intelligent questions. And you played each guitar in the style it deserved. I guess my favorite was Joan Baez's.
Thanks, that was fun. I'm a harp guitar player and I noticed in the case what looked like a guitar with a hollow arm used in harp guitars. Did they make a harp guitar ar one time?
I like Joan Baez her 0-40 and her 00-45 that she keeps playing. There's one for sale at Dream Guitars who truly live up their name btw! I bought a 000-28 1950 nr 117329 of which i really would like the name of the luthier who made it at the time? Would that still be possible to find through your help? Thanks for this very nice tour!
I own a "Factory" custom, 14 fret, slotted headstock "S" D-28 from 1968. Someone at the factory either...used the 12 fret slotting machine (modified for the 14 neck width) or hand slotted them. My hope is that someone might know someone that worked at the factory in 68, or may be able to attain information to answer just how this 1 of a kind guitar got made and for who? My Slotted 14 fret D-28 may have given some ideas to the possiblities of the 00-16 dbm. I would love to converse with Jason Ahner or CFMartin IV about this unusual build. Regards, Byron Hughes i
@Play and Trade Guitars…How did that Dreadnought D45 sound in comparison to a Standard D45 in current production? Is the new Standard D45 way off in terms of volume and tone versus that extremely rare D45 or are they still in the ballpark? Crazy question I know, but who better to ask than the person that held and played it. As a Martin fan I have to say that D45 sounded pretty impressive even compressed on TH-cam. Boy I would sure love to hold and play that D45 and the OM model.
WOW I cant believe they let him play these guitars with a shirt on that has buttons on it, buttons are well known to leave fine scratches on the back of guitars !
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This is 100% the best tour I’ve seen of any of the Martin museum tour/demo vids. You let the curator talk, you asked interesting questions or added your own thoughts, and you played in a way that suited each guitar beautifully - you let the guitars speak for themselves.
I am curious to know what they have done or will do if one of these guitars need repair. It’s awesome that they allow others to play them rather than collecting dust. If one of those 180 year old tuners broke, for instance, what would they do? Would they try to repair it? Restore with new-old materials? Replace with new tuners that are relic’ed to look the part? I also wonder how they constantly maintain all of these all guitars - to make sure they stay playable for years to come. How does that work?
Also, it seemed like you guys were alone most of the time. Where did those people come from toward the end?! Was hilarious how people were trying to hang close to hear the curator, lol. Or were you on a public tour all along and just didn’t show it until the end? 😂😂😂
I know people were eating turkey and/or watching football yesterday, which meant people largely weren’t watching TH-cam. I really hope people will l take the time to watch this video in the coming days and weeks even if they saw a similar vid from other TH-camrs - you won’t be disappointed!
Thanks for everything you do for each video you guys post!
My favorite guitar is my 1974 Martin D28, I bought it new and at 50+ she still looks and plays great! My next favorite is my Lakewood D46... both are amazing instruments. Thanks for the tour of the Martin Museum, I enjoyed it very much!
you are very lucky. I would love to one day be able to own a 00016gt like the one i once had. Hard times forced my sad loss but as they say , it's better to have loved and lost............
My favorite guitars are my 1986 Martin D28 and my Lakewood J50 12 string. Both bought new and play and sound great.
My favorite acoustic use to be a Yamaha FG 160 until the cat peed in the sound hole.
I saw Joan Baez A LOT back in the 60s, since we both grew up on the SF Peninsula, so my vote is of course her lovely instrument. I had a 000-18 back then and used a super-light steel string set on it, and I remember how easy it was to play. Thanks for the memories!
I'm getting my first Martin 12 string next week. I'm 70 and have been playing since 1968 but haven't been serious about acoustic guitars until a couple of years ago but it's better late than never.
Sometimes you appreciate things when older.Martin 12 strings are great
Tip: invest in humidifier packets. They not only keep your guitar in top shape
but you will notice it plays and sounds better as well. I’m gonna be 64 at years end, it helps to use a thermal gel into your palms “ease his pain” 😎
Martin sure is claiming the Kurt guitar provenance pretty hard when the reality is that it was Mary Lou Lord's guitar who lent it to Kurt for like a minute. Remember, at the the time Kurt wasn't even playing acoustic, he only really did so for unplugged in 1994 (which was a 1958 D-18E, btw) so there wasn't much use for that guitar to him while touring. Then he gave it back, to Mary. Mary then lent it out to Elliot Smith and this is the real story, it should be called Mary & Elliot's guitar because both of those musicians used it extensively for years. A shame Martin is sticking with the Kurt story, but hey, whatever sells, right?
How dare martin claim they built the guitar kurt once played? Wtf?
They built a guitar and Kurt cobain played it if Kurt cobain played my guitar I’d tell everyone he played it lol
That early OM with the torch on the headstock was both beautiful and sounded so good. Then comes old Grandpa all beat up looking and he steals the whole show !!
For some reason the small bodied Joan Baez 0-45 had, for me, a wonderful balanced tone and perfect action. They each have a special tone but this one was very special. I grew up with my dad’s 1945 D-18, that he purchased new, and was spoiled by its wonderful tone. Later I realized that the tone over 54:39 emphasized the base part of the cleft. Now after all these years my 0-18 from 1928 has the best balanced tone and is the one I play when alone. Of course if I do a wedding I play my 2001 D-45 or a twelve string because of the volume and also the internal Fisher electronics. Last fall I came from South Korea, where I live, specifically to visit the Martin museum. What was special in this presentation was each guitar was played., and played well. Too often you wet our appetite with the visual, but more important is the sound! I enjoyed every minute of this presentation while sitting here on the other side of the earth.
You can tell the older guitars are tuned down a step or two, most likely to preserve the body, bridge and neck.. but still what beautiful instruments.
The D45 from 1942 was an absolute work of art.. True music history. Thank you Martin for building the best guitars on Earth.
It’s hard to say which one “sounded best”. It seems like tone is subjective. We each like what we like. I was fascinated to see and hear the story of the Uke going with the Admiral Byrd expedition. I had my wife join me to replay that clip. I’ve owned an absurd number of guitars but only one at a time. I always sold one to scratch some itch. Many regrets at this point of “the one that got away.” I own a custom dreadnaught now. I know I may have matched tone and playability for less money with some other very good small builders but I do love being part of Martin’s amazing history.
I don't have to have Cobain's Grandpa, but I'd sure like to have a Martin with that particular intonation. Sounded the best of the lot to my taste.
Fantastic content - of all Martin museum videos out there, this one tops them all!
Beautiful tour
I just took my 15 yr old son to the museum/Factory about a month ago and bought him his 1st Martin 000-16 Streetmaster. I hope to get him a D-28 at some point.
lucky boy
I started pla😊ying guitar back in 1956 when I was 14 years old. Now in 2024, I am still playing guitars and have a n😊umber of Martin guitars that date from the 1870s to 2014, an 1931 Martin replica of the original D-1. All are special but my favorite will always be my dad’s 1945 D-18 that he purchased new. After trying to learn while working as a dish washer back in 1956 on an old Kay guitar guitar, I came ho,e at the end of the summer and saw that old D-18 leaning against the wall next to the piano. I picked it up and played a few cards. It brought tears to me. It looked just like the Kay I learned on but I thought there were angels inside making the sound. I could not believe the tone. It will always be my favorite guitar in the world!
I loved the seeing the Martin Factory and Museum last fall.I have an DX1RAE that has a great sound. The guitar was made in 2014 and the Factory was out of the regular alternate they were using so
I have a neck with a wood fingerboard on a stratabond neck. Quite sturdy.
Wow. What a great demo and collection of stories. Well done. Thanks for sharing.
Phenomenal tour !!! 'Wish Johny's BLACK Martin was there, too. He had a heck-of-a-time getting Martin to make that one...
My mother bought a D-2 Martin in the early 30s when she and my father were playing nightclubs in Chicago, doing Hawaiian/popular music. My mother passed it on to me. I’m a singer songwriter and wrote several hit songs on it, including “Already Gone” one of the Eagles greatest hits. I’m now in my late 70s and I have no one in my family who plays music, so I have no one to pass it on to. I would be interested in re-homing it but I’m not sure how to go about that. If you have any ideas, I’d be glad to hear them. Thanks. Robb Strandlund.
Wow Thanks Robb, what an incredible story. Please send me an email at playandtradeguitars at gmail and I'm happy to discuss. Thank you for watching! -John
Ok, so I'm a nerd ... but
28:12 - 12 to 14 fret was "Chang of use" from melody/fingerstyle to rhythm
28:25 - "000 were 24.9" scale" ... No-only the 14 fret versions not the original.
28:41 - "00 was "long" (means 25.4") scale" I dispute that.
Who is correct I wonder?
Excellent video. Love factory tours. Great job and content. Good filming and sound quality. Thanks.
This was fantastic! Thanks for this great share👍
As always: beautifully put-together, informative and some wonderful guitar playing. Cheers Guys!
I was lucky enough to go to the museum in 2020 it's a wonderful experience everybody should I've got a 1946 228 herringbone.
The video came on when I was sleeping and that beautiful sound woke me!
Great video! Enjoyed every minute! ❤
Very cool. I wonder if they have any of Tony Rice’s on display.
Excellent video thanks from Australia
Thanks for this. Next best thing to being about to visit!
Without a doubt, my favorite guitar in the collection is the 1880 0-40 previously owned by Joan Baez. The history and quality of the looks and the sound I thought were the absolute best.
Definitely loved seeing and hearing Cobain’s Grandpa D-18, but the Joan Baez 1880 0-40….so cool.
Gettin em in tune is the 1st challenge
This is such a wonderful video. I have to plan a visit.
All I can say is wow! They all sound fantastic.
I love my mOrtin guitar. mOrtin makes the best guitars. Glad mOrtin made a museum to show off their mOrtin guitars. mOrtin.
The Arch Tops. I have my Dad’s Arch Top like one in that case you guys showed.
I had the very first Sunburst guitar they look super natural
Perhaps what they are using as a qualifier is current, continuously operating manufacturer. One could certainly argue a stringed instrument from the 17th or 18th century built by Stradivarius has an older manufacturer, but are they still in businesses producing instruments? I believe that is the point made.
Thank you for this video. I took an unaccompanied tour of the museum (and the shop floor) several months ago, but this was truly enlightening. I can only echo what @mashaT22 said: you let the curator talk and asked intelligent questions. And you played each guitar in the style it deserved. I guess my favorite was Joan Baez's.
Thanks, that was fun. I'm a harp guitar player and I noticed in the case what looked like a guitar with a hollow arm used in harp guitars. Did they make a harp guitar ar one time?
O M...G!! ;) did ya see what i did there ? That was a wonderful bit of film, thank you
I like Joan Baez her 0-40 and her 00-45 that she keeps playing. There's one for sale at Dream Guitars who truly live up their name btw! I bought a 000-28 1950 nr 117329 of which i really would like the name of the luthier who made it at the time? Would that still be possible to find through your help? Thanks for this very nice tour!
So that first guitar shown is in the classical style with the bridge position in the center of the guitar body and some type of gut strings?
I own a "Factory" custom, 14 fret, slotted headstock "S" D-28 from 1968. Someone at the factory either...used the 12 fret slotting machine (modified for the 14 neck width) or hand slotted them. My hope is that someone might know someone that worked at the factory in 68, or may be able to attain information to answer just how this 1 of a kind guitar got made and for who? My Slotted 14 fret D-28 may have given some ideas to the possiblities of the 00-16 dbm. I would love to converse with Jason Ahner or CFMartin IV about this unusual build.
Regards, Byron Hughes
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@Play and Trade Guitars…How did that Dreadnought D45 sound in comparison to a Standard D45 in current production? Is the new Standard D45 way off in terms of volume and tone versus that extremely rare D45 or are they still in the ballpark? Crazy question I know, but who better to ask than the person that held and played it.
As a Martin fan I have to say that D45 sounded pretty impressive even compressed on TH-cam. Boy I would sure love to hold and play that D45 and the OM model.
Playing Joan's guitar? That's hipster cool. Ty!
My favorite was the Joan Baez guitar. Thanks for posting this museum and factory tour video! 😀👍👏👏👏
Hi, John! Could you talk about my Martin D -!6 M 496393 1975(?) What is your value nowadays? Thank you very much for the information.
I was particularly interested in the guitar that belonged to Judy Collins.
The 45 and the grandpa I'd love to get a custom-made one even with wood that they don't allow people to make guitars with anymore
The first guitars sound… literally sounded like I was transported to the 1800s.
Nice video! My number one guitar I have is my grandfather’s 1941 000-18 he payed $50 for in 1945.
will u take 100 for it? lol
thats awesome
Thanks!!
That D45 wow you lucky bastard😂 that was amazing
Now that was interesting!
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Excellent
Oldest stringed instrument manufacture, guild,?
WOW I cant believe they let him play these guitars with a shirt on that has buttons on it, buttons are well known to leave fine scratches on the back of guitars !
I want one
I want one but could never afford one.
The new guitars sound a lot better. Just my opinion.
🎉
badass
A bit of a mistake here, next time Martin agrees to a documented tour, hand the guitar to a really good player, and please tune them…
Kurt Russell isn't allowed in.
Joan Baez's
Oldest string instrument builder in the world? Really? Cello, violin, viola de gamba?
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