What is amazing is how they build guitars in a factory by hand. The day I visited they were using left over hide glue from the custom shop to put together 15 series and 17 series right there on the shop floor.
Thank you Mary, I have the honor of living in Nazareth. Pa. This town is a very special place, and the people welcomed us in 2017 when we moved here. I have played Martin’s since the 1970’s and like you I am a Martin lover! The next time you are in town please stop by and visit our family clock shop on Main Street, right in down town! I pass both factories going to the clock shop everyday. It is so cool to see in this video people I see all the time! To those watching come visit Nazareth and take the factory tour! It is a great way to spend a day! Martin is still a family business that America is and should be proud of!
These guitar treasures clearly inspired you Mary. This is some of the loveliest playing and singing I’ve yet heard from you. My best friend owns a Martin and plays it with devotion. He’s traveling in India right now, and I just sent this to him as a gift. 🙏🏻
Mary, I loved the tone and style with which you played the 1930 OM45. I could see your delight in playing it. Your singing and playing interludes in the videos are my favorite bits. Your mix of information and history with entertainment is perfect. You are one of my favorites on YT. And I know your delight in owning a new dream Martin. I also love Martins and have owned 5 over the years. I have owned my dream guitars for some time, a D35 and a D12-28. Then one day I picked up an all Ovangkol OMC16e at my local dealer and fell in love with her. Now I have my eye out for OMs in my travels, I had always played 'dreads. An OM35 with cutaway would be my new dream. I don't know if they have made one in 35 trim, but I love the 3 piece back on my D35. The Ovangkol OM is already showing fret wear because she gets so much play. I really enjoyed this video and the other one from the Martin factory as well.
Mary, bad news one of my greatest mistakes on purchasing a guitar. Walked into a store, played a series of Martins & Taylor's. "The One Martin Guitar I instantly wrote starts of 5 New Songs" I put back up on the hanger...DANG! After a couple days I realized I needed The Martin ! I drove back to the store fast , it was gone. 😢😢
Interesting video. Big Martin fan too. Love my OOO-15 M. Thanks for this trip into Nazareth. Robbie Robertson of The Band said when trying to write lyrics for The Weight, he happened to notice the stamp burned onto bracing inside the sound hole…”Pulled into Nazareth, was feelin bout half past dead…”
I just love you Mary, playing those Martin Guitars, i can almost feel the joy, love and sense of awe flowing from you. My opinion, touring the places where, some of the very best guitars ever made. ty for sharing with us.. This is one of my fav videos you have put out< Was excited to see this, History forever by craftsmen of long ago.. & today :) From SE Texas Bear ❤💯🙏
Congratulations on your new guitar, you must be very happy and proud. You made a good choice. I ordered a custom 000-42 12 fret slot head (a larger version of my CS-00S-14) in Dec '23, the same month you got yours. Mine will hopefully be finished this late summer. I enjoy your music.
Hi Mary, This was awesome! I lived in Navojoa in the 80's-90's (still have close family there and visit often- friends have worked making strings and guitars there too) They actually let me tour their factory thinking I was from Martin/Pennsylvania- Not a lot of northern-rooted white faces in southern Sonora in those years. I got the royal treatment since I had a 70's D-18 and an early 1890's oo21- Now you let me tour the main Martin factory- Thank you! beautiful playing too!😉
Great to see how much you love and respect the history of this incredible guitar company. They certainly put their name on each instrument with a sense of pride and desire to provide each customer with a special instrument.
I know almost nothing about instruments and making music. Your passion keeps me subscribed. People and their passions are my passion. Thank you for sharing yours with us.
Wow you were in my area! After living near the factory for most of my life, I finally got my hands on my coveted 000c-15e, albeit 24 years later. Found one on reverb and bought it that same week. Great video.
After viewing this latest Mary upload, I am currently wiping the little drool that fell onto the laptop's keyboard. Martin guitars sound so good. Dangerously good. Paired with Mary's beautiful voice, a powerful pairing. 🌸
Although I knew about Martin guitars in my youth, I chanced upon hearing Jesse Colin Young playing a 000-18 at a local concert in Santa Rosa California in the early 1980's. It was then that I came to fully appreciate the sound of a Martin. The 000-18 is still my dream guitar. I own a 000-15 M (all mahogany) and love it. Thank you, Mary, for your wonderful documentary and the chance to again hear your lovely music.
Well I am a rebel. I just got my first Martin a few months ago. I went for their latest design. I got a SC-10E. A "S" style acoustic with a bolt on neck. I can say as an electric guitar person I LOVE IT! I think I am a fanboy now. The neck is like no other Acoustic I have owned. The guitar is Mexico made and PERFECT. I love history so I picked the right company!
All of your songs were beautiful and clever (no matter which Martin you were playing), and I enjoy watching your picking and fingering technique. And a nice history of the company that makes your most favoritest guitars! Thanks for making this wonderful video.
brilliant video, everything. But, tbh, the most i enjoyed, was your actual playin'. it was even noticeable how you enjoyed playing these models. and it made the songs you've played even better, it just flowing out of you. i very much could imaging some songs as a 'factory Live session' here on the channel... stunning dream 🙏thank you so much Mary
Mary I think it’s absolutely outstanding how excited you are about Martin Guitars. Nazareth is my home town. I play guitar but cannot afford to purchase the guitars made there. My DCPA5 HPL Spruce top has great sound and I love it. Love your Chanel and your awesome playing.
I Understand what you mean about coming home-feel the same way about Leica and Hofner. Nothing can compare to Hand made craftmanship-Quality does have a price. The martin sound is Unique for sure. Great video the Prod. standard is outstanding Great playing as well-Consider yourself Blessed Mary. Hope you enjoy your new Baby!!! Hello from Canada,
Watching you play, using your thumb over the top of the fingerboard reminds me of when I was an eager 10 year old in 1971. I'd learned a piece for my guitar teacher (who I loved like a she was a naugty aunt) and I was using my thumb over the neck to get the bass notes my small, kid's hand couldn't reach and, the horror! My favourite person in the world whacked my hand with a ruler!!! I'm so glad you clearly never had that experience! I use my left thumb like an old blues dude these days but it still makes me flinch a bit on a new tune. Weirdly, not on bass, though. Also, I still mostly love the memories with my only ever professional teacher outside of high school music lessons. (And high school music never really developed my guitar beyond what I learned in the unofficial school rock band.) Bandmates have been my best teachers, even in the few covers bands I've stuck with. Great doco. Never realised Martin were the first uke manufacturers! Your OM sounds great in your hands, too btw.
I love these documentaries Mary and this was really interesting. It's a shame you can't make much money out of them. You have a way with words and your choice of words for the commentary, was exceptional. Just to paraphrase something you said about all the hands that went into making instruments which become the legacy for future generations. I found that quite moving. Thanks also Mary for singing your songs and playing these marvelous guitars. Your enthusiasm is palpable and makes the film even more enjoyable.
Aw...another excellent synopsis/story about Martin Guitars. Glad there are superior companies out there that remain profitable. Quality still counts. You don't know us but we're from Wisconsin...the friendliest state in the 🇺🇸...👍...❤ your vids...and music...and voice. 😊
Lovely! Thank you for taking the time and enthusiasm to share on your channel. Goose bumps, eh? "I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead. I just need some place where I can lay my head "Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?" He just grinned and shook my hand, "no" was all he said.
If someone loves guitars you’ve got to make the pilgrimage to Nazareth. Walking into the factory the smell of all the tone woods being fabricated into instruments is magical. I don’t know why more people don’t notice this! Everytime I open the case of my OM-28V the rosewood smell comes out it reminds me of the factory. I’ve got a couple other Martins and they just get better and better with age.
What a delightful presentation! I'm just getting started learning the guitar (at {undisclosed} years old) and I was fascinated to hear the differences in tone between the guitars you played. And while I'm struggling to make clean chords with my nowhere-near-an-slim-as-your fingers, I'm always fascinated by the way you place your fingers on the fretboard. On the video side, I think you have a genius for making lighting work: in your talking scenes, you had just the right degree of dimness in the background, you wore a soft black sweater that disappeared, with a simple vertical silver drop, wth your hair pulled back so only your neck and face were softly lit from the front. Perfectly composed -- kinda like your songs! Smashing, my dear girl, smashing!
Very cool video Mary! Love it. Great music. You have a great voice and your guitar is really cool Nice and folky. I can see why you have a passion for music.
@Mary Spender I love your channel! I'm curious. Lets say you're shooting your average 15 min video of you talking to the camera. How long does it take to shoot, edit, finalize, and post the video? Thank you!
So well done. I just bought my first Martin. Totally happy with it and even more so, now that I hear the history. Thanks, Mary. You're playing is unique and lovely.
I bought a Martin Custom in a shop in Nashville years back. Great sounding guitar but almost right out of the gate it developed cracks. I contacted Martin since we had just toured their plant in Pa. and were impressed. Well, their service sucks. I now play a Taylor. They back their brand and have proven it several times. Burlington Bill busking on the road and here on You Tube.
I just wish I could find one guitar that sounds like the 72 Guild my late friend had. I've never heard anything like it. Even the other Guilds I've found. I hope when I find one it's not a Martin lol! Cause I have to buy it!
If you would like to see what a fully functional workshop back in Martin's history may have looked like, go check out Thomas Edison's laboratory and workshop at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
This is not very important, but Moravian has a "rave" in it. (Or a "raav" if you're not applying standard English mutilations). Czechia has two historic parts, Bohemia and Moravia (and probably third and fourth or more historical parts in addition). With a "raav" in it before it comes to English to be mutilated a bit, and gets a "rave".
I think she just got the V and R the wrong way around. She says "Movarian". My dad was from Moravia so interesting the link between the Moravian Church and Martin.
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'Ello Mary - Nice Tune You Played There...
RIP Vigier Guitars😭😭😭 I'm devastated!
Yessss!!
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Someone has made a fake Facebook profile with your pics and name and are following people
I love how you intersperse the history with songs, because, when it comes down to it, it's about the music.
The writing on the wall - that is priceless heritage.
What is amazing is how they build guitars in a factory by hand. The day I visited they were using left over hide glue from the custom shop to put together 15 series and 17 series right there on the shop floor.
Seeing my hometown always makes me homesick - thank you for this video!
Thank you Mary, I have the honor of living in Nazareth. Pa. This town is a very special place, and the people welcomed us in 2017 when we moved here. I have played Martin’s since the 1970’s and like you I am a Martin lover! The next time you are in town please stop by and visit our family clock shop on Main Street, right in down town! I pass both factories going to the clock shop everyday. It is so cool to see in this video people I see all the time! To those watching come visit Nazareth and take the factory tour! It is a great way to spend a day! Martin is still a family business that America is and should be proud of!
☝️❤️🙏 “pulled into Nazareth…. i was feeling about half past dead..” no seriously it’s a part of America that i would really like to see 🙏
These guitar treasures clearly inspired you Mary. This is some of the loveliest playing and singing I’ve yet heard from you. My best friend owns a Martin and plays it with devotion. He’s traveling in India right now, and I just sent this to him as a gift. 🙏🏻
When Martins are good, they're tuff to beat.
Yeah even Dean Marin that singer. Wasn't he in the Rat Pack?
Yes he was. I saw them when I was a little kid in Las Vegas with my parents.
@@StallionStudios1234 LOL
Mary, I loved the tone and style with which you played the 1930 OM45. I could see your delight in playing it. Your singing and playing interludes in the videos are my favorite bits. Your mix of information and history with entertainment is perfect. You are one of my favorites on YT. And I know your delight in owning a new dream Martin.
I also love Martins and have owned 5 over the years. I have owned my dream guitars for some time, a D35 and a D12-28. Then one day I picked up an all Ovangkol OMC16e at my local dealer and fell in love with her. Now I have my eye out for OMs in my travels, I had always played 'dreads. An OM35 with cutaway would be my new dream. I don't know if they have made one in 35 trim, but I love the 3 piece back on my D35. The Ovangkol OM is already showing fret wear because she gets so much play.
I really enjoyed this video and the other one from the Martin factory as well.
Mary, bad news one of my greatest mistakes on purchasing a guitar. Walked into a store, played a series of Martins & Taylor's. "The One Martin Guitar I instantly wrote starts of 5 New Songs" I put back up on the hanger...DANG! After a couple days I realized I needed The Martin ! I drove back to the store fast , it was gone. 😢😢
Lovely to hear these guitars playing real songs and tunes that show the tonal quality and sustain. Thank you.
No question that her playing is absolute mastery, her pipes are criminally overlooked though.
Lovely rendition of Primrose. The OM-45 Deluxe sounds soooo good.
In a few decades, that Primrose riff is going to be considered one of the best of all time. It's so memorable and iconic!
Interesting video. Big Martin fan too. Love my OOO-15 M. Thanks for this trip into Nazareth. Robbie Robertson of The Band said when trying to write lyrics for The Weight, he happened to notice the stamp burned onto bracing inside the sound hole…”Pulled into Nazareth, was feelin bout half past dead…”
A side of Martin so many of us don't get to see. Fascinating. I loved the musical interludes as well. Great job, Mary!
I just love you Mary, playing those Martin Guitars, i can almost feel the joy, love and sense of awe flowing from you. My opinion, touring the places where, some of the very best guitars ever made. ty for sharing with us.. This is one of my fav videos you have put out< Was excited to see this, History forever by craftsmen of long ago.. & today :) From SE Texas Bear ❤💯🙏
I am new to your channel, and I am so happy to have found you! Your playing and singing are so polished and easy to listen to. Brilliant!
Excellently editied - great combo of playing, history, and guitar candy goodness. Seriously talented player and singer.
Congratulations on your new guitar, you must be very happy and proud. You made a good choice.
I ordered a custom 000-42 12 fret slot head (a larger version of my CS-00S-14) in Dec '23, the same month you got yours. Mine will hopefully be finished this late summer. I enjoy your music.
I've never heard you sound better. Martins suit you well.
Hi Mary, This was awesome! I lived in Navojoa in the 80's-90's (still have close family there and visit often- friends have worked making strings and guitars there too) They actually let me tour their factory thinking I was from Martin/Pennsylvania- Not a lot of northern-rooted white faces in southern Sonora in those years. I got the royal treatment since I had a 70's D-18 and an early 1890's oo21- Now you let me tour the main Martin factory- Thank you! beautiful playing too!😉
Thank you for sharing this Mary! Really awesome especially with your material!!
Great to see how much you love and respect the history of this incredible guitar company. They certainly put their name on each instrument with a sense of pride and desire to provide each customer with a special instrument.
Well done. Great voice and a great player.
I know almost nothing about instruments and making music. Your passion keeps me subscribed. People and their passions are my passion. Thank you for sharing yours with us.
Great video Mary!! Such a wonderful Tour of Martin history. You played the guitar wonderfully and the sound of the guitar was gorgeous!
Mary, as usual, your playing/singing is divine. Thank you for the amazing video.
Excellent video Mary... love it! Look forward to the day I can tour that historic place! ❤😎🎸🤘
Great video and wonderful playing and singing too
Mary, thank you for another great video.
Wow you were in my area! After living near the factory for most of my life, I finally got my hands on my coveted 000c-15e, albeit 24 years later. Found one on reverb and bought it that same week. Great video.
Thank you Mary. I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. My D-18 is smiling at me, and says hello.
I don't play guitar, but I've gone through the motions of playing a 1935 D-28 among a few others. Lots of magic trapped in those pre-war guitars.
Just got my first Martin. Love it's sound and feel.
Me too! Instantly fell in love with my new Martin.
After viewing this latest Mary upload, I am currently wiping the little drool that fell onto the laptop's keyboard. Martin guitars sound so good. Dangerously good. Paired with Mary's beautiful voice, a powerful pairing. 🌸
Nicely done video. I have a very old Martin, my guess is from early 1840's, CF Martin, New York stamp.
Although I knew about Martin guitars in my youth, I chanced upon hearing Jesse Colin Young playing a 000-18 at a local concert in Santa Rosa California in the early 1980's. It was then that I came to fully appreciate the sound of a Martin. The 000-18 is still my dream guitar. I own a 000-15 M (all mahogany) and love it. Thank you, Mary, for your wonderful documentary and the chance to again hear your lovely music.
Well I am a rebel. I just got my first Martin a few months ago. I went for their latest design. I got a SC-10E. A "S" style acoustic with a bolt on neck. I can say as an electric guitar person I LOVE IT! I think I am a fanboy now. The neck is like no other Acoustic I have owned. The guitar is Mexico made and PERFECT. I love history so I picked the right company!
Nothing wrong with that. Taylors are all bolt necks, USA and MIM models.
I thought about when I was in NYC recently. I visited Rudy’s Music Shop with you in mind. Hopefully they will recover - it is such a wonderful store.
All of your songs were beautiful and clever (no matter which Martin you were playing), and I enjoy watching your picking and fingering technique. And a nice history of the company that makes your most favoritest guitars! Thanks for making this wonderful video.
brilliant video, everything. But, tbh, the most i enjoyed, was your actual playin'. it was even noticeable how you enjoyed playing these models. and it made the songs you've played even better, it just flowing out of you. i very much could imaging some songs as a 'factory Live session' here on the channel... stunning dream 🙏thank you so much Mary
Wow…. you played the rarest acoustic guitar ever built. Nice job btw… a moment to cherish, thanks for sharing this was a very special video.
The town is amazing. I did the tour in 2022. I love my DX1RAE. Has that Martin tone.
Gorgeous documentary and great music, thank you Mary! 😊
Yo Mary! Your singing and playing are sooo excellent!
Mary I think it’s absolutely outstanding how excited you are about Martin Guitars. Nazareth is my home town. I play guitar but cannot afford to purchase the guitars made there. My DCPA5 HPL Spruce top has great sound and I love it. Love your Chanel and your awesome playing.
I Understand what you mean about coming home-feel the same way about Leica and Hofner. Nothing can compare to Hand made craftmanship-Quality does have a price. The martin sound is Unique for sure. Great video the Prod. standard is outstanding Great playing as well-Consider yourself Blessed Mary. Hope you enjoy your new Baby!!! Hello from Canada,
Mary, as always, Thank You for such a lovely video.....
Watching you play, using your thumb over the top of the fingerboard reminds me of when I was an eager 10 year old in 1971. I'd learned a piece for my guitar teacher (who I loved like a she was a naugty aunt) and I was using my thumb over the neck to get the bass notes my small, kid's hand couldn't reach and, the horror! My favourite person in the world whacked my hand with a ruler!!! I'm so glad you clearly never had that experience! I use my left thumb like an old blues dude these days but it still makes me flinch a bit on a new tune. Weirdly, not on bass, though. Also, I still mostly love the memories with my only ever professional teacher outside of high school music lessons. (And high school music never really developed my guitar beyond what I learned in the unofficial school rock band.) Bandmates have been my best teachers, even in the few covers bands I've stuck with.
Great doco. Never realised Martin were the first uke manufacturers! Your OM sounds great in your hands, too btw.
I love these documentaries Mary and this was really interesting. It's a shame you can't make much money out of them.
You have a way with words and your choice of words for the commentary, was exceptional. Just to paraphrase something you said about all the hands that went into making instruments which become the legacy for future generations. I found that quite moving. Thanks also Mary for singing your songs and playing these marvelous guitars. Your enthusiasm is palpable and makes the film even more enjoyable.
Wonderful video ... !!! ❤
Thank you Mary. You did a brilliant job here.
Just did my first Martin tour recently!
Aw...another excellent synopsis/story about Martin Guitars. Glad there are superior companies out there that remain profitable. Quality still counts. You don't know us but we're from Wisconsin...the friendliest state in the 🇺🇸...👍...❤ your vids...and music...and voice. 😊
Lovely! Thank you for taking the time and enthusiasm to share on your channel. Goose bumps, eh? "I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead. I just need some place where I can lay my head "Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?" He just grinned and shook my hand, "no" was all he said.
great video Mary, just FYI it's the Moravian (pronounced like more+avian church, not Movarian church
If someone loves guitars you’ve got to make the pilgrimage to Nazareth. Walking into the factory the smell of all the tone woods being fabricated into instruments is magical. I don’t know why more people don’t notice this! Everytime I open the case of my OM-28V the rosewood smell comes out it reminds me of the factory. I’ve got a couple other Martins and they just get better and better with age.
The holy grail is the Martin D-45
Currently have a Martin, but I am looking at either an OM or OOO 28 very soon. I love their sound. Love your video!!
What a delightful presentation! I'm just getting started learning the guitar (at {undisclosed} years old) and I was fascinated to hear the differences in tone between the guitars you played. And while I'm struggling to make clean chords with my nowhere-near-an-slim-as-your fingers, I'm always fascinated by the way you place your fingers on the fretboard. On the video side, I think you have a genius for making lighting work: in your talking scenes, you had just the right degree of dimness in the background, you wore a soft black sweater that disappeared, with a simple vertical silver drop, wth your hair pulled back so only your neck and face were softly lit from the front. Perfectly composed -- kinda like your songs! Smashing, my dear girl, smashing!
Thank you for another great video.
I own 2 Martin Guitars. D-28 & D12-28, making me a very happy musician.
Thanks mary , super documentary, love Martin guitars
the woman with the golden voice, love it
Wonderful video. Thank you. Maryland, USA.
Very cool video Mary! Love it. Great music. You have a great voice and your guitar is really cool Nice and folky. I can see why you have a passion for music.
Great Mary
Absolutely wonderful video!
Loved this. Thank you!
@Mary Spender I love your channel! I'm curious. Lets say you're shooting your average 15 min video of you talking to the camera. How long does it take to shoot, edit, finalize, and post the video? Thank you!
we just booked ours. we are basically local and had no idea their HQ was here.
It's thoroughly apparent you enjoyed your visit to Martin!
The song (I think it was called) Wake Up Next To You. Very cool!
So well done. I just bought my first Martin. Totally happy with it and even more so, now that I hear the history. Thanks, Mary. You're playing is unique and lovely.
Thanks...always a pleasure to hear you and to learn more about Martin. I do own one, so I have a wee stake in all this. LOL!
Thanks!
Thank you!
Love your history videos. Now do one on strings.
Please release an acoustic version of Primrose. It really enhances this great song.
i took the tour there. very cool place
I bought a Martin Custom in a shop in Nashville years back. Great sounding guitar but almost right out of the gate it developed cracks. I contacted Martin since we had just toured their plant in Pa. and were impressed. Well, their service sucks. I now play a Taylor. They back their brand and have proven it several times. Burlington Bill busking on the road and here on You Tube.
Is the binding coming off your Martin yet, like it is on mine?
Love these mini-docs, thanks!
The second song you sing is definitely a style you should pursue. Holly Cole - jazz and soul - have a listen.
Mary, have you ever tried the Martin 0-18
Love Yairi and Martin.
James A Olson are the grail of currently made acoustics.
Awesome video.
You need to hook Rick Beato up with an interview with that dude. Good stuff as always.
Thank you Mary for an excellent interview.
I just wish I could find one guitar that sounds like the 72 Guild my late friend had. I've never heard anything like it.
Even the other Guilds I've found.
I hope when I find one it's not a Martin lol! Cause I have to buy it!
Great video & great song
I live in Lancaster county,Pa and I had no idea Martin is so close to us . I would like to take a tour. Thank you Mary for the video.
Absolutely brilliant love it ❤🎉
like to visit someday
Fantastic.
If you would like to see what a fully functional workshop back in Martin's history may have looked like, go check out Thomas Edison's laboratory and workshop at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
Beautiful documentary :)
Any pictures of the old factory?
Mary dreams of guitars. Do guitars dream of Mary?
This is not very important, but Moravian has a "rave" in it. (Or a "raav" if you're not applying standard English mutilations). Czechia has two historic parts, Bohemia and Moravia (and probably third and fourth or more historical parts in addition). With a "raav" in it before it comes to English to be mutilated a bit, and gets a "rave".
I think she just got the V and R the wrong way around. She says "Movarian". My dad was from Moravia so interesting the link between the Moravian Church and Martin.
@@jerrygerza7565 They got around. There are Moravian missions still in existence all over Southern Africa, for instance.
Thought yours was a om28 not a 42?