Okay Cooper, you redeemed yourself by bringing home a proper 12-fret, with a proper slotted headstock. Nice job, well done; beautiful guitars, both of them...
WOW Cooper nice snags...that Alaskan Cedar sounds amazing.... Engleman is full of reverb acoustically and super responsive spruce...I have a couple guitars, one i30 years old and it has bloomed like crazy!
Am I the only one that thinks the E strings are wound wrong on their slot heads? I’ve always wound them to the outside of the hole in the shaft to make a straight pull through the nut and away from the A and B strings.
I love the Alaskan cedar Martin and the piece that Cooper starts at 18:24 is brilliant. Listen especially to the part at 20:00 and you see what I mean.
Keep the reviews coming. I love Madagascar, they stopped taking orders years, the last sets being "premium" Madi and the prices jumped. I know because I got one of the last orders, and was told no more. The guitar, one of five I believe, is a Custom Shop 00-42 with premium Adirondack over premium Madagascar, beautiful Ambertone. I also lucked out many years ago on one of GC's order of 14 Custom Shop OM-28's, Alpine over Madagascar, 50's burst, still have both. To me Madi is the closest tone wood to Brazilian, surprised Martin still has some sets available, or just special one offs. Hope that Madi dread finds a good home for a lucky player..............
Are the build sheets available? I like the voice of the 12-fret. I also like the other Martin OM Cooper got. Pretty cool that Cooper went to Nazareth and came back. Let's see, Pennsylvania compared to San Antonio? I'd pick Texas also. Thanks Cooper and Chris.
This is a very sore subject with me. I don’t understand why Taylor or Martin does not make a nice 12 fret guitar in the Mexican factories, so us working stiffs could afford one
Having moved to Phoenix, with humidity often under 10%, I bought a RainSong carbon fiber Jumbo, and sold my wooden guitars…I had essentially given up on wooden guitars, BUT, the new Martin and Taylor models are really tempting! Super D, this 12th fret dreadnought, 514ce, 414 sinker redwood… WOW! Both companies have it goin on!
@@sa1168 Not that terrible, as my RainSong sounds great! yes, in the desert, you keep them in the case humidifying… that is the problem for me! I need guitars sitting on stands, or I don’t play them. Have to be realistic with myself…
Don't give up looking for ways to keep them humidified. I lived in Goodyear and Surprise for several years. It's basically finding a damp sponge system you like. I used a two-part Music Nomad. A humidity gauge, and the sponge holder. Worked very well
@@lowellcalavera6045 hi Lowell! With the Nomad system installed in the sound hole, can the guitar be left on a stand? Or, does it need to go in a case?
@@jed1166 Hi Jed, interestingly, they have a set-up for both. I leave my daily player (solid Adirondack and mahogany) hanging on the wall 24/7, and when the humidity reading drops below 50 RH or so, I moisten the sponge a bit. Works great. ✌🏼
12-fret dreadnoughts have my favorite acoustic sound. They have the volume and bass of a 14-fret dread, but also the midrange of an OM. Plus, they have that extra “jangly” sound that only 12-frets have. That’s an awesome guitar.
I'm partial to the Alaska Cedar (look up the Tlingit and Haida bentwood boxes), having found (and helped haul a couple shorter lengths of drift logs off a beach in northern SE one evening), which a cohort claimed were rarely found beyond southern SE AK. As Cooper said, the Alaskan Cedar is bright and balanced, piano-like, and it's nice to know that Patrick can play nice with Martin. (Now, if he'd buy that one and make a short Alamo Music Center video with it...)
Both of those are giving me GAS!!! Alaskan Yellow Cedar (or Canadian Cypress) is beautiful wood; I've seen a couple of guitars using it for a soundboard, but this is the first steel string using it as a tonewood (Cypress is common as a tonewood in Flamenco guitars). I really think Engelmann is perfect pairing for it. Of course, you can't go wrong with 12-fret Adi/Madi!!! Great video
Works of art. Masterpieces. With two heavenly voices. But it’s that extended upper bout on the 12 fret that gives it that full yet mellow bass. Nothing like it.
That Alaska Cedar guitar sounds so proper, all guitars should be made out that way!
I will buy one Madagascar, I love it
Okay Cooper, you redeemed yourself by bringing home a proper 12-fret, with a proper slotted headstock. Nice job, well done; beautiful guitars, both of them...
WOW Cooper nice snags...that Alaskan Cedar sounds amazing.... Engleman is full of reverb acoustically and super responsive spruce...I have a couple guitars, one i30 years old and it has bloomed like crazy!
I particularly like the twelve fret Dreadnaught.
Am I the only one that thinks the E strings are wound wrong on their slot heads? I’ve always wound them to the outside of the hole in the shaft to make a straight pull through the nut and away from the A and B strings.
I love the Alaskan cedar Martin and the piece that Cooper starts at 18:24 is brilliant. Listen especially to the part at 20:00 and you see what I mean.
These are 2 very special guitars
Keep the reviews coming. I love Madagascar, they stopped taking orders years, the last sets being "premium" Madi and the prices jumped. I know because I got one of the last orders, and was told no more. The guitar, one of five I believe, is a Custom Shop 00-42 with premium Adirondack over premium Madagascar, beautiful Ambertone. I also lucked out many years ago on one of GC's order of 14 Custom Shop OM-28's, Alpine over Madagascar, 50's burst, still have both. To me Madi is the closest tone wood to Brazilian, surprised Martin still has some sets available, or just special one offs. Hope that Madi dread finds a good home for a lucky player..............
Are the build sheets available? I like the voice of the 12-fret. I also like the other Martin OM Cooper got. Pretty cool that Cooper went to Nazareth and came back. Let's see, Pennsylvania compared to San Antonio? I'd pick Texas also. Thanks Cooper and Chris.
Chris said Taylor💯listen🤷🏻♂️😩I herd it you will too.
Oh man that 12-fret!! 😍😍
That’s the epitome of the “Martin sound” to me. Just lovely.
What did that sell for?
This is a very sore subject with me. I don’t understand why Taylor or Martin does not make a nice 12 fret guitar in the Mexican factories, so us working stiffs could afford one
I used Alaskan Cedar for the decking on a porch. Not bad for guitars either. Beautiful stuff!
Having moved to Phoenix, with humidity often under 10%, I bought a RainSong carbon fiber Jumbo, and sold my wooden guitars…I had essentially given up on wooden guitars, BUT, the new Martin and Taylor models are really tempting! Super D, this 12th fret dreadnought, 514ce, 414 sinker redwood… WOW! Both companies have it goin on!
Wow, that sounds terrible. Please tell me there are still ways to own one long term in that humidity. Maybe keep it in the case all the time?
@@sa1168 Not that terrible, as my RainSong sounds great! yes, in the desert, you keep them in the case humidifying… that is the problem for me! I need guitars sitting on stands, or I don’t play them. Have to be realistic with myself…
Don't give up looking for ways to keep them humidified. I lived in Goodyear and Surprise for several years. It's basically finding a damp sponge system you like. I used a two-part Music Nomad. A humidity gauge, and the sponge holder. Worked very well
@@lowellcalavera6045 hi Lowell! With the Nomad system installed in the sound hole, can the guitar be left on a stand? Or, does it need to go in a case?
@@jed1166 Hi Jed, interestingly, they have a set-up for both. I leave my daily player (solid Adirondack and mahogany) hanging on the wall 24/7, and when the humidity reading drops below 50 RH or so, I moisten the sponge a bit. Works great. ✌🏼
12-fret dreadnoughts have my favorite acoustic sound. They have the volume and bass of a 14-fret dread, but also the midrange of an OM. Plus, they have that extra “jangly” sound that only 12-frets have. That’s an awesome guitar.
I'm partial to the Alaska Cedar (look up the Tlingit and Haida bentwood boxes), having found (and helped haul a couple shorter lengths of drift logs off a beach in northern SE one evening), which a cohort claimed were rarely found beyond southern SE AK. As Cooper said, the Alaskan Cedar is bright and balanced, piano-like, and it's nice to know that Patrick can play nice with Martin. (Now, if he'd buy that one and make a short Alamo Music Center video with it...)
5:44: Offices of ....TAYLOR ???? shock horror!
Followup - how would you compare the Yellow Cedar to Sycamore?
Norman Blake vibes. Very nice
This blond one sounds magnificent!!!!
That “Alaskan Cedar” guitar would be perfect with a maple fretboard. I’ve wanted an acoustic with a maple fretboard for ages.
Cooper playing the Alaskan cedar is absolutely phenomenal
Hinoki is a Cypress Tree. Not cedar.
Cooper sits too upright
Both of those are giving me GAS!!! Alaskan Yellow Cedar (or Canadian Cypress) is beautiful wood; I've seen a couple of guitars using it for a soundboard, but this is the first steel string using it as a tonewood (Cypress is common as a tonewood in Flamenco guitars). I really think Engelmann is perfect pairing for it. Of course, you can't go wrong with 12-fret Adi/Madi!!! Great video
“Should you ruin your life and buy these two new custom shop Martins from Alamo Music?”
That Alaskan Cedar is Amazing if I played righty that would be outstanding I love IT!!
Works of art. Masterpieces. With two heavenly voices. But it’s that extended upper bout on the 12 fret that gives it that full yet mellow bass. Nothing like it.
Love the sustain
I wonder what an all Spruce guitar would sound like. Dean 🇬🇧
I really like hearing you both play on the one video. Thanks gents, great demo 👍
Martin Greenberg & Taylor McKee...
Are you sure the neck is maple on the 14 fretter? I've read somewhere that the neck also is Alaskan cedar with an Indian rosewood center stringer?