Martin OM21, Eastman E6OM, Guild OM140 - small body acoustic guitars!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- OM body size acoustic guitar comparison video. Martin, Eastman and Guild solid body OM/000 size guitars.
All guitars had new strings - D'Addario Light 12-53 Phosphor Bronze.
Recorded through Iphone - with same distance from all guitars.
No external effects or EQ - I just balanced the clip volumes slightly.
Hear more of my playing and songwriting here: / @14wolvesband
Specs:
Guild OM140
Body Size Concert
Top Material Solid Sitka Spruce
Bracing Scalloped Sitka Spruce
Back & Sides Solid African Mahogany
Neck Material African Mahogany
Neck Shape C Shape
Nut Material Bone
Fingerboard Rosewood
Scale Length 24.75"
Number of Frets 20
Nut Width 1 3/4"
Finish Type Gloss Polyurethane
Bridge Material Rosewood
Saddle Bone
Tuners Guild Vintage 18 Open Gear Tuners - Nickel
Eastman E6OM
Neck Material:Mahogany
Fingerboard:Ebony
Fingerboard Radius:12"
Neck Profile:Traditional Even "C"
Nut:Bone 1 3/4"
Fretwire:20 Jescar-FW43080
Scale Length:24.9"
Body Dimensions:15" X 4-1/4"
Bracings:Hand-Carved Scalloped X
Body Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
Body Back/Sides:Solid Mahogany
Bridge/Saddle:Ebony/Bone, 2-5/32" Spacing
Rosette:Classic
Truss Rod:Dual Acting
Binding:Top/Back
Binding Material:Black Plastic
Logo:Pearl Headstock
Inlay:Pearl Dots
Side Dot Color:White
Bridge Pins:Ebony
Finish:Gloss
Hardware Color:Nickel
Pickguard:Tortoise Shell DT Guard
Tuners:Open-Gear Ping V93N 3+3
Martin OM21
Body Size: 000-14 Fret
Top Material: Solid Sitka Spruce
Body Material: East Indian Rosewood
Bridge Material: Ebony
Bridge Style: Modern Belly Drop In Saddle
Bridge Pins: Black Plastic
Bracing Pattern: X Brace
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Brace Material: Sitka Spruce
Binding: Brown Faux Tortoise
Rosette: Multi-Stripe
Neck & Fingerboard
Neck Material: Select Hardwood
Neck Colour: Dark Mahogany
Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
Neck Taper: High Performance
Neck Finish: Satin
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Inlay: Mother of Pearl Style 28
Number of Frets: 20
Nut Material: Bone
Scale Length: 25.4''
Hardware & Strings
Hardware Colour: Nickel
Tuning Machines: Open Gear
fingers:
Guild - 0:32 Eastman - 3:42 Martin - 7:56
Pick:
Guild - 1:00 Eastman - 4:30 Martin - 8:40
Capo:
Guild - 1:34 Eastman - 5:22 Martin - 9:37
Capo hard strum:
Guild - 2:38 Eastman - 6:27 Guild - 10:40
I ordered a BEAUTIFUL Guild Om260ce yesterday on sale at guitar center. Solid spruce top, Solid flamed mahogany sides and arched back! $579!
Sounds like a great guitar and a great deal! They look amazing and having cutaway is so useful
Great playing. Love your style. Eastman takes this one. Warm and balanced with lovely depth and an element of soul. The OM-21 is Rosewood so obviously has that classic scooped mids and complexity and wins when capo'd at the 4th fret. The Guild has a very interesting tone that transcends traditional guitar tone for some reason, possibly related to a different setup, i.e. wider nut slots maybe?
yes the guild has much wider string spacing so can't help but wonder how that effects the tone. It can be quite hooky when strummed hard but works great finger style.
One of the best demos I’ve heard. Great playing!
thank you very much!
Thanks for the comparison of three very nice guitars. I unfortunately can't afford any of these fine guitars but if I could I think it would be a tough decision between the Guild and the Martin. I hope you do some more videos.
Cheers from Australia.
Great demo thanks!
The lick sequence with capo seems a great exercise :D
Great playing, Bro!
thank you so much!
That Guild is incredible, and only $750-$800.
On sale right now, marked down from 700 to 579
I would pick the Martin OM-21 if I had the money and needed another OM , however I am not needing one … lol … but the Guild is a great guitar for the price point too, although I thought the Eastman won out on tone against the Guild , both were great guitars. The wider string spacing people are asking about only makes it easier for finger style type playing and shouldn’t have any impact on tone .
☑️ thanks , small bodied instruments are the best , have the Eastman E6OM-TC a gem ❗️☻️🙃😊
yes I wish I'd be able to get the thermo cured top - such great guitar!
I also had the E10OM previously , honestly TC does not sound any better , but it has the nice golden hue aged look ; I bought it mostly for the warmer Sitka top as opposed to the punchy Adirondack ☻️
👌👌👌👌
I've got one also just an amazing guitar
Good démo. For me 1 Guild 2 Martin 3 eastman
G'day mate. Am I your first subscriber, if so I'm honoured. I'm kinda checking out a few OMs. I was checking out the Eastman you played initially. Of these 3, which did you find the easiest,/nicest to play? Which brought out the best in your routine? I really like your capoed section of the routine. Bravo!
Can you also tell me your preference in terms of scale length?
Hi Tom, thanks for being my first subscriber! The Eastman and the Martin are both super easy to play. I like the longer scale length as lots of the tunes I play are capoed so slightly easier with longer scale length. I love the pickup in the eastman so it's a go to for live - and it can take a bit more heavy strumming than the Martin. Hope that helps
Martin: $3000
Eastman: $1100
Both fabulous guitars but this is not a difficult choice.
Nice demo.
so i guess you mean the guilt by that ?
Great rational🙏🙏
Hi do you happen to recall the difference in neck shape between all 3 guitars? Thanks, keep up good videos!
hey, @only1cel sorry for slow reply. The Martin has the slimiest neck, (bit Strat like) the Eastman is more of handful with thicker D shape. And the Guild is in-between in terms of thickness but wider so feels much bigger. They are all very similar string spacing at nut but Guild has wider spacing at the bridge - which makes a massive difference.
The Martin is about 3x the price of the Eastman. I have an OM-21, and an Eastman E6OM-TC. It's also Rosewood back and sides, the others mahogany.
The Eastman is a 000. So it’s a short scale. The tc version of the Eastman is less expensive than the Martin and guild and better than both.
How do you pick so quickly with only two fingers?
I'm not sure - think it's a bad habit that I've got used to! 😂
@@tomstupple1372 - a good 'bad' habit to have!
Guild Eastman Martin in that order to my ears preference. Close on the Eastman and Guild. I’m a huge Martin fan, but not impressed
OM isnt a small body, 0 is.
true - but as people tend to see dreadnought as the standard size of acoustic guitar, then the om or 000 becomes a smaller bodied guitar in comparison. Just wish I had a collection of 0 and 00 to compare these ones to!