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NGD - Martin Custom Shop 1 of 5 content
Posted on 4/17/23 at 10:36 am
Posted on 4/17/23 at 10:36 am
One of my clients a week ago brought in a Martin GPC (Grand Performance Cutaway) that was one of a five-guitar limited run by the Martin Custom Shop in 2015.
He asked me to prep it for him to sell it. It indeed sold ... immediately ... to me :)
I'll tell you guys the extended story behind it in a subsequent post.
In the meantime, who likes tight-grained and silking spruce, figured koa, discreet offset dots on ebony and a factory Fishman F1 Analog E/A system?
He asked me to prep it for him to sell it. It indeed sold ... immediately ... to me :)
I'll tell you guys the extended story behind it in a subsequent post.
In the meantime, who likes tight-grained and silking spruce, figured koa, discreet offset dots on ebony and a factory Fishman F1 Analog E/A system?
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Posted on 4/17/23 at 12:07 pm to TheFretShack
Uggh the bridge has streaks of grain in it. Not solid black. Would not play. Lol
How many martins have you owned?
You always seem to talk about Gibsons. Or it seems like it to me.
How many martins have you owned?
You always seem to talk about Gibsons. Or it seems like it to me.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 12:25 pm to TheFretShack
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It indeed sold ... immediately ... to me :)
That is a great looking acoustic, and I'm a sucker for a true ebony FB.
Almost went to NAMM again this year, figure you'd have a good time there. Have you ever made the trek?
Posted on 4/17/23 at 12:29 pm to TheFretShack
That is one beautiful guitar. I love the offset dots.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 12:55 pm to LSU alum wannabe
quote:not a bad subject..until the 2000s.
You always seem to talk about Gibsons
Hell, I could probably go on about Gibson and ESP all day..for guitars.
For bass, along with Gibson I prefer Ibanez and Spector..ampeg amplification..Pearl and DW drums, evans hydraulic heads.
..nylon tip sticks
Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:02 pm to LSU alum wannabe
This is only my second Martin and that first, I very briefly owned a HD-28 about 14 or so years ago. It was simply a for-profit acquisition and flip. But I've been a long time Martin fan, because I've serviced probably a thousand Martins in my Shack since I've opened it. I'm definitely more experienced with them than the average guy.
My only nice acoustic in recent times has been the '73 Hummingbird I restored for the shop. It sounded like a deity after I did my resto. I actually made it sound like more Martin'ey. But I never bonded with its thinner width neck enough to play it a lot. The Martin above has a 1 3/4" wide neck at the nut - plenty of room for my fingers to move about unsquinched. It will get played, and frequently.
In fact, I sold the H'bird last week to a good client of mine who will play it daily and put it to a lot better use than me. I've actually sold seven or eight personal guitars in the last year to folks who would actually use and enjoy them more than me. Thinning the herd.
My only nice acoustic in recent times has been the '73 Hummingbird I restored for the shop. It sounded like a deity after I did my resto. I actually made it sound like more Martin'ey. But I never bonded with its thinner width neck enough to play it a lot. The Martin above has a 1 3/4" wide neck at the nut - plenty of room for my fingers to move about unsquinched. It will get played, and frequently.
In fact, I sold the H'bird last week to a good client of mine who will play it daily and put it to a lot better use than me. I've actually sold seven or eight personal guitars in the last year to folks who would actually use and enjoy them more than me. Thinning the herd.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:12 pm to SEClint
Went to my first NAMM in 2020 right before the pandemic. I went to network with manufacturers whose lines I wanted to carry in my shop, and to source pickup manufacturing needs. Definitely a cool experience but I am a point in my business and professionally where I don't need NAMM to grow my business. I will probably attend again to give it one more chance.
NAMM is great for people watching and star sightings and for biz friends to network both on the floor and after hours. But it's hard to actually get any actual work done whether you're a buyer or an exhibitor. There are people EVERYWHERE, many of whom having absolutely no business being on the trade show floor.
You don't bother playing much, because you can't really even hear anything. The overwhelming white noise from all the sounds mixed together is akin to jets idling on a carrier deck.
I also walked 10 miles daily, according to my wife's wrist cardio monitor thingie. I've since shattered a heel that had to be surgically rebuilt. I simply can't log that much legwork anymore.
NAMM is great for people watching and star sightings and for biz friends to network both on the floor and after hours. But it's hard to actually get any actual work done whether you're a buyer or an exhibitor. There are people EVERYWHERE, many of whom having absolutely no business being on the trade show floor.
You don't bother playing much, because you can't really even hear anything. The overwhelming white noise from all the sounds mixed together is akin to jets idling on a carrier deck.
I also walked 10 miles daily, according to my wife's wrist cardio monitor thingie. I've since shattered a heel that had to be surgically rebuilt. I simply can't log that much legwork anymore.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:35 pm to TheFretShack
The story behind the guitar above...
I'm told it originated from the shop of a longtime Martin dealer in Pennsylvania. The shop is just down the road from the Nazareth factory and the owner has good friends there. So he can not only initiate small custom runs but also be a part in them from conception through construction. Plus he can pick his tops and backs and fingerboards, which is a HUGE perk in custom runs.
I'm told this run was built around the availability of a half-dozen koa back and side sets left over from a discontinued high-dollar koa-backed series of Martins. For the five-guitar run, Martin committed the six koa sets to five guitars, with one extra koa set in case one split during steaming and bending. Because the koa was the build's eye candy, bindings and inlays and rosette intricacy was kept minimal. The spruce top is perfect, old growth and tight grained with some silking figuring. I don't know the spruce species, you usually can't tell just looking at it, but I'd assume it's simply very, very nice sitka.
They were built in the Custom Shop. Most Martin internal heel blocks, Nazareth and Mexico, have the Martin logo, then the model/series ID and then the SN. This one only says "CUSTOM" where you'd see the ID.
Best way to describe this guitar. It sounds like a great Martin with rich, warm and balanced highs, mids and lows. The hard koa's projection has the warmth of mahogany but BIG like a maple-backed Gibson Dove or Southern Jumbo. This guitar is as loud as a dreadnought despite being smaller.
And the GPC plays and feels under the hands and against the ribs like a well set-up Taylor. If you needed proof that Martin introduced the GPC body to directly compete with Taylor, this guitar is definitely the proof.
I love this pic.
I'm told it originated from the shop of a longtime Martin dealer in Pennsylvania. The shop is just down the road from the Nazareth factory and the owner has good friends there. So he can not only initiate small custom runs but also be a part in them from conception through construction. Plus he can pick his tops and backs and fingerboards, which is a HUGE perk in custom runs.
I'm told this run was built around the availability of a half-dozen koa back and side sets left over from a discontinued high-dollar koa-backed series of Martins. For the five-guitar run, Martin committed the six koa sets to five guitars, with one extra koa set in case one split during steaming and bending. Because the koa was the build's eye candy, bindings and inlays and rosette intricacy was kept minimal. The spruce top is perfect, old growth and tight grained with some silking figuring. I don't know the spruce species, you usually can't tell just looking at it, but I'd assume it's simply very, very nice sitka.
They were built in the Custom Shop. Most Martin internal heel blocks, Nazareth and Mexico, have the Martin logo, then the model/series ID and then the SN. This one only says "CUSTOM" where you'd see the ID.
Best way to describe this guitar. It sounds like a great Martin with rich, warm and balanced highs, mids and lows. The hard koa's projection has the warmth of mahogany but BIG like a maple-backed Gibson Dove or Southern Jumbo. This guitar is as loud as a dreadnought despite being smaller.
And the GPC plays and feels under the hands and against the ribs like a well set-up Taylor. If you needed proof that Martin introduced the GPC body to directly compete with Taylor, this guitar is definitely the proof.
I love this pic.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 5:51 pm to TheFretShack
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NAMM is great for people watching and star sightings and for biz friends to network both on the floor and after hours. But it's hard to actually get any actual work done whether you're a buyer or an exhibitor. There are people EVERYWHERE, many of whom having absolutely no business being on the trade show floor.
You don't bother playing much, because you can't really even hear anything. The overwhelming white noise from all the sounds mixed together is akin to jets idling on a carrier deck.
Expectations vs reality is always fun in Southern California
But yes, I've never really been on the "other side of the table" at that event. Always looking to buy or trade things with other gear nerds for the most part. The people (non-vendors) that sometimes are selling home-made Pedals and gadgets are just as much fun.
quote:I complained the other day to my girlfriend how I didn't want to go for any walks around the neighborhood.
I also walked 10 miles daily
..and about an hour into it we come up on a free pile on the sidewalk which had this Amp.
It has some issues, but I've got a great guitar and Amp repair shop right down the street from me. Now, I can't complain to her about walking anymore.hope the heel gets better.
and I haven't forgotten about the pickups. Trying to think about what I'm going to need. May be buying another 7 string soon,(one I have is an evertune which effects my bending) so I'm trying to see where I'm going to be at. May replace the EMGs in my 93 les paul studio too, too many EMG 81s
Posted on 4/18/23 at 11:57 am to TheFretShack
Beautiful man. Congratulations!
Posted on 4/18/23 at 1:00 pm to auggie
Stunning. Show piece for sure.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 8:00 pm to TheFretShack
A pretty, pretty instrument
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