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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:10 am
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Seagull is a very good choice. It's a quality instrument at a good price. For $500.00 or $600.00 you can get an all-solid wood Canadian made guitar. Terrific sounding, well constructed.


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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:38 am
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Be sure to check out Christina Kobler on Facebook!
Outstanding to say the least. 8)

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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:07 am
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Collings are my favorite acoustic but they do cost! Friend has one with Adirondake spruce top and rosewood back an sides, mahogany neck plays, like a dream. 8)

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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:44 pm
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Update:
    Almost a month later in the Acoustic Quest and I was ready to pull the trigger on the Martin D-15M but when I went to the store she was gone. SOLD. :shock:

    Without missing a beat, the eager beaver salesman tells me that he has "something even better" . The Martin D-17M.

    I gave it a go and there's no doubt that the D-17M plays and sounds great. If memory serves I think it's a little brighter than the D-15M but I just couldn't get beyond the mix of a high gloss finish on the top with a satin finish for the sides and back. I like a high gloss finish and I also like the natural look but not both on one guitar. The D-17M is also about 300 clams more than the D-15M and I'm wondering if this is because of the finish.

    Anyhow, ... the quest continues ... 8)

    Cheers!
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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:19 pm
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Thanks for the update, Martin tales are always frosty 8)

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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:49 pm
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The right one will come along and you'll be glad you waited for it !

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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 5:45 am
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Solid Body Love Songs wrote:
Thanks for the update, Martin tales are always frosty 8)
    Indeed, and I'm sure the same is true of all great quests involving guitars. :D

    My search for a Martin D-15M has yielded some other possible contenders:


    I checked all the entries on the spec sheet one by one and it would appear that the two models are identical but this doesn't make much sense. I read on another forum that the 000- is longer than the 00- model but this spec is not listed on the Martin site. In any case I got a chance to play the D-15M and the 000-15M side by side. Obviously the dreadnought model is louder with a rich bass but I really like the feel and look of the 000-15M. ... And no, I'm not getting both. :lol:

    Now just to complicate and confuse things even further, here are a couple of other models from the Fender/Guild side:


    Cheers!
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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:12 pm
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Epilogue: After going back and forth then forth and back, I finally pulled the trigger on the little Martin 00-15M. :D

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions.

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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:52 pm
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Congrats on finding your guitar!
Mahogany, huh?
I bet it's nice and warm sounding.
Just to state my preference one more time :wink: I'm happy to see you ended up not buying a dreadnought.
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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:26 pm
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Thanks BMW-KTM! You're right. It's very warm sounding.

I was going back and forth between the D-15M and the 00-15M and felt like a kid in an ice cream parlor trying to make up his mind. They're both great but also two very different guitars with distinct roles.

On a personal note, the mahogany has a special significance for me. My uncle used to have an all-mahogany guitar and some of my fondest childhood memories are of him showing me how to play. I don't know if it was a Martin but it was probably a dreadnought which to my then small hands seemed huge. He passed away a few years ago and I don't know what happened to that guitar but I still remember the first lick he taught me. I was an intro but I don't think he ever got as far as teaching me the rest of the song. :lol:

Curiously what has made these memories more vivid is not so much the sound of the instrument but rather the satin look and especially the scent of the mahogany.

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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:19 pm
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GREAT !!

Now... WEAR IT OUT !!

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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:39 pm
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Congrats on your new guitar,it's a great feeling when after trying many guitars,you finally find the one that speaks to you and feels great to play.

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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:22 am
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Congrats! Beautiful Guitar. If you have the funds left over, take a look at the Martin Owners Club. It's something like $45 a year and they send you some pretty cool stuff. I received a nice bag, strings, a really nice mug, invitations to special events and a magazine that comes out a couple times a year. I'm not far from Nazareth, Pa and I go there a few times a year, look at the Martin Museum, take a tour and they have a shop around the corner where you can get guitar parts. It's stuff that Martin rejects for one reason or another, but I use the parts fro cigar box guitars and it's really cheap. You can get tops, backs, sides necks, fingerboards etc.

I'm partial to smaller body guitars and have a Martin Performing Artist OMCPA4 Orchestra Model.
Really nice guitar and cuts like a knife in an acoustic mix. I have Dreadnoughts, but like the OM better.

Good luck and have fun with it.

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Post subject: Re: Considering my next acoustic guitar
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:42 pm
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Congratulations Bluer Monkey ! Enjoy! Write songs!

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