Eat
Your Heart Out - I'm Talking
about Martin Guitars
Taylor
guitars are all right, and Gibson
defiantly has its uses, but for
me there is no substitute for
Martin. I have been playing
Martin guitars for about 20 years
– as long as I have been
playing guitar at all.
I was
pretty lucky to get to start out
on a Martin guitar. You see, when
I was a kid I loved to listen to
my that play guitar. Back then, I
thought he was the best guitar
player in the world.
He had a
beautiful Martin D16, a guitar
that he loved with all his heart
and soul. He didn't get much time
to play, but when he did it was
absolutely beautiful. The whole
room would ring with the sound.
If you have
never heard the sound of this
acoustic guitar before, it might
be kind of hard for you to
imagine.
There are
many different kinds of guitars.
- Yamaha
has a bright, twangy
tone
- The
Gibson acoustic is somewhere
in the
middle
- Martin
guitars are deep and booming.
The
Respectability of Martin
Guitars
A Martin
guitar is not everyone's favorite
– it has a really specific
sound. The sound is so powerful
and rich that even people who
aren't particularly into the
brand give it some respect. After
all, sometimes there is no
denying quality.
Anyway, I
would just sit there and listen
to my dad playing his Martin
guitar for hours on the weekends.
It wasn't long before I wanted to
start learning too.
At first he
bought me a kids model and wanted
me to start on that, but I really
wanted to play his guitar.
People are
pretty protective of their Martin
guitars in general, and my dad
was especially so. Nonetheless, I
was so persistent – some
would say annoying – that he
finally relented. He let me play
it. Soon I was paying him back
with the sweet music I
made.
The great
thing about these Martin acoustic
guitars is that they only get
better with age. The guitar I am
playing now is my dad's –
the same when I started out with.
I have a
few guitars that look better, but
none of them sound as good. This
instrument is something like 30
years old, and the wood has had
time to age and mellow.
Although
the body is scraped up, I made
sure to keep it in good shape
otherwise. The neck is straight
and true, and the body has a
richness and depth that is out of
this world. This way, you can
play guitar acoustic music as
loudly or as quietly as you wish.
Yes, there
are plenty of fine stringed
musical instruments in stores and
online but, if I can keep my
choice, I will always play Martin
guitars just to hear that rich
and deep tone one more
time!
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