The Martin Custom Artist Series OMC-LJ Pro Acoustic Guitar was built to the specifications of the 5th Beatle. OK, so Laurence Juber was not the 5th Beatle. Wait for it, wait for it, he is the 6th Beatle. I’m not a rocket scientist but that is what I come up with. He played guitar [...]
The first instruments were made with the body attached to the neck at the 12th fret.
The 12 fret design remains the standard for the nylon string classical guitar.
Consider the classical guitar player.
The music usually written for solo performance.
Classical music demanded and received instruments designed to produce optimum tone.
The luthier developed [...]
The Martin Custom Artist Series OMC-LJ Pro Acoustic Guitar was built to the specifications of the 5th Beatle. OK, so Laurence Juber was not the 5th Beatle. Wait for it, wait for it, he is the 6th Beatle. I’m not a rocket scientist but that is what I come up with. He played guitar [...]
The Martin OMC Red Birch Acoustic-Electric is a limited production guitar made with three sustainable woods key in the structure of the instrument. Sustainability as defined by the World Commission (Bruntland 1987) has defined sustainability as “development that meets needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. [...]
The M-30 Jorma Kaukonen Custom Artist Edition Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar from CF Martin is a landmark culmination in the journey of a blues icon. Jorma Kaukonen is an expert acoustic fingerstyle blues player that added rock band lead guitarist to his resume in the late 60s. How about a job as lead guitarist for the [...]
The Martin OMC-28E has an orchestra model body. This was developed in 1929 in response to the request for a 14 fret guitar. The flat top acoustics of today are pretty much the image of the first Orchestra Model gutiars. Of the dreadnought and the OM gutiars the latter is the smaller of the two. [...]
There is another side of acoustic guitar buying that I seldom hear discussed. You might call it the metaphyscial side. I am one of those new age types that believes the life of the wood worker is crafted into the instrument. Sometimes you can feel the vibe of an instrument while it is sitting on [...]
The Martin OMC Red Birch Acoustic-Electric is a limited production guitar made with three sustainable woods key in the structure of the instrument. Sustainability as defined by the World Commission (Bruntland 1987) has defined sustainability as “development that meets needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. [...]
The Martin OMC-28E has an orchestra model body. This was developed in 1929 in response to the request for a 14 fret guitar. The flat top acoustics of today are pretty much the image of the first Orchestra Model gutiars. Of the dreadnought and the OM gutiars the latter is the smaller of the two. [...]
There is another side of acoustic guitar buying that I seldom hear discussed. You might call it the metaphyscial side. I am one of those new age types that believes the life of the wood worker is crafted into the instrument. Sometimes you can feel the vibe of an instrument while it is sitting on [...]
