Members Cldplytkmn Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 lets give some props to the benchmark. i think its safe to say that this is the guitar that most all acoustics are judged by. i've played some stinkers, but most have been great (albeit not what i've been looking for in the past, maybe next year) feel free to praise HD's V's any variants... lets show some love.
Members JasmineTea Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 I'll say. Man, what a great all around guitar. I knew a guy with a sunburst one, years ago. Wonder what he did with it? My sister has one from the late '70s. Not real loud but still a nice guitar.
Members Gretsch Fan Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 I am GASing for one having only test drove them and had to go cheaper for now. The HD28 is the dread of my future.
Members JasmineTea Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Ah, sorry, that's right, my sister's is an HD.
Members jackwr Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Needed a Martin fix last June. Figured 51 years old, it's about time to treat myself. Wanted that classic D28 sound tried a few new ones, then had to get the D28 sound by getting a D41.
Members aeschylus Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Sometimes I like them, sometimes I think they just sound too dark.
Members Cldplytkmn Posted March 3, 2006 Author Members Posted March 3, 2006 if they sound too dark, you just strum harder. haha i'm kidding, actually the 'flat' one's i've played have been because they're too dark... so yeah... i'm with you on that
Members kwakatak Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Someday I want to at least try one, but I've been afraid the GAS will be too great. I've done some looking around and the vintage ones really give me GAS. The same goes for the D-18s and D-21s too. Those things go for $5K easy. If only I had an uncle who had a prewar D-28 sitting up in his air-conditioned, perfectly humidified attic...!
Members martingibson70 Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Good to see the benchmark getting its props. I have since grown a great appreciation for Guilds but I laughed when a saleman asked me if I wanted to trade my D28 in.
Members Chirpy_72 Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Originally posted by JasmineTea Check it out.. I just loooove sunburst Martins. Not that my plain jane D41 isn't a looker, but there's just something about those bursts .... Hopefully my next geetar will be a Sunburst D18
Members Andrewrg Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 My D28 is 22 years old this year and has developed a great balance overall,just as suitable for fingerstyle as for flatpicking.Over the years the bass seems to have subdued while the mids and trebles are stronger with more sparkle.If I were looking for a D28 now,a good,well opened up 20 year old is where I`d go.
Members tiger roach Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Had my first crack at a D-28 a few weeks ago when a friend brought his over. Damn fine guitar and one I will definitely consider if I decide I need a dread at some point.
Members t60 fan Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 One of the best days I've had was in December of 2004. Having previously passed a basket around the Sunday school classes at my local church for a couple of weeks, 5 guitarist friends of mine from our church went to Wildwood Music in Coshocton Ohio to buy our worship leader a HD28. This was a complete surprise to Tom (the worship leader). Tom is as humble a guy as anyone has ever known, and would have played his $300 Alvarez forever before spending money on himself. We sampled half a dozen HD28's as well as a bunch of Larrivee's before we found "the one". To be honest, all were superb. What a blast, though, having the cash in hand to do the deal. I kinda' feel I was doubly rewarded in the experiance - it was then that I found my Blackwood Taylor. I had been shopping for an accoustic for myself for about 6 months and until that day none had grabbed me. What a day indeed.
Members knockwood Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Originally posted by Cldplytkmn i think its safe to say that this is the guitar that most all acoustics are judged by. Safe to say, yes. And what a statement. I forget exactly where I read this, but in a review somewhere of a Les Paul, this guy was saying he initially selected it in part because the image of an LP just always defined "electric guitar" for him. He said somewhere in there that if you ask a kid to draw a picture of an electric guitar, the kid'll draw a Les Paul (arguably the kid might also draw a Strat, but that isn't important right now). This is kind of the way I see the D-28. The quintessential dread. I actually prefer, in general, the sound of a plain old non-scalloped 28 to that of its more refined cousins. OK, the black pickguard irritates me a little... but I probably wouldn't change it.
Members Cldplytkmn Posted March 3, 2006 Author Members Posted March 3, 2006 Originally posted by knockwood Safe to say, yes. And what a statement.I forget exactly where I read this, but in a review somewhere of a Les Paul, this guy was saying he initially selected it in part because the image of an LP just always defined "electric guitar" for him. He said somewhere in there that if you ask a kid to draw a picture of an electric guitar, the kid'll draw a Les Paul (arguably the kid might also draw a Strat, but that isn't important right now). This is kind of the way I see the D-28. The quintessential dread. I actually prefer, in general, the sound of a plain old non-scalloped 28 to that of its more refined cousins.OK, the black pickguard irritates me a little... but I probably wouldn't change it. i could do without the black p/g as well... ask a thousand people to draw an acoustic guitar and see what they draw... i'd love to do that test... do you guys also think that martin are the reason that the perception now is that rosewood is better than mahogany? i've thought this for a while... all their expensive guitars are rosewood... do you think they started this madness? LLM (long live mahogany)
Members kwakatak Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Originally posted by Cldplytkmn i could do without the black p/g as well... ask a thousand people to draw an acoustic guitar and see what they draw... i'd love to do that test... do you guys also think that martin are the reason that the perception now is that rosewood is better than mahogany? i've thought this for a while... all their expensive guitars are rosewood... do you think they started this madness? LLM (long live mahogany) But shouldn't we be talking about the D-18 then? Don't get me started about what Martin has done to their mahogany. That stain they use is just perpetuating the myth that mahogany is a dark wood when it's not. I'm confused. Have I strayed off-topic and doomed this thread?
Members guit30 Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 My favorite Martin is the D-35, love the 1/4 inch bracing, think it has a livelier sound, I've had 2 friends who have 70's models and played them both, one is a sunburst.Jim
Members Cldplytkmn Posted March 3, 2006 Author Members Posted March 3, 2006 Originally posted by kwakatak I'm confused. Have I strayed off-topic and doomed this thread? be VERRRRRRRY careful there Mr. Kwak. haha...
Members kwakatak Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Yeah, I'm trouble. I have this bad habit of shopping around for things I can't afford either, like THIS ! I don't think it's a "prewar" model though.
Members kwakatak Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Awwww, crap!!! I found some more!!! http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/10U-3934.htm http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/10U-4098.htm http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/10U-4135.htm http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/10U-4084.htm http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/10U-4001.htm http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/10U-4139.htm http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/10U-4142.htm Why do I DO this?!?
Members JasmineTea Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 So, yeah, how about them D-28s eh? . . .
Members knockwood Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 Originally posted by Cldplytkmn do you guys also think that martin are the reason that the perception now is that rosewood is better than mahogany? i've thought this for a while... all their expensive guitars are rosewood... do you think they started this madness?LLM (long live mahogany) I don't know where that perception came from. They're such entirely different beasts. I've vacillated quite a lot on whether I'm a rose man or a hog man. This particular week it's rose. In fact, this particular week I'm a rose and cedar GAS man. But "better" is just a silly perception. An interesting thing I've noticed in product reviews is that in general, mahogany guitars seem to be more popular and they seem to enjoy higher overall ratings. This could be a spinoff of the fact that they're simply cheaper... But WHY are they cheaper? I can't figure that out, either... particularly in the midst of all the cries of impending mahogany extinction. I love the 18 as well, largely for the same reasons as the 28. The thing is another freakin' icon. I'd buy one, except I have a D-1, which is your basic poor man's 18. And I am your basic poor man.
Members Freeman Keller Posted March 3, 2006 Members Posted March 3, 2006 I was at a clinic wednesday evening featuring CFM ambassador Richard Starkey. He took an HD-28 off the store wall, played a couple songs on it, looked down and said "wow, someone better take this home". Pretty strong words from a guy who literally has his choice - that evening he was surrounded by a D-18A (yea, baby!), a D-45 (bling), one of those white maple 000 that EC commissioned (double bling but butt ugly IMHO), a 000-18, as well as ordinaty D-18's, 15's, 28's... It was really interesting to hear the HD-28 played against the Authentic. Richard implied that there might be a D-28A in the works.....
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