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[petegn]

Hi Gals and Guys

 

Please don't kill me for asking a silly question that will get many "play and see which sounds/feels best to you" replies... But I am just hoping to get some advice on thoughts of others... really interested in a new guitar, no expert but this is a hobby I am sticking to, so here goes,

 

Martin HD-35 OR HD-28V

 

Which would YOU choose and why?

 

Thanks in advance for the feedback

 

Pete

[catdaddy]

Either would be a great choice.

[knockwood]

No one's gonna get killed here, BUT... these two guitars are so wildly different, I think a lot of us would be wary of giving advice that might influence a choice between them. So there's my disclaimer.

I wouldn't buy either of them. I really love boom in a rosewood dread, but I think both of these models are a little over the cliff for me. If I were forced to choose between them - which wouldn't be so horrible - I'd go with the HD-35 chiefly for the neck. While I've gotten a little cozier with V necks than I used to be, I'm still not certain I'd want to choose one for a lifetime, and I wouldn't spend that kinda scratch on a git unless I planned on keeping it.

What I'd do instead, though, is change the choices to D-35 or HD-28. And I'd choose the D-35. The few I've tried have all sounded like my version of perfect.

[petegn]

Now that is an intersesting move, I keep trying to hear the few hundred dollar scalloped bracing but the d-35 sounds pretty darn good! This will be something to consider. I am at a point where if I get a neck that's a V or a C I will be able to adjust and grow to it, the V is a bit odd but that's because all I really play is a Tele and a Martin DM,

Thank you for the feedback

[Michael Martin]

Neither. Martins aren't pretty. Buy a Gibson.