Andrewrg

Buy a Viola?

I played an Eastman in my local store but it was strung with monster guage flatwounds which I found a problem.It was very nicely built however.I owned an Eastman mandolin for a while which was very nice indeed,and hand carved for relatively little money.

Regarding the e mail delay.Martin gets bombarded by thousands of e mails from all kinds of anal Martin nerds needing to know arcane,obscure details about the centre of gravity of their bridge pins,and the tonal properties of gold plating.

I have it on good authority that some of these people have been known to actually play their guitars.

Bottom line,they will get back to you-eventually.

BTW,I`m marketing a range of personally monogrammed arm socks-anyone interested?

A Martin a"mere"guitar? These guys hold them up as the next best thing to the second coming!

I ruffled some feathers over at UMGF! I was only defending a guy over some unjustified rudeness and you really need to check out some of the responses! Its the"I couldnt beleve"thread.

Originally posted by JasmineTea

I would'nt mind hearing a little more about that.

Martin grade the top woods out of 7.Typically styles 40 and above are graded 5/6.The grade is pencilled under the top down by the bottom bout and looks like S/5(sitka,grade 5),or,eg,A/4(adirondack,grade 4).

Therefore the chances are very good that,cosmetic appointments aside,your D45 MAY sound better than your D28.

Well,thank goodness I`m not the only one!For a moment I thought I was being mean and heartless.

The reality is the guy is CEO of a multi-million dollar business and I doubt he gives a flying f***about birthday gifts from a thousand anonymous forum members.

You know what these sad souls are doing now?They want to send in their dollars to buy Mr Martin a nice 50th birthday present as a gesture of gratitude for"all the things he has done for the UMGF"and "being members of the family!"

Get a friggin`life!

No matter how charming,altruistic and charitable Mr Martin may be on a personal level,when it comes to business all he`s interested in is selling guitars and keeping his company afloat.

So,I said I was gonna give Bill Gates some money for being such a great guy and letting me use a computer!

I cant believe the fawning,bowing and scraping attitude I see there.

Rant over.