JasmineTea

5 mahogany, 1 rose. All Martins:thu:

There was a time when I'd tap cigarette ashes in there as if it were an ashtray. My mando has several fortune cookie fortunes in there. Whenever I seek the wisdom of the cookies I turn it over and shake it like a magic 8-ball.

I can't help feeling like I know you..from somewhere.

Love letters from a girlfriend..long ago. They resonate nicely.

Yep, I'd say buying a viola is pretty bad guitar advice.

Ok, that's pretty darn rediculous, but I laughed..

edit: laughing some more...

All guitars can double as a snow-board, fly swatter, canoe paddle, rug-beater, storage for spare change, flower pot. Be imaginative.

It's best to tighten the strings till they break right before changing them.

Bug spray works good for polish.

Get A Zager.

Large metal files are handy for leveling your own frets.

Etc, etc.

Sorry, don't have any info. But I do know that those were great guitars. If they were mine I'd hang on to them.

I had a 180 years ago.

.:sigh:.

There once was a guy from Nantucket...

Nah. any reputable luthier can do the work.

I gotta disagree again. There are a few Martin fanatics around here, but they're not that closed minded, not all of them anyway.

Storm the castle.

This is probly the case however it creates some problems for the rest of humanity. It makes us all infurior by comparison.
Instead of the competitive-who's-better-than-who approach, I prefer the 31 Flavors approach.

Hindsight is usualy 20/20, and worth something if you can learn from it.

The 000-1 was the first acoustic I bought in about 11 years, the one before that was a Guild jf4 witch is still running good without any repaire/set-ups at all. The frets are shot. I did'nt think the hight of the pins/saddle on the 000-1 was a problem at time of purchase...go figure. Mabey it has changed since I got it.

One thing I forgot to mention: A faint white, dusty line has appeared where the heel joins the body. It started showing up about a year after I got it.

Anyway, Rauen recommended a good Martin-authorized repairman, I talked to him for a long time, described everything, answered his questions, and he said it's covered, send it. So I did.

I never thought I'd put a guitar on a ups truck, but I did today.

Why did Rauen do the ramps? Because I asked him to, along with making the pins seat all the way down. I bring a lot of guitars to Rauen, and I may be confusing one set-up with another. It could be (and would make a bit more sense) that I had the ramps and the set-up done at the same time.. I don't remember. The reciept(s) in the case with the guitar, on the ups truck.

Will give a full report upon it's return.

And furthermore, I had the ramps done before the set-up, -two seperate jobs- and even with "normal" action the tops of the pins are above the hight of the saddle, aprox 1/8 -3/16 higher than the saddle.

The top is not warping or anything, I think they just set the neck wrong at the factory. If it does'nt get a re-set now, it's gonna need one way before the 25-30 year mark.

I will talk to Denny about it again.

I've seen quite a few new guitars with high saddles. "High" meaning the saddle has the strings sitting higher than the pins.

When I bought the guitar, the saddle was already below the hight of the pins, the action was a bit high, the neck a little bowed forward.

But it played ok, sounded good, and I could see by looking doun the neck, that a truss adjustment would do the trick to make it play even better. It did, but, now I've had it set up lower for jazz. It plays great, but like I say, pins are high, saddle is low.

Mabey I just need to find an authorized dealer to give the okey-dokey. If I can get it done under warranty, I'll keep it and add a pup. If not, it's for sale.

Straight edge test has it pointing into the bridge about half way between the top, and the top of the bridge.

However, after having a set up at Denny Rauen (if he's good enough for Leo Kotke, he's good enough for me) there is'nt much saddle showing, only a sliver, and that means the pins, although seated as far in as possible, sit rather high, and are uncomfortable when muting.

Rauen also adjusted the break angle by cutting some small slots from the pins towards the saddle.

edit: It seems to me, a two year old guitar aught to show more saddle than just a sliver.

I bought it new in '03

Apperently, the only fix for my 000-1 is a neck re-set: The saddle is right about down there, and the bridge pins, although seated as far in as can go, are annoying when muting with my palm.

Any experience with Martin warranty?

How's the workmanship?

Service?

Any advice.

(ha ha) I'd have to go along with this, mainly because I don't listen to a lot of music, I play it instead.

You guys can't slam 'em any harder than this?

I'm glad somebody els said that..

-JT

Originally posted by Chirpy_72 The main characteristics are the eveness of the grain, silking, tightness of grain. Bear-claw is lower down on the checklist. My D41 has a little bit o' bear-claw. I happen to prefer bear-claw. Have you seen the Andy Griffith D-18? Those mothers have so much bear-claw they look like "Quilted Spruce" ! At one point in time, bear-claw was not a desired characteristic. I think it's lovely.

Realy? did'nt we have a thread going awhile back that praised the bene's of bearclaw?..Mabey I'm dreaming..Come to think of it, I might've started the thread..Ah, forgetfulness is a sign of genius (sp?)

What about this: My 000-1 is loaded with bear-claw..?

I guess with a company that big, flukes are to be expected in both directions, high-end sounding crummy, low-end sounding great. I'd forgot about the top-gradeing.