So generous to share his knowledge freely like this! What a guy! His Mum says (in his biography) he talked pretty much non-stop from babyhood! Keep talking and keep singing and playing, Steve! We are still listening and loving it!

That M-21 Steve Earle signature guitar sounds wonderful.....would love to see Martin make the M-21, M-18, and OM-18 more available without having to custom order. Thanks for doing this series, Steve. These guitars are fantastic and it's great to see them and hear them

Thank you for sharing your knowledge on these ‘off the wall’ Martins, Steve. I am a picker up in Calgary and an opportunity to purchase an M-21 SE has presented itself. This model is extremely rare up here in Canada and the seller is making a special stop on his drive from Vancouver to Fort McMurray to allow me to play the guitar before committing to buy it. (Apparently this fellow has attended Camp Copperhead, which is a dream of mine as well.) As a longtime fan of yours I can hardly wait to try it out! 🙏🏻🤗

Steve, we're all so blessed you made it through to the other side. Keep up the great vids!

great picker ,singer ,song writer and now guitar nerd ladies and gentlemen i give you steve earle !!!

Thanks for this one. I bought my first good guitar- a Gurian JR at Matt Umanov’s in 1975 or 76 (it’s a bit of a blur), so I appreciate the stories about that store. I did, after adding several Taylors, and making my own guitar, finally buy my first Martin a few months ago- a “standard series reimagined” M-36. While not having the cachet of yours, it sounds very similar to the M-21, and is a joy to play. It is great to have the history to go with the guitar.

Excellent & Thank You.

Super interesting - thanks for sharing with us!

Wow what a great sound!

I’ve got #70 of the signature M-21’s. Love it. Thank you Steve for sharing.

Great, simply great video. Your love of guitars and the music they make shows. Thanks!

I am really enjoying this series. Thanks for sharing this information and playing.

Thanks Steve. ⚓️

Legend!

This is SO lovely! I hate how it happens that I listen to several Guitar Town series back to back and forget to hit the like button on each one. (I did do that here) I love too, like Mairi Ann Cullen below, the conversational way Steve shares his appreciation for these instruments. Also in concert how we hear stories of his life... makes us fans feel like he's a friend.

Really enjoy these videos, thanks a lot and keep ‘em comin’. I’m not a player but am a connoisseur of your music. The breadth of your knowledge of guitars is amazing; thanks for sharing and helping us get thru this crisis!

My go to guitar is an M-36. Love that thing. It almost plays itself and can bark like a Dread when you need it to.

Thanks so much Steve/ you have influenced my guitar playing so much and I love the honesty and genuine love of the guitars and your music you convey in these videos You come across totally real and the books behind you portray an intelligence behind a certain cool vibe in I totally dig. Biggest things I’ve learned from you over the years (guitar nerds tune in now!) 1. That drop d capo trick with capoing only the bottom 5 strings thingy 2. Bee sting thump picks Thanks again so much for all you do Paul Brogan, Isle of Bute Scotland

Sounds GOOD!!!!!!!!! Sounds real dueling Banjo style. WOuld sound great in Copper head Road.

Thank you. All the best.

The great Earle sound with this Martin!

I got myself a custom M guitar back in 2010 due to Steve's influence. Mine isn't much different! M size, Indian rosewood back/sides/bridge, ebony fretboard, same Italian Alpine spruce top. Mine is sunburst. I also kept the 36 stylings, so bound neck/etc; I added a bound headstock (no idea why) and swapped to a 1-3/4" nut, 2-1/4" at the bridge modified low-oval neck. Still the same forward-shifted 5/16" bracing. I don't think I'll ever sell it. Might as well have just gotten a Steve Earle M-21, though.

That's one hell of a shirt, I like the message and would have to pick one up if I ever came across one like it.

love him

Nice 001 Steve Earl M-21 model. Gonna look for 1! Thanks for the Martin Education Steve! I've got more than a few 70's Martins.

M-21 Steve Earle signature is my dream guitar!

Our Glasses match....

Nice watch. Hope you are dong great! Great musician for sure.

Hi Steve. Thank you again for passing on the knowledge and sharing some of your guitar collection. I want to find a Martin to play but my talent does not warrant buying one for myself. One request, can you try to turn up the volume on your recordings so we can hear you as you move about. There are time when I can't make out everything you are saying. Thanks and be well. M

Hi Steve, enjoying the series from Orange County, NY. Go Yankees. Cheers!

The King

I remember thinking as a kid that Steve Earle’s number of marriages was so impressive and for the life of me couldn’t see what those ladies did😂 Needless to say his music has been a constant solid thing and I always knew it was a cool thing to like Nirvanas Bleach and Steve Earle since the rebellious thing was there in both.

Eagerly waiting for the Gibson episodes!

I'd be more than happy to play that guitar for a while.

😃

The racing strip neck inlay makes the neck look wider than normal. Optical illusion?

Most of my guitars are Fenders but I do have a Martian guitar that I cherishes that was my dad's it a D-28, love your music brother

I got mine @Wal Mart...whered u get yours. 🤓

That Martin archtop neck almost looks like train tracks. Has a big sound for a guitar that seems sort of on the thinner side. Guessing that’s from the neck. Wish I could have picked up one of those M21’s.

Thanks

Does anyone know how many M-21 Steve Earle signature guitars were made with a sunburst finish?

My 1952 D-28 was stolen 2 years ago. One of the worst days of my life.

Steve, here’s my guess. You have the C F Martin Co. You have C and F size archtops. You convert a F size to a flattop. The next letter is M for Martin. That’s how they got the M.

HOW IS IAN DOING I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIM IN NASHVILLE

Great video. Very cool to hear some of the history behind the M/0000 Martins. I have a 1987 M-18 and it needed some major work, but is one of my all time favorite guitars. Kind of a weird statistic, between your ‘85 M-18 and my ‘87 M-18, the two of us own almost 1/50th of the entire run of M-18’s...😆.

Anyone know the same of the song he is playing?

Steve, who did the conversion for you? Did they get the parts from Martin?

what are the back and side wood on the Steve Earle M-21?

December 3, 2023 For 'Our' beautiful brilliant Ultra Great Ultra Badass Warrior Archangel of Justice with Mystic Vision Courage Steve Earle Schadenfreude They laugh when you're on the ground in agony you sing like an angel but they only hear the sound of envy if you're hungry they laugh that much harder after you sang them a feast and annihilated the beast envy not money is the root of all evil but they heard your voice being envious they had no choice but to laugh when you were on the ground in agony though you flew here to save them cause they've swallowed so deep of envy they will not sleep cause ugly secrets they keep where once God saw a soul and so they have no grace of their own they've seen your angel face they laugh deep in that ugly place where they hide their sin forever in the garbage bin of envy All would envy Shawn Colvin beautiful for life and when they let their envy go then she shows her soul where beauty lives forever she 'knows' she 'knows' she comes and goes she's a vessel all would envy she waits for them to let go then she lets them row my beauty my grace your angel face they will row you home once more to that heavenly far shore with me at the helm and you on the bow we have found our way Home end Kisses for my beloved eternal soul my infinitely beautiful graceful wise and good Shawn Colvin. Kisses. Michelle

Gibson Celebrity 1985/6 please. I know you like them but do you still have it? Thanks

todd snider rules

Pretty great bones. What a power house for conversion . I’ve got a late 20’s, early 30’s Vega Cylinder f-hole 16” that has that kind of zing. Not anything like an archtop and reacts similarly to only what has never existed-a 30’s maple Martin 000. Sounds just jumps off and sustains for ............whether finger or flatpicked it’s a beast with a neck you have to wrestle a bit. Makes you fight a bit more but always rewards and sounds great in open C.

C. F. M(artin)?

"M" ... Modified?

anybody else have trouble hearing this?

Why does a neck have a lot to do with the way a guitar sounds?

It must be great owning all those beautiful guitars. Have you tried telling your face?

Been waiting for you to get the audio right. Still waiting.

I really like what you were doing with this series, but it would probably help the sound tremendously if you would put an extra mic on a guitar and then use the other Mic for your voice. The overall sound is kind of amateur sounding.