Great point.

Ron H. Abilene, TX

@@ZynDiesel ?????? 😊

So are Korean cheerleaders.😅❤

JP LOVES HATES LOVES Martins

@@jasper_north You are 100% correct. He loves a Martin, so long as it's a good one that has withstood the test. I'm not very crazy about the newer Martin's either ( or Taylor for that matter ) because they're way over-priced for what ya get right out of the box, so to speak. Sure, because of the "Martin" name, they will always hold a higher resale value.......but there are literally dozens of alternatives that cost less, and absolutely smoke the newer Martin's. In the past 8 months, I went crazy buying four different acoustic's from Hsienmo Guitars......and all are from their custom shop. I'll put em up against "almost" anything else costing 5 times as much. ( As great as they are, they fall short when comparing to a top shelf Boucher, for example. But hell, Boucher is perhaps the finest acoustic guitar being produced currently. ) I bought my first Hsienmo, and was SO blown away, I bought 3 more. I have yet to find a single negative review about Hsienmo acoustic guitars. Hsienmo not only builds no more than 400 acoustic's a year ( that's not very many......owner/founder Li Chen told me so personally, via an email ) ..........but they don't even offer "a cheap guitar" at all. Their base models start at $900, and go up from there, depending on options such as high-end tone woods & fancy binding/purfling/inlays, etc. Even their $900 base models sound superb. Personally, I believe they are one of the very best values in the industry right now. One thing is for sure: we are definitely living in the golden age of acoustic guitars, with so many fantastic builders right now. Cheers.

Honestly I think it sounds worse than most upper end production martins. Of course there is the internet factor and recording methodology but man, this is thoroughly unimpressive to listen to.

Martin makes amazing guitars, but this is simply untrue. Having handled probably close to a 1000 I assure you there are differences. Perhaps not to the the average player, but when you’re talking about pre-war Martins there’s a significant difference.

« Sound just as good »?? Seems you never played a ‘30’s or ‘40s Martin, or alternatively, need a new pair of ears.

I've been playing the guitar for over 50 years, and in my experience the age of a Martin (prewar or not) isn't a guaranteed guide as to how it will sound. I've owned several Martins, including two 1930s examples (at a time when they were just regarded as affordable secondhand guitars) and played many. Wood varies - density and stiffness for example. The D-45 here doesn't sound exceptional to me, perhaps because it's a recording on KZfaq, maybe not. I await the flak I'm going to get.....:-)

Please stop talking about things you know nothing about. Lament will never ever sound like a solid body guitar.

Gam. I guess any criticism of old Martin guitars is now blasfumy or disinformation. I guess I offended the guitar god retail establishment. New strings and good new guitar construction trumps all these vintage myths.

I was gonna suggest David Grier but Mark would do just fine.

I believe I heard a bit of Deep River Blues at the first.

In the $500,000 range. Gruhn sold one not quite as clean for $350,000 a few years back.

That would be "2"...... 2 much for me

@@ryanjamesmcguire " a mirror bag of shells " LOL

I’d say 300k

Don't quit your day job just yet Eddie Murphy...

Who is Eddie Murphy ??

@@ItsRael108 What are you, twelve?

@@mattrogers1946 L🙂L

However back in 77 I was 12years old

And yet the video debuted only a week ago. Odd.

@@markstevens1729 I know - I'm confused...

1. “Hillbilly music” is a blanket term used to describe a wide variety of genres including country, western, gospel, cowboy, etc. Much of this developed in the west, as well as the south. 2. Correct. Bob had many influences. 3. Bob was born in Kosse, TX and didn’t make it to Turkey until his early teenage years after several moves with his family. Rather than list every place his family ever lived, I decided to focus on Tulsa- the home of the Playboys and where Bob called home during his most prominent years. 4. Nobody is arguing this. 5. I suppose “wildly popular” is a relative term. While they still drew crowds in the early 50s, their popularity by 1956 was quickly dwindling by all accounts. Bob was under huge financial strain and was no longer the superstar he was during the Tommy Duncan era. Maybe just try to enjoy the story of this once in a lifetime instrument. We clearly both love Bob, I don’t think there’s much sense in quibbling over minutiae.

@@TylerECG "Hillbilly" music refers specifically to music made in the Appalachian mountains, best exemplified by the Carter Family and the Stanley Brothers. Bob would certainly have plugged your piehole for referring to his music as "hillbilly". Western music is almost exclusively written on Tin Pan Alley for the westerns that became popular when soundies came along. They're all part of the fantasy creation myth of the American cowboy in Hollywood films. The Sons of the Pioneers, the Carter Family of Western music, were essentially the background singers for Roy Rogers' music breaks. "Country & Western" is all about marketing; they couldn't be any more different.

@@TylerECG with something like this you’ve ventured way too close to bluegrass to avoid quibbling minutiae

@@williamhedrick5950 I disagree fully. Thanks for watching!

@@andycunningham3303 Hahahaha, I should know better by now!

That's "Jimmie" by the way, not Jimmy. See how easy it is to slip up a bit? Now imagine having to make a 20 minute video full of information, not just string together a couple sentences in a comment. My intent at 1:56 was to reference early newsreels featuring notable artists of the time, as well as a number of short films such as "The Singing Brakeman;" a very popular 1929 film starring Jimmie Rodgers. Calling it TV was a slip of the tongue. Glad you enjoyed the video.

And?

Well as we know, the US didn't declare war until the middle of December '41. Because of this, virtually all of 1941 was prewar for us, our economy, and the supply chains that supported our domestic manufacturing. Wartime regulations on timber and metal notably altered the way American guitars (Martin included) were made during that time. It's because of these changes that, when dealing with US made instruments, '41 is considered prewar and '42 is considered wartime. I'm sure Japan, Italy, and Germany have similar discrepancies in their terminology. Thanks for watching!

@@TylerECG I'm not even going to bother.

​@@dominicgibson9529Why not? Because he's right?🤔

​@@TylerECGExactly!

@@mattrogers1946 fuck me you still banging on about this. Believe it or not I didn’t reply because a) I KNOW I’m right, and, b) I’ve not really been remotely bothered by this. As per usual it’s the American penchant for “arranging” history in such a way as it suits them…been done for generations, still being done, and will continue to be done.

I didn’t want to be critical, but it sounded to me like it had a pillow inside, kinda killing the sound. Maybe it’s the recording? Sounded lifeless to me, but I say that very humbly.

@@johnmancuso5863 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNGXq6R2r5qvn3U.html&ab_channel=WOODMANGUITAR kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbmhl8KqvtzHZIk.html&ab_channel=NormansRareGuitars 1941 sounds humbly ?

And?

Sour grapes much? 😂

Sure you think so....