Yep, yellow toner is such a shame.

Thanks David!

Taylor is great as long as your not playing hard driving acoustic bluegrass then you might not hear it if you are martin copys all of them are ĝreat except they all cost more and still don't have that Martin Sound that all the copys are still trying to get to this day.Guild acoustic dreadnought guitars in my opinion are a very good choice. TAYLOR great intonation great sound but not a Martin that's for sure.Don't see any Taylor's on a Bluegrass stage. Might see a bourgeois guitar or a Collins even Blueridge

Great choice Charles! Couldn't agree more.

Thanks Alfred!

yes, really! :-)

A bit of both!

@@thefellowshipofacoustics Hi I spent this afternoon with a chap called Pat - who plays great Dobro - you know him I believe. he sends regards,

Exactly :)

Hard to compare Martin against Martin. When you do you have to put the same stri gs on both use the same pick and not have one with scalloped bracing .they have to be the same and set up the same.any minor adjustments o. An acoustic will get you a whole new sound most of the time.put your strings a little higher and you will get more volume,On. A Martin you will anyway and a harder pick 1m you'll get volume.apick is alot of sound and every single pick will make your guitar sound different. So these comparisons are not always true.its pretty much a fact that older wood sounds better but if you using wrong pick you could end up sounding like an ovation with that nice fiberglass tone that they have that must be good for something..plastic guitars are ok,but....

Haha, perhaps you can convince them Harry! Lovely idea.

@@thefellowshipofacoustics During the concert you both can promote different kind of guitars and let the audience during the pause talk about what they like most ... I think there are also more players in the house that may stand up to show their individual skills or together with the both of you.

We're still here! ;)

@@thefellowshipofacoustics But I am not still there :-( I am back in the USA I was lucky to visit NL many times and it is one of the most beautiful countries I ever visited. I was absolutely impressed that every Dutch person I met spoke English as well as I do.

@@dodgermartin4895 Can't help it, they teach it at school! Thanks

Their might have also been more old growth available back then.

There is zero science behind that logic.

We sure try to! Thanks for watching ;)

Exactly Keith! Thanks for sharing :)

So do we!

Thanks! We used these: www.tfoa.eu/en/martin-ma540fx-light-12-54-tommys-choice.html

True indeed! But we thought the comparison would be cool with a standard, as the '52 was standard at the time as well.

@@thefellowshipofacoustics It is a very cool vid regardless....keep it up

I'm guessing they will! I've got no clue what a 50's (or pre-war for that matter) '18 sounded like when it was first strung up.

@@thefellowshipofacoustics True. Nor do I!

Absolutely both!

That's a very good point! I wonder if in 60 years we can say the same about 2020 and if our new guitars now, will be just as good as vintage is now :)

@@thefellowshipofacoustics Who knows, but I suspect that with all the mass produced stuff from China, Indonesia etc that will be plenty of junk around as well lol.

@@neverenoughguitars8276 History will always repeat itself ;)

Sometimes the cheap guitars of the day became better with age too. I just finished a major restoration project on a 1963 Epiphone FT30 Cabellero. It is a small body ladder braced, all mahogany guitar, Epi's copy of the LGO. She does not have a deep bass end but her mids and higher range are crisp and clear and ring on for 30 seconds or more. She projects beautifully into a microphone and records really well. Not expensive even today for a vintage guitar but in her day she was originally maybe

There weren't many bad guitars from that era. Trust me I know because I'm an old man. Having said that, My 2005 D18 authentic is one of the best guitars I've ever owned and I have owned hundreds. A 1952 would have a rosewood board and bridge.

Haha what a great song to start off with Dale! Thanks for sharing ;)

@@thefellowshipofacoustics I forgot to say I use to play it on my 1937 Martin 0-17 that I bought for $20 back in 1968

@@bastardsonofretkillr Holy cow what a steal! You couldn't get a better guitar for the money

@@thefellowshipofacoustics I know when I bought it I didn’t know what I had

I just down loaded a photo of my 1937 MARTIN 0-17 Adirondack bracing and solid Mahogany top back and side Brazilian rosewood bridge and Fingerboard that’s me 1973 playing the Martin 0-17

Forward shifted bracing on new one not scalloped. I believe scalloped bracing comes only on herringbone model M artins.Hd 28s we're the bluegrass guitar,still are with scalloped bracing.almost all guitars with scalloped bracing have the herringbone trim,that use to be how you could tell the difference.im sure things have changed in this new digitech world.Also martins use to h a very a lifetime guarantee on necks ever since they have this adjustable neck,no more guarantee ,what's up with that? Because to put adjustable truss rod in any guitar you have to route out more of the neck to let truss rod move.all Martins pre 80s were guaranteed for life,all the ones that didn't have an adjustable truss rod.Now they are adjustable with no guarantee.ill stick with the old technology it worked for over 100 years.Thats why the older ones are better,adjustable necks can only be adjusted so far and then you will need a neck reset also.all handmade dreadnought will eventually need a neck reset, there are exceptions but for the most part..I have a 56 that never had a neck reset .I have a 77 that's needed two.but 70s Martins should be left on the shelf and sent back to Martin .something was wrong in 70s they were making what ovation called 2nds only you didn't get that "2nd" price on Martins.I think all 70s Martins had to be worked on before they made the 80s.Anyways I was always told by Martin players that the70s were rough time for Martin

@@robertflagg2461 This is false. All D18 since 2012 are scalloped bracing.

There is a HUGE sound difference between mahogany and rosewood back and side guitars !!!

It’s interesting though. I saw a study done that tested players of various skill levels playing a bunch of different guitars. Their ability to discern the differences between tone woods on the back and sides was nearly zero.

Both same picks!

Yessir! Both new Martin 0.12 SP's ;)

Would have been interesting to hear them with medium strings (13-56). Also, the 1952 should have rosewood fingerboard/bridge since that change was made around 1947.

You can't put brakes on progress!

Hmmm officialy it would be classified as vintage :)

I'm afraid we're gonna have to keep Adrian, but you can take the guitar!

Probably just very dark rosewood :)

Then you'll end up with empty hands I'm afraid.

Exactly! I'm so curious to what new D18's, especially the re-imagined line, will sound like in 50+ years.

Graag gedaan!

And from old SA boetie living in Panama... Baie dankie - ek verkies die nuwe een

from NYC.....screw you!!

:P

The wood dries up with ageing

Exactly!

Haha perhaps Craig, it's tough to say! Only time will tell ;)