Thank you for your personal analysis, helpful info. 🙂👍

I agree...I have many guitars...this one is perfect!

Now, if one store has it , try the 000 15 sm and i promise it will knock you off the chair straight away again😉

$1299 and worth it.

His picking is very different then what Paul played originally, but still he sounds awesome. But check out Paul's picking technique for Blackbird, Justin Guitar has a good explanation and Beatles Vocal Harmony

...and Jackson C Frank to boot! Clearly a man of taste! :)

Ya great guitar player.....

Not meant to be slammed on. Fingerstyle baby

Ha, indeed! Although it's still depression era pricing by Martin standards 😂

@@wilsonguitars2724 it is a lovely looking guitar

before china making cheap stuff, instruments used to be pricey but very good quality. Like the ES 335 they were ~200 bucks, which is actually the roughly the same price in todays money (~3K)

Inflation exists

More bling doesn’t improve the quality of a musical instrument. The best violins on the market have designs centuries old. And compared to one of these very well made and sounding acoustics are not exactly overpriced.

Same here !!!

Have you picked one yet?

I got the G-45 as well and I’m thinking about the same deal this Christmas!! Haha.

Hey man! Did ya get one for Christmas this year 😁

G45 is loud when fingerpicked but 00015m is way more complex and round, warm and sexy sound

Do you find the 1 11/16 width nut too narrow for fingerstyle? I prefer 1 3/4. Not sure why martin didn't do that

@@sasquatchlife8836 1 3/4 would be better for fingerstyle no doubt, personally I'm used to 1 11/16 on my other guitars so no real issue with it.

I bought this model guitar around 10 years ago while visiting the Martin guitar factory in Pennsylvania. They charged me about $900. Price has gone up since then. This model guitar was basically unknown back then. Now it has a decent following. It deserves the recognition since it sounds so good.

@@sasquatchlife8836 Thanks for mentioning nut width. I need a smaller nut width so this guitar would be good for me. 5 ft. tall, small hands. I’m glad Martin makes more than 1 nut width!

If they were not a mahogany family substitute such as sapele or silo you may feel better about paying 1500 for your “ mahogany “ guitar. Buy the sapele version for 899!

@@Pikearea I agree completely.

How’s it going so far? Worth the purchase?

How’s it going so far? Worth the purchase?

000 15 sm is the right to go, wider nut

Been thinking about getting one, is it worth the money?

@@leonchalita2169 I got mine used but mint for £1000. I think it’s worth every penny, I did have a top end Taylor some years ago BUT prefer this by a mile. This plays any style & sounds beautiful. Hard to walk past it without playing it.

@@col145 I’m sold lmao

how is your gs mini, and compared to the martin?

@@ttvklu I love the mini, have no complaints whatsoever. Sound wise, it's just as loud as the 00015. The Martin has a warmer, more mellow tone, just enough bass without it being overpowering. So much fun to play. Only prob with the 00015 is that it's opened my eyes to the world of Martin guitars. Kinda want a D18 or OM28 now lol

@@one11won what sounds better between the two?

@@leonchalita2169 GS Mini's brighter/louder. 00015 sounds more mellow/warmer. After having it for a year, I lean towards 00015. Easily the best sounding guitar I've ever owned. No regrets whatsoever.

I’ve played both. Minis sound is just less, all round. & it’s quite clear. I also left with the Martin 00015m

I just got this like 4 days ago..i think its incredible...best sounding guitar i have ever owned.

@@joebloggs8636 which did you get?

I picked that up too. That is indeed a Bert Jansch song - Needle of Death.

The SM is also a 12-fret neck joint. You lose a little upper fret access (which is rarely needed if you aren’t playing a cutaway anyway) but it moves the bridge closer to the middle between the sound hole and the end block, so it moves the top better and generally has more projection, and a different tonal balance.

@@ZacCostilla That was my main sticking point. I opted for the SM in the end. My only regret is that I wish it was loud enough to play on the street with my folk band. So I still use my Breedlove dreadnought for that.

It's a thin finish for sure, I but belt buckle rash in mine very easily, but its not something that bothers me personally.

True! I bought mine beginning of November. Got COVID and lost my smell around Thanksgiving. Just today I’ve been able to smell this beautiful guitar again! 2021 is looking up!

@@rockhopper01 😳 Glad your sense of smell has come back... Enjoy your new guitare (got a Tonewood Amp for Christmas and it just sounds a-MAZ-ing on it! 😍)

Yes the smell!! Often forgotten best part. Even my Mexico built DRS1 (Sapele) had that insanely sweet aroma as did my 000-18 that you’re talking about, I can only imagine the smell of the 000-15m. I really want another mahogany 000 someday.

It's true, it really does smell of chocolate, it's the first thing I noticed when I bought mine used about four years ago. Gibsons have a lovely smell too, but not chocolate

Mine came with hole drilled for it, the button was in an envelope in the case

@@rockhopper01 i love how people ask questions..you answered...and no reply back....normal now.

Damn they should compensate you for the fuck up

Hi Peter. It's "Blackbird" by the Beatles. Thanks for watching!

Off course it is! Thank you so much

You could buy a D15, its bigger and fuller. However, as far as im concerned mahogany isnt the king of projection.

if you want loud, then you want the dreadnought version, which is the D-15m. Got mine in 2011. You won't go wrong.

Hi, Martin standard 12 gauge strings, thanks for watching

I agree about the strings, use the 11's on mine.

Does no one use 12’s these days?

Hey I agree on the Elixir strings. I have several Martin guitars and the difference with the Elixirs is pretty amazing

@@tsega60 I use 12s!

Just got mine literally 4 days ago...action is perfect..i was surprised...but happy..love this thing.

Bert Jansch - Needle of Death

@@GiliamDokter Wow, thank you so much! I knew I've heard it before.

Hi Cathleen, I always tend to use Martin standard 12s

Mahogany makes a dreadnought sound very thick, I find that a smaller body keeps the bass and the volume in check. A mahogany OM have the warmth a spruce top dreadnought have it in my opinion, while being a more comfortable guitar to play.

@@jwebb6352 out of the ones he mentioned? the 000, it has a full size scale and has a medium sized body. Absolutely great guitar.

Were they in need of a set-up intonation wise or to get the action where you wanted it? To me if the saddle was that "low" after the set-up then the action had to be pretty low (which I prefer anyway) to begin with. If a luthier did a set-up on both to me that would mean dressing the frets, maybe some truss rod adjustments, and perhaps sanding the saddle and (sometimes even the nut). I may be overlooking some other things. That would still be the main things that would be addressed. Well, the Martin 000-15 StreetMaster which to my understanding is the same as the 000 model you mentioned having (except for the difference in finish and not having a pick guard) so it should not have an adjustable truss rod either as the street master OOO does not. With that in mind I'm thinking that a neck reset which is a major undertaking should not have been needed to account for the height of the saddle. The only way a saddle is going to become lower is to sand from the bottom of it. Why not just buy a new saddle and if you want it lower just sand a bit from the bottom without getting too carried away which sounds like your luthier might have mistakingly done. I'm sure you had to pay that luthier quite a chunk of change and it just makes me wonder why someone would do this to a customers guitar and then turn around and recommend a neck reset which would do absolutely nothing for the saddle and may allow for a steeper angle for the neck in relation to the body of the guitar and allow for such a lower saddle height. Couldn't that screw up the intonation? Again, I'm not criticizing at all. I'm just trying to understand what you said occured in your comment and why it happened.

@@hambone2740 What I mean is the action on them new was so high that even after a setup the action was still high and no more saddle left to drop. Basically needed the neck reset straight from the factory. My luthier actually recommended I get rid of it and try for a "third times a charm" approach because the action was so high. But aside from the neck needing reset I really liked the guitar a lot and I took a risk and said screw it I'll sink money into it and at least it will be what I want in the long run and be a really great guitar hopefully. He did the normal setup first which obviously wasn't enough and then he did the neck reset and took off the price of the setup for me. The first D15 I got rid of for the exact same reason. But I still have the 000 and its a nice guitar now after all that money sunk into it. And yes my D15 and the 000 has adjustable truss rods so maybe the streetmasters are a bit different, I'm not sure haven't had one of those.

Uhhhh...do ya think THAT may be the reason Sherlock.