Schlagwort-Archive: Martin

Martin dreadnoughts, why so many?

Martin dreadnought acoustic guitars come in many versions. If we just focus on their USA build guitars, Martin presently offers over 30 different versions of their dreadnought guitar. Why so many? A dreadnought is a dreadnought, right? Well, as it turns out that is not the case. there are serious differences between how these the Martin dreadnoughts sound.

The revival of the slope shoulder dreadnought guitar

The slope shoulder dreadnought is like a phoenix rising. They were first introduced decades ago, then they became a bit obscure. But now they are back, the slope shoulder dreadnought guitar is doing a magical revival. And for good reasons. But unlike the past where most slope shoulder D’s were almost exclusively Gibsons, now there are a variety of builders who offer a slope shoulder D.