Martin D-18GE Ambertone

[gplayer]

Picked this up to compliment my HD-28. Sweet playing guitar.

[KRamone27]

Happy New Guitar Day!

[GattonFan]

Very nice! Congrats on your acquisition.
Dennis

[dubtrub]

Picked this up to compliment my HD-28. Sweet playing guitar.

And a nice compliment I might add.

[Veenture]

Very Nice gplayer...A Martin is at the lonely top of acoustics, right? Educate me please on the strings; are they nylon or metal or hybrid (whatever that may mean)

[JimPage]

Hey, gplayer--

Beautiful guitar!!! Mahogany backed?

I love the shaded-topped (as they call sunbursts) Martins.

--JIm

[Sarah93003]

Beautiful guitar! I'll bet she sounds sweet!

[gplayer]

Thanks all. I've been getting more into acoustic playing lately, since I don't jam with others, anymore
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Paul, it has Phosphorous bronze coated steel strings.

Jim, it has an adirondack spruce top with mahogany back & sides. It really has a great sound and feel to it.

[Veenture]

Paul, it has Phosphorous bronze coated steel strings.

Aha, thanks... I bet they sound terrific gplayer, would you say the acoustic guitar (with said phosphorous bronze coated steel strings) is harder to play than an electric (Mosrite, Fender, Hallmark, etc.)? A friend of mine has an acoustic (with the metal strings) and having played on it myself, found it very tiring after a while -but then his is not a Martin...

[gplayer]

The Martin dreads come with 13-56 strings (med. gauge) If you're not use to them they can kill you fingers.
When I first got my HD-28, I switched to 11 1/2- 54 strings. then I moved up to 12-54 strings. Now the mediums don't bother me, anymore. A good setup is essential, as well. My fingers are pretty tough, now.

When I go back to my electrics it's almost comical how easy they are to play. The Martins just have a great sound. You hear all those old folk & mellow rock songs from the past, ringing in your head, when you play them.