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NGD Got my mahogany guitar
Posted on 4/22/22 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 4/22/22 at 8:21 pm
I played a lot of different models but this one just kept coming back to me.
Martin D18 Golden Era Ambertone
Martin D18 Golden Era Ambertone
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Posted on 4/22/22 at 8:48 pm to SidewalkTiger
She’s a beauty.
Those Ambertones are awesome.
A guitar for a lifetime.
Thanks for sharing.
Those Ambertones are awesome.
A guitar for a lifetime.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 4/22/22 at 8:55 pm to Nicky Parrish
I love Ambertones, I had an ambertone D28 for awhile last year but I never fell in love with its sound.
Always thought I was a rosewood fan and never even tried mahogany until recently playing a D18 Golden Era and realizing all of my assumptions were wrong.
Always thought I was a rosewood fan and never even tried mahogany until recently playing a D18 Golden Era and realizing all of my assumptions were wrong.
Posted on 4/22/22 at 10:29 pm to SidewalkTiger
Mighty pretty
Posted on 4/23/22 at 3:56 am to SidewalkTiger
Beautiful.
Did you get any free strings with it?
Seriously though, I guess you are the type of picker that wants a certain sound. I'm not that way. Different guitars bring out different grooves or moods for me, and I will play and sing the same thing, in a different way on different guitars. I don't know if that's good or bad, and it drives my friends crazy. " I thought we wuz doin it this way!" That's always a positive.
Did you get any free strings with it?
Seriously though, I guess you are the type of picker that wants a certain sound. I'm not that way. Different guitars bring out different grooves or moods for me, and I will play and sing the same thing, in a different way on different guitars. I don't know if that's good or bad, and it drives my friends crazy. " I thought we wuz doin it this way!" That's always a positive.
This post was edited on 4/23/22 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 4/23/22 at 12:13 pm to SidewalkTiger
Congrats on the new guitar! Looks fantastic.
Posted on 4/23/22 at 4:21 pm to Stan Switek
Awesome. One of those in a 000-28 almost talked me out of my 000-28ec. Great looking.
Posted on 4/23/22 at 5:33 pm to LSU alum wannabe
If it was low gloss finish, it'd be perfect.
That's the only negative for me with ambertone, shows up fingerprints and smudges.
That's the only negative for me with ambertone, shows up fingerprints and smudges.
Posted on 4/23/22 at 5:36 pm to auggie
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Beautiful.
Did you get any free strings with it?
Seriously though, I guess you are the type of picker that wants a certain sound. I'm not that way. Different guitars bring out different grooves or moods for me, and I will play and sing the same thing, in a different way on different guitars. I don't know if that's good or bad, and it drives my friends crazy. " I thought we wuz doin it this way!" That's always a positive.
Actually did
Yeah, like I said, I've always been a rosewood/spruce "D28" style guy but I played a D18 Golden Era in a shop awhile back and it just felt and sounded "right" to me.
I love the chunky neck (a major turn off for a lot of people) and the tone. The tone of a Golden Era seems better to me than of a standard D18.
I would've purchased the one I played that day but I figured if I was going to spend that kind of money, I should spend a little more and get an ambertone since it's my favorite Martin finish.
Apparently these are quite rare, this is the only one I could find for sale in the entire country on Facebook Marketplace/Reverb.
Posted on 4/23/22 at 5:46 pm to SidewalkTiger
Yeah man, I know you spent some cash for that one, I think they only build a few of those. Congrats on that. Keep it the rest of your life, even if you get tired of it sometimes, when you come back to it, it's like falling in love all over again.
Posted on 4/23/22 at 6:05 pm to SidewalkTiger
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I love the chunky neck (a major turn off for a lot of people) and the tone.
This is my way of thinking: Are you a fast player? Where it's about how many notes you can crowd in? Or are you all about tone?
Thicker, heavier necks, work like a muzzle brake on a rifle barrel and keep vibration and energy in the right place. It may not make your first note any better, but it's all about following notes. In the case of an acoustic guitar, you want all of that vibration in the body. That's where the sound comes from, and not to mention, when that neck is solid, you will hit all of your notes cleaner.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 10:01 am to auggie
Yeah, I definitely like a chunkier neck.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 2:22 pm to SidewalkTiger
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That's the only negative for me with ambertone, shows up fingerprints and smudges.
Wipe it down you filthy animal. Problem solved.
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