Reviewing and Appraising a 1972 Martin D-28....How does it sound and how much is it worth?
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2020
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1970's Martin's are the best and oldest guitars you can buy right now. But they can be quirky. This week I checked over my friends 1972 D-28 to help him understand the current value and condition.
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Bought my D-28, new in 1970 (serial # 264XXX). Earned my way through college giving lessons. In ‘74 top bulged. Probably left it in a hot car once too many. Sent it back to Martin and completely re-did the guitar as an HD-28. Replaced the top, changed to a small bridge plate, scalloped bracing, herring bone binding. Sent it back to me and stamped “Custom” above the serial #. No charge to me. Guitar remains in excellent condition, Always wondered if it would be of any significant greater value.
That piece of wood just got something very special going on. What a guitar and absolutely great demo. Thank you! :)
I will speak for myself, but would imagine that I have similar sentiments to others that come to see your content.
I have a D-28 that is just a few numbers off this one. I purchased it new in 1972. (Serial number shows it was built in 71.) The bridge was in the wrong place and I played the guitar out of tune for many years. Finally sent the guitar to Bryan Kimsey. He put a new bridge in the proper location, took out the huge rosewood bridge plate and replace it with a smaller one, shaved the X braces a bit. Neck reset. My D-28 is now one of the finest sounding Martins I've ever played. Bryan took just enough off the X bracing to give it a much better sound.
Wonderful, honest, passionate review. Thanks!
I love my 1969 D18. I bought new. Yes the head stick is very rounded. Vintage 60’s look. Sound is incredible.
Love Love Love my 72 D35.... I also play a 94 810 Taylor, so I getr the difference that Jay is experiencing... keep em both!
I have a '70 D-28 that is very similar to this one except I have the original blue case, too. It was purchased for club gigs by the original owner so it has a similar set of war wounds from being rode hard and put away wet in the early days. It has always sounded great, and plays especially well since Pat DiBurro gave it the full overhaul a few years ago - neck reset, crack repairs, new pick guard, bridge relocation, etc. He also replaced the whatever-they-were-made-of nut and saddle with bone. Like you, he recommended leaving the frets original and just crowned and polished them. Thanks for this review. Your valuation seems to match the market in the northeast US.
Loved the video, man! I look forward to every video you upload, always interesting, and you can see how passionate you are. Definitely inspires me, and I'm sure lots of other people too. Stay safe!
My 1984 D28 that I got via in-factory connections, still has the non-adjustable truss rod. Will never be separated from it.
I bought my D28 new in 1972. Still love it!
Enjoy your videos very informative thanks for posting
Sounds heavenly! At
I've reset 18 necks from late 1800s-early 1900s, and a couple mandos. Only one guitar and one mando I actually had to pull the neck. I've never seen anyone else do this: I heat a moist dish towel under the neck that's strapped to the table, this puts moisture into the neck - specifically under the bent area; I pull the neck down to a backbow with clamps until I measure the right backbow (takes a day or two). Once released, I let it dry out, then simply oil the neck and re-string it. Voila - neck has proper backbow with nothing on the guitar pulled off/cut/re-glued etc. Keeps it all original. Of course many things to be careful of (especially glued joints and messing up neck finish). It's worked for me and I've made horrible guitars and mandos actually playable again! I wonder why luthiers go right to re-sets and don't simply bend the neck back to straight...
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I have an early 72 D-28 that I recently purchased from Elderly. It's beaten up but sounds and plays amazing. I played several models from the 40s to the 60s and wanted them to sound like the one I have. It has its quirks but the things it does well make it jump back in my hand all day long. It was $2,500 but had over $1,000 in wok done to it to get it where it plays like butter and rings like a bell all the way up the neck. I think it's my most emotive acoustic.
I have a ‘72 Martin 000 custom. Original case. Binding on headstock loose. Cool guitar purchased from television celebrity estate in 1994.
couple things I didn't hear mentioned are a) the 70's labour dispute where there was sabbotaging of the bridge position (which affects intonation) which I believe ended '71.. b) the blue thermoplastic cases twisting/warping. My '72 D-28 seems to be fine for the bridge position, but need to check again, but the thermoplastic case I stopped using (tho still have it) because it's started to deform and the clasps no longer completely line up...
In October 2021 I played a 1972 D-28 at Emerald City Guitars in Seattle. It had just had a neck reset and was for sale at $2,750. I didn't give it a microscopic look like Jeremy did but it seemed cleaner than the one in the video. According to this video, looks like it was fairly priced. Maybe I should have bought it.
Beautiful playing I bought one today. Sounds incredible. thirty two hundred .