Martin 1937 D-18 Authentic vs Two Original 1937 D-18's! *D-18 Week* | Nick Brightwell presents
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- Опубликовано: 24 сен 2024
- Which D-18 is your favorite? which tone do you like the most? Let us know!
Here's a rare opportunity to hear two original D-18s from 1937 compared to a 2010 Martin D-18 1937 Authentic.
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1937 Martin D-18 Serial #66727 (New Stock)
(replaced bridge by TJ Thompson)
1937 Martin D-18 Serial #66730
(side crack repaired, refinished, replaced bridge)
1937 D-18 Specs:
Adirondack Spruce top
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Scalloped braces
Mahogany back and sides
Tortoiseshell celluloid binding
Belly Bridge Long Saddle
Tortoiseshell Celluloid Pickguard
14 fret neck
Open back Grover tuners
25.4 Scale length
2010 Martin D-18 Authentic Serial #1248076
(New fret wire, K&K pickup)
The Authentic Series:
The model first appeared with a handful of guitars produced in 2005. There were some small changes in production in the latter years before the model was retired in 2012. The earlier models are the most revered. There is plenty of discussion on this that can be found online in forums and reviews.
A great replica of a '37 guitar, the Martin D-18 Authentic 1937 features an Adirondack spruce top, mahogany back and sides, T-Bar neck reinforcement, and a ‘37 profile mahogany neck. Period-accurate features include scalloped Adirondack spruce braces, hide glue construction, Brazilian rosewood headstock overlay, and Waverly open gear tuners.
When Martin was developing the D-18 Authentic, they consulted with the legendary and very knowledgeable Jim Baggett of Mass Street Music in Lawrence KS. and Fred Oster of Vintage Instruments in Philadelphia. PA. to get all the little details correct and they did.
Hide glue construction
Double bound body
Adirondack spruce top
Scalloped Adirondack spruce braces (forward X)
Mahogany back, sides, and ('37 profile) neck
Ebony fretboard
Abalone dot inlays
Ebony bridge
Tortoise plastic pickguard
Brazilian rosewood headstock overlay
Waverly open gear tuners
1-3/4" nut
25.4" scale
We use John Pearse Phosphor Bronze 12-53 strings
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Authentic is sooo good~!
Thanks for great review.
@user-gf7uj8sq2n thank you!
You're welcome!
Excellent Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/4"!
The 37 original is kilometers above the authentic. The authentic’s is still closed. The refinished sounds better than the authentic too
You're not wrong. Thanks for your feedback
I own martin om18 authentic vts and ive compared it head to head to a 50s d18 and 2 60s j50 and surprisingly my authentic sounds better in almost every spectrum except the volume which supposed to be that way since dreadnought has a much bigger body. Once again its not a direct comparison since one is adi and the other is sitka. All im saying is the authentic holds its else up there with the 50s d18 and 60s j50 that ive tried.
@oatgibson Agreed! The authentic series is great value for money and are very close, and sometimes, better than the originals.
Agreed!
I had some Martin Authentics and Pre War guitar Co. guitars. When you hear them in reality the difference is huge. Even 60s Martins are better. In the end I sold them all and bought two vintage Martins.
Thanks for sharing! If you can't afford, or find, vintage Martins Authentic's are great an alternative and offer the opportunity to break in a modern instrument to your style of playing.
worth listening to the whole thing but here ya go
1:38 vs 2:12 vs 2:45 and 5:53 (back to back runs)
The originals have more clarity and less mids as they have 100 years to dry out and open up. That said the mid woof of the new one is pleasing. Given the EQ change or time I bet the old ones would compare nicely to a well used 10 year old d28 with non-pb stings. Just a guess.
Thanks, man. Love the Yeti profile pic, that goes waaaay back !!
An interesting video, thank you. I'm a bluegrass flatpicker, and firstly I have a whinge - I wish you'd run the pick slowly across the strings, caressing each string so that we could get a real idea of the tone - otherwise it's just 'brrrring brrring' across the strings, harsh, and not the best sound.
Whinge over, that's very fine fingerpicking you do, I enjoyed listening, and those guitars all sound great in your hands.
An original 1930s D-18 at around $40,000 plus, perhaps an Authentic at around $5,000 - or maybe a standard new D-18 for under $3000? (yes, I know you didn't demonstrate a standard model, but I've owned one - a great guitar).
Decisions, decisions........is there really that much difference between these? All sound good, and it's a credit to Martin that guitars like this are still being made
its day and night difference between Authentic and standard..go play them....youll see..take care
@@Dave-rk2nl Thanks for your suggestion, I like it! A national chain over here in the UK has one of each, but in different stores. I'm thinking that I'll go to my local one and ask them to have both guitars sent over so that I can do a side-by-side comparison.
I think the originals are less accurate from guitar to guitar back in the 30s....the authentic series are more precise from guitar to guitar...better tooling and accurate. I think if you dry your guitar out to a point and the highs are still there, they will remain. jmtcs
Thanks for your input!