Martin Custom OM-18 Style with Music Villa Upgrades!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- This Martin custom shop OM features 18 style appointments including genuine Mahogany back & sides, Adirondack top (105"). Great projection and tone with this custom shop
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GUITAR SPECS:
Back & Side Wood: Genuine Mahogany
Body Size: 000/OM
Series: Custom
Top Wood: Adirondack Spruce (.105")
Nut Width: 1 3/4"
Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
Bracing Pattern: Adirondack "X" Scalloped (Golden Era Style)
Scale Length: 25.4"
String Spacing at Saddle: 2 5/32"
Pickup: Optional
Tuners: Gotoh Nickel
Case: Martin Hardshell
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Give us a call at (406) 290-9390 or email us at sales@musicvilla.com for more information.
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Nice guitar but can't get over the wimpy OM pick guard.
Thanks! Very interesting. I remember the first time I heard the differences between a 000-28 with a ‘normal’ spruce top and one with an Adirondack top. I was amazed at how good the one with the Adirondack top sounded and I convinced myself to save and invest in a great guitar with an Adirondack top. What I didn’t really realised was the fact that in this search (that started on the internet, watching RUclips channels like yours) I factually only heard the Adirondack appointment to rosewood guitars. And I always loved the Adirondack versions more.
BUT….. (there had to be a but, wouldn’t you agree? 🥴)… I am a ‘hog type of guy’. I just love the warmth and the more mid focused character of guitars with mahogany back and sides. And I couldn’t wait until I finally found a video of a 000-18 with an Adirondack top. I’m not sure, but I think it was a video on your great channel. And…. I didn’t like it! There’s quite a huge difference in my opinion between normal spruce and Adirondack. I remember me thinking that this could be a little exception to ‘the rule’, but then I found another example and now I find myself commenting on this video, concluding that Adirondack tops work amazingly well on rosewood guitars, but I don’t really like them on mahogany guitars. By no means do I think it sounds bad, but it seems to take away a large chunk of all the things I love about mahogany guitars like Martin’s 18 series and the J-45 for instance. I consider myself extremely lucky to already own three beautiful mahogany guitars (J-45, 000-18 and a 00-15m). But when I (can) go for a good rosewood guitar, I’d probably be looking for something with an Adirondack top (and bracing! I never believed THAT would make a difference, but it absolutely does!).
Sorry for my lengthy comment and thanks for another insightful video! 🧡🧡🧡
I want to play a J45 banner reissue! Folks always seem to really like them. Either way a nice guitar is nice!
The 1942 Gibson Banner J45 has a Rosewood back and sides with Adirondack top, just FYI.@@Christ-is-King-
@@texhaines9957 No sir! Trust would be the southern jumbo. Thanks
I own one of these Music Villa Martin Custom Shop 000-18 VTS with torrified Adirondack top s. The Adirondack seems to match my voice better, has more headroom, and the MVCS comes with Golden Era Adirondack bracing and a thinner top. Great sounding guitar, especially after playing it a lot. Thanks, Paul and Quinton.
I have another CS OM-18, same specs. It's a LOT bassier in the room in real life, though still slightly brighter than my standard 000-18. I imagine the top wood and scale length both play a factor. Of course, adi takes longer to break in than sitka, so the real test will be in a few years, but for now it is quite loud, very balanced, very crisp, and resonates longer than almost any guitar I've owned, and I've tried a lot of instruments. Just wish they'd gone with a stouter and less ovular neck profile. That and the aging toner are my only two gripes with modern Martins generally.
Beautiful. Always a nice job.
Great tone and clarity. I found myself wanting a bit more in the bottom end but I'll listen again with better speakers and with time that could bloom
om....but I feel ya...Im a dread guy and never feel an om has the ooomphhh!!!
Beautiful guitar!!
I like it! Sounds great.
This is my dream guitar. 😊
I have an OM-18V and a CEO-7. I've dreamed of cherry picking my favorite features of each and merging them into what I think would be the perfect guitar for me. Until then, I have two near perfect guitars!
Quinton is the King!
This is a great guitar, but I have two Adirondack over mahogany Martins. This would fit in the middle though.
Crisp but not clattery or clacky, nice. This is a guitar that lives to be in a studio or beat up in the woods at a gnarly picking session. By gum that's a beautiful light but not thin timbre. It's like if a summer morning breeze was a guitar; gently pushing through your curtains and artfully tickling your skin and hair but with the strength to punch through the glass if you should close the window.
To my old ears its just a little quacky but Quinton plays with a heavy hand like i do but i would love to play it for myself
is "genuine Mahogany" an upgrade over just Mahogany??? 🤣
Sounds kinda flat to me.
A bit tinny I feel.
4300.00 😮