The dealer offered to sell me a new Martin D-18 at a nice discount. I'm listing the reasons for and against getting it. Here are my personal top 10 reasons NOT to buy this guitar.
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Bought a new D-18 for $325 in October 1969 the day I was discharged from military service. It aged like a Stradivarius. Plays and sounds better than many vintage 28s, 35s, and 45s I played in several different body styles. The tone is warm and the volume and bass response are very close to the D-28. Gave it to my son last year and got a 000-28, which is more suited to string bending for blues. There is no rational reason not to buy a D-18. I taught my grandson that you can never own too many guitars.
Awesome video sir! Love the ending. I’ve done the “talking myself out of buying another guitar” too many times to remember. My wife did buy me a Martin 000 RS 1. It’s not up to your level but at least SHE bought it for me.
😂🤣😂😁😂😂🤣🤣 I wonder how many people have a thumbs down and went to the video after reason #10? I loved this!! I have a bunch of nice guitars both acoustic and electric including a $7000 custom built McKnight acoustic and went to play a brand new 2018 D18e Retro and ummm yeah I got it. I was absolutely blown away. Thanks for the hilarious video
I couldn’t justify buying my D-28 a few years ago but did it anyway. It really made it a lot easier to pull the trigger on a D-18 a couple of weeks ago.
GREAT COMMENTARY-I laughed heartily along with every honest viewer. But, I can't resist putting in real reason #1 for not buying the next guitar on my list...It is so painful to pick one and turn away from all the others on my list!
Those are all good reasons 😆. I tell myself (and my wife tells me) the 28 is all I need too. But then there’s the matter of the Duesenberg Alamo lap steep with hand benders, a telecaster with sweet pedals, a couple amps, the upright bass and a new Collings mandolin. Plus European mics and necessary components on the signal chain. Stringed obsessions are no laughing matter. Good luck to you sir, and I appreciate the love for Garcia
This cracked me up. I just went through the same thing when Gibson re-issued the 70's model J-50. Already have one so I put it off, put if off, put it off... now the limited edition is sold out and I'm kicking myself.
I recently got myself a real one from the early 1970s and it's an amazingly good guitar. There are some nice J-50s on Reverb. The one with the black guard that shows the bracing through the top wood is just like mine. They're worth the €1500.- you pay for for them used.
I love this. I first saw the title and went "whaaaat", someone has come up with reasons not to buy a Martin, I have to watch this".... So funny. BTW I love your guitars.
That's an creative and entertaining video, brother. Thank you for your effort. But you scared to the heck out of me because, just a couple of hours before I noticed your video I had purchased a new Martin Custom Shop D18 Sinker Mahogany. I had just reviewed my Paypal email receipt and groaned when I saw the title of your video and was certain that I had overlooked something in my haste to buy the D18. I am far more of a collector than I am a player and I figured out a long time ago that a hardcore acousitc guitar lover can never own too many Martin guitars. Thanks again for the excitement.
Been at this for 57 years and one of the best sounding guitars I have ever heard, was a really old Martin D-18 ... they have the ability to get thick-sounding, while retaining their highs, which maple and rosewood will not always do.
Hell yeah !!!! lol, I just started playing 6 months ago, bought 2000 Martin DM 4 months ago, the cravings grew and grew. And my appetite for more martins, taylors Gibsons, fender, etc., keeps me drooling over very nice guitar I see, maybe it's just a noob phase, but it sure feels like commitment to me
Oh my! Made my morning to watch this. There is so much serious debate (even in the comments) about which guitar blah blah blah. Thanks for the comic relief to the beginning of my long work day! And your guitars are beautiful... look forward to seeing your D-18! Have a great day.
awesome hilarioous video and nice display of guitar collection, i have a martin d-16a, made of mountain ash, from about thirty years ago, banged up after all these years and a bit of buzzing going on but nice tones and i just changed the strings,
Man oh man what I would give to be able to have any single one of your guitars. Just an intermediate "beginner " but how sweet it would be to hear myself strike a chord on something besides a cheap Epiphone and a crappy Takamine. It would be very motivational to say the least.
Hilarious! I have wanted a Marin all my life. I finally satisfied that want with the purchase of a beautiful Martin DRS1. I got her for $465 with free shipping. A 2013 model in excellent shape!
Lemme see, got a used D-18 in 69, lost in fire; 1929 0-28 in 78; Lo Prinzi (like D-41 w/abalone) in 78; new D-45 in 89; 1952 00-18- rough condition, repaired by John Zeidler before his passing; mint 000-28 in 88; 1969 D-28S Brazilian rosewood; 1995 D-15S (much nicer playing then D-28S); 2007 HD-28, vast improvement; and finally, had to try one, a Blueridge BR-5060 John Jorgeson Signature Dreadnought. Need to look it up!!! I sold off four of the Martins 2 years ago. At 73 I’ve given up thinking I’ll ever be a great guitarist but I’m happy to see Martin making guitars better then ever and are better investments then the stock market. The 1929 0-28 sold for $10,000!
This piece caught my eye because I just traded a carload of less-played guitars, basses & other stuff for a brand new D-18. My only regret is that I didn't do it 50 years ago.
That’s a great video. You should check with Martin about doing some commercials for them. I have a friend who is married to a girl I don’t know but is a friend of my friend who really is more like a "brother from another mother" than a friend who is a repair guy for Martin who may know someone important or at least in sales who may know someone who can get you a family or friend of the family price break. I live a couple hours south of the place.
Haha, I was gonna say, out of all those, I STILL prefer the D-18! I've been to the Martin Factory many times having the privilege of living in PA and out of all their models, expensive and cheap, my two absolute favorites are the D-18 and then the D-15M after that. So beautiful in their simplicity and so soulful in their tones. No need for the flashy looks, all tone!
I don't even play the guitar (or any other musical instrument), but I know enough musicians to laugh myself silly while watching this video. And the man knows his way around the fretboard--plays some wicked blues licks to spice up the list of 10. But I've found that some musicians should have a needlepoint wall decoration that reads, "You can never have too many axes."
Classic! Can't have enough axes, regardless of brand, especially Martins. I have 2. And 1 day I'm hoping there'll be a zero beside that 2, including a D-18...Thank you for the inspiration!...Play on!...
Wow I haven't been to island guitars in a long time. But I have an HD28 and love it. For some reason it fits my hands and plays better for me than my Taylors. Once my Taylors were set up and adjusted for me I like them better but still like my HD.
Geez. I’m not worthy of your list, but I have a HD-35 and a 000-15M, but…….my first guitar I ever owned was given to me by my dad. He bought it brand new, recorded albums and travelled around the world with it. A 1959 00-18G. Martin does not make it anymore. It was stolen and my heart went with it. The HD-35 was to fill the emptiness my home felt without a Martin in it. I’m on the fence now for a 000-18. I don’t need another dreadnaught. I beyond love the 000-15M, but I want to see and hear that beautiful mahogany and spruce combo again.
nice video my friend. I am a keyboard player full time. I ordered the Martin D41 and played it so much I got blisters on my fingers. I ordered uo the 000-17E whisky sunset to be coming soon! now im thinking of a D35 JC Martin...........so I too can say F--- it! Im going to the music store again. these are the rolls Royce of guitars for sure.
I had one of them D-18s, hated it, the belly swelled so much that the truss rod couldn't deal with it so I traded it in for a Harmony Sovereign (this was in the seventies) which I didn't like so I traded that in for a hand-built Yamaha, which I still have, over forty years later, it plays beautifully, sounds great and I have never played a Martin that I thought was better.
I own a Yamaha rosewood dreadnaught to replace a D35 that got stolen, and it’s perfectly satisfactory. Yamahas were good enough for Bert Jansch, so,they’re good enough for me.
I have a small music room. Cases piled 4ft deep in 2 corners with love seat between the piles. 18 wall hangers, usually all occupied. Amps, mic stand, vocal monitor, small board. The key: I re-arrange them frequently on the wall. At 3 Martins and holding: D35, D12-28 and OMC16e. But then the J50, the Fat Lady II 12 string, the '63 Epiphone Caballero, the Takamine F400 12, the Vantage 12, the Framus Texan 12........... Oh and some electrics..... Oh yea, 2 keyboards.... Oh yea, a computer workstation.... There is no room for wife to enter and even count them.
I was getting ready to argue with you...ha ha cool video and nice humour....I had a Martin Eric Clapton signature 000 series which I thought was the ultimate instrument but then I tried a D-18 at a guitar show and it blew me away...it cost 2400$ less than my EC model but sounds better in every way; resonance, sustain, brightness, balance, projection and crystalline brightness....I have spent over 100,000$ on guitars and live in cramped living space a little like you it seems.....GAS is a terrible problem (spraaaaaaaattts!!!!!) but now I am down to four guitars a telecaster 51 heavily reliced custom shop telecaster with a humbucker, my D-18 Martin, an old but good classical guitar which has floated on water during an adventure trip down the MeKong river.I can get all the sounds I need.Peace brother and enjoy those cool guitars and appreciate your lovely and understanding wife.
