JuanCarlosVejar Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Folks, Check out Martin trying to sell a Guatemalan Rosewood D 45 for $15,000: https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/custom-signature-editions/d-45-john-mayer/ This is a desperate attempt to dress up fools gold imho. They know that the EIR stash will run out eventually and are trying to come up with a new "gold standard". $15,000 for this is outrageous and wrong even if it's a John Mayer Signature. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Guatemalan rosewood is a Dalbergia, just like Brazilian and EIR, so it is apparently a true rosewood. How it compares with the other two, I have no idea. In most of the online photos I looked at, the color and grain of Guatemalan are much closer in appearance to Brazilian than EIR is. A D-45 is expensive no matter what rosewood is used, and hand-signed editions of both Martins and Gibsons demand a premium as new guitars. A comparison is the Crossroad edition ES-335 Gibson did a few years ago. Those were hand-signed by Clapton, and brought a staggering premium over even the price of an equivalent ES 335 Historic. The list price of a new Brazilian D-45 is $45,000. A new Brazilian D-28 is $20,000. I can't find a price for a new EIR D-45, so maybe they don't make them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 J. Mayer goes limousine. Isn't this his third signature Mart. Guess the man deserves it - he can be stunningly good Approx. 2009 ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Ov0cDPZy8 But lefty-friendly, , , what does it mean. The pattern isn't 'neutral' or turned (kind of) upside down. . And notice how the rosette continues over the fret-board. Did something similar with his 00-42SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fp Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 That $15,000 is list price. Many dealers sell for 40% off of list price, then your looking at $9000 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Paul Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 I saw there will only be 45 of these made, if so a 40% discount might be hard to find. This is the 4th John Mayer Martin, preceded by The original OM-28 John Mayer, OMJM, and 00-42 SC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 That $15,000 is list price. Many dealers sell for 40% off of list price, then your looking at $9000 . ah! then we should be two or three!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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