rbpicker Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MARTCSJ.htm This is really funny. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 He should have called it The Marbson J200 $9000 with a resale of what?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubee Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I'd like to play one with the torrified top just to see what it sounds like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponty Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I saw this on Elderly web site a few days ago. Martin have build several 'Gibson s' lately. CEO 4 and 5 and 7 and now this. If you want a J-200, buy a Gibson and save a wad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbpicker Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I can't watch it. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin 1940D28 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Times are tough, all-a-round. Nothing like a good joke, now and then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I wonder if Chris Martin includes a "Gibson Acoustic" pick as case candy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR GIBS Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I think this instrument is overpriced.But I would try how it sounds&plays if I can.Something tells me this is a nice one and it is not a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I think this instrument is overpriced.But I would try how it sounds&plays if I can.Something tells me this is a nice one and it is not a joke. Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 A while back, maybe in 2008, I bought a Martin CEO4R. This was one of Martin's imitation Gibby slopes. It was Rosewood back and sides, micarta fretboard, M&T neck joint, and it sounded muddy. Why did I buy it? I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances50 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 This looks like the "Purple Martin" model. Supposedly, Martin only makes about a hundred of these at a time. I saw one in one of their advertising phamplets at my local guitar store. And the price was about $8000. Personally, I like my DIF better and it was thousands cheaper. But then again, I'm not a Martin person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 This is just Martin getting back for the Hummingbird/D-18 copy by Gibson…..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 In 1986 a friend approached me with his cheapo solid body electric and asked if I'd fix it up for him. It was a typical late 60s Teisco type thing. It was beat to crap and only half worked. TRUTH is, I repainted it black, put a better pickup and tuners on it, and it was done. At the same time I had an identical Teisco thing in the junk pile. I also repainted this one black. I then decoupaged a centerfold from Hustler magazine of a 350 lb blonde in a 'wide open' pose on the back and added some 'stains' concocted from watered down white latex paint (use your imagination). His nickname was Huck because when I first met him he had on a straw cowboy hat and a piece of timothy grass in his mouth and looked to me like Huck Finn. So I used small mailbox letters and lettered the fingerboard "HUCK THE F***". We got together for a jam session and he was presented with his 'rebuilt' guitar with the fat naked chick, stains, and lettering. His jaw dropped and we all had a thunderous laugh. After a few minutes of watching him squirm and get redder in the face, we gave him his 'real' guitar and all was well. It was an elaborate hoax that took a LOT of work and a payoff that only lasted a few minutes. Once the laughter died down, it barely seemed worth the effort. That's how I feel about this Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natstrat79 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 I saw this over on the Martin forum and if this is supposed to be a serious guitar then truth be told I just don't get it. If its a one off tongue in cheek stab at Gibson then OK because to me this is like a bad overseas copy of a Gibson J-200 that says Garbsin on the headstock and tries to mash every Gibson visual cliche into one guitar. I get that the Hummingbird copies the body shape of the D-18 but the copy ends there. The Hummingbird has a totally different aesthetic with its large pickguard and sunburst. Nine large sure is a lot of money for a joke but there are always people with more money than sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 1407591611[/url]' post='1551040']I saw this over on the Martin forum and if this is supposed to be a serious guitar then truth be told I just don't get it. If its a one off tongue in cheek stab at Gibson then OK because to me this is like a bad overseas copy of a Gibson J-200 that says Garbsin on the headstock and tries to mash every Gibson visual cliche into one guitar. I get that the Hummingbird copies the body shape of the D-18 but the copy ends there. The Hummingbird has a totally different aesthetic with its large pickguard and sunburst. Nine large sure is a lot of money for a joke but there are always people with more money than sense. I have more money than sense.Unfortunately....Very Little Money ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 This is definitely one for the die-hard Martin fan who wants something different. Interestingly, the hourglass headstock says Epiphone more than anything else, and imho, that's exactly what it imparts visually > Inexpensive Asian knock off. Nothing wrong with that & kinda fun overall, but how about a good old Gibson lawsuit to spice things up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natstrat79 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Interestingly, the hourglass headstock says Epiphone more than anything else, The headstock reminds me of the Harmony made Fender acoustics from the 60's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 MARTIN CUSTOM SUNBURST GRAND JUMBO, the CEO-4 and the CEO-7, three Martin LOOK-alikes…..but I still think the Gibson's sound better….lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I have played the CEO7 and while there may be some humour, it is a really serious guitar! I haven't seen/played the others. If I didn't have a shed load of mahogany guitars, I would get a CEO7....I may just do that when someone breaks in the Adi top and gets sick of it......just how I like 'em.... BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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