BluesKing777 Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 Supposedly, Tony P. (Acoustic Letter) bought this one for his very self! Martin OM28 Marquis....sorry Gibson peoples. I wonder what it said to him - he does get to try a guitar or two! He must wake in the night in fear.... [biggrin] I don't think they make the model anymore? BluesKing777.
jannusguy2 Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 That's nice. The only thing I'm missing in my little collection is a rosewood OM. This could be the one since I sold my OM 21 Special..
Rambler Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 Beatiful note defintion, but oh so resonant. Would take a bit of pikc control to keep one of thoese reined in.
j45nick Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 The OOO/OM 28 Martin is a really good all-around guitar. Right now, the OOO-28 EC is the only full-size Martin I own. I would be curious to know how/if the slightly longer scale (25.4") of the standard OM/OOO series vs. the shorter (24.9") scale of the EC affects tone/volume. Interestingly, I don't see Tony's model even listed in the Marquis section of the Martin website now. The EC is still there.
Gibson Artist Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 Supposedly, Tony P. (Acoustic Letter) bought this one for his very self! Martin OM28 Marquis....sorry Gibson peoples. I wonder what it said to him - he does get to try a guitar or two! He must wake in the night in fear.... [biggrin] I don't think they make the model anymore? BluesKing777. Ive owned a few Martins, the d16rgt and omcpa4. Both great gits for the price but this is a whole nother level from those. What i wonder is what is the saddle and bridge? He never did mention that in his review, i assume its ebony to match the frets and bone? Would be a shame to have a bone nut and something else in the saddle wouldnt it?
Rambler Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 I would be curious to know how/if the slightly longer scale (25.4") of the standard OM/OOO series vs. the shorter (24.9") scale of the EC affects tone/volume. Nick, there's way more response on the OMs--it doesn not take much to get the top moving. They excell for bare finger play. Stefan Grossman, for one, feels they are too lively to play with picks, so when it's Rev Gary Davis time, he pulls out his Franklin Jumbo.
mountainpicker Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 It's like having Jesus explain a guitar's specs to you. Only I would imagine Jesus playing perfectly without any flaws whatsoever.
E-minor7 Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 For one in-X-rayable reason I have the feeling Jesus would be a somewhat vague finger-soft-strummer. Nice guitar in Polecastros hands there - quite a lot bass as I hear and like it, , , , especially unamplified.
jannusguy2 Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 It's like having Jesus explain a guitar's specs to you. Only I would imagine Jesus playing perfectly without any flaws whatsoever. Ha! I don't think Jesus stinks of patchouli, either. I confess, that's an assumption about what Tony and Jesus smell like.
onewilyfool Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 Ha! I don't think Jesus stink of patchouli, either. I confess, that's an assumption about what Tony and Jesus smell like. I'm thinking more like…Duck Dynasty…...
The G Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 Lovely guitar.I'm a big fan of the OM body size. It will look nice alongside his D 35. I wonder if he owns any Gibsons?
jannusguy2 Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 I just bought an OM 18GE today. Looking forward to receiving it.
BluesKing777 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Posted September 23, 2014 I just bought an OM 18GE today. Looking forward to receiving it. Nice, JG2! Is that leading up to the much raved about om18 Authentic, or because of it? I went to try one after reading all the raves, but sadly I believed a website without ringing them and of course, they had never heard of it when I got there! I am waiting for the maybe om28 Authentic so I don't have to re-justify my om18v, which is a wonderful guitar and hard to imagine how much better they get? Ho hum, probably better not to know. BluesKing777.
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