JuanCarlosVejar Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 A few people here have pointed out problems with gibsons... Martin owners seem to be having trouble a with their D 28 Martin Authentics 1937 lifting backs : http://theunofficialmartinguitarforum.yuku.com/topic/167728/The-Value-of-the-Martin-Lifetime-Warranty?page=4#.VP5UKqMUnFo JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 mine are fine.. No issues yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I have had absolutely no problems with any of my Martins. My D41 Special has two year old strings and I don't think I've had to retune it since then. I've got more Gibsons than Martins and have had problems with only one of the new ones and their service department was very responsive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Martin is not immune…..I saw an Eric Claptom model in GC that had a twisted neck and needed a neck reset…AND IT WAS BRAND NEW!!!! I pointed it out to the manager…it was still on the wall when i went back three weeks later…..sigh…..but fit and finish were perfect!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajay Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The company that doesn't have occasional problems with wood moving doesn't exist. I'm amazed that ANY guitars survive many Winters and Summers without failing somewhere. You take a bunch of thin, dry wood, glue it together, and put constant movement and stress through tuning and de tuning. It's just amazing that they hold up as well as they do. I guess that's why guitar building is an art. If You aren't an artist, it will crack and split apart and look like heck. I'm a finish carpenter, and I've thought about building one. My only problem is that I would work on it for six months, and it probably wouldn't look and sound as good as one of those $75 Gibsons at BestBuy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Climate sure has a alot to do with Guitar issues.. to dry, to cold, To Humid, To hot ,, alot can make a Guitar thats Good... Bad.. I had bought a brand New Taylor 614 quite some time ago... I put a ontex sound Humidity pad in the sound hole thinking it would be safe.. and had the Guitar in the case.. once every two weeks check it make sure it was good.. as I did and do with all my guitars.. Not sure what happened.. but the Nice New Taylor came out of its coffin for its two week check all to find out .. it was a skeleton. Dry as a bone. sound hole area sunk in.. Belly bowed up.. . Humidifier pad still damp. Im not sure what they build those at.. but it must of been wet when I got it.. and I do know it was all to dry here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Martin is not immune…..I saw an Eric Claptom model in GC that had a twisted neck and needed a neck reset…AND IT WAS BRABD NEW!!!! That there sounds like AUTHENTICITY to me. If a Martin doesn't need a neck-reset, it just somehow doesn't seem like a real Martin to me. That's a good thing. Did it sound great? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The company that doesn't have occasional problems with wood moving doesn't exist. Well….not according to the Gang of Four!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 That there sounds like AUTHENTICITY to me. If a Martin doesn't need a neck-reset, it just somehow doesn't seem like a real Martin to me. That's a good thing. Did it sound great? It sounded pretty good for the first 6 frets……then it was pretty much unplayable…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwalker201 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 mine are fine.. No issues yet. I hope I have no issues, I just picked me up a 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojogood Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I've rarely seen a Martin from the standard series and above with an issue of significance. The older ones sometimes needed the setup tweaked but even that seems to be more consistent nowadays. However, there has to be an occasional guitar with wood issues, with any brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty55 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The latest casualty is a 2013 '31 D-28 Authentic. Up until today the only known reported back separations were from a small group of 2014 '37 d-28 Authentics. I have a 2013 '41 D-28 Authentic and am a bit concerned especially after hearing of a similar 2013 model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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