MorrisrownSal Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 whimsically I ask you? If you were simplifying, and were going to keep two guitars only... one Martin and one Gibson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I voted 000-28. But given the chance I’d make in a 000-18 JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 1558136615[/url]' post='1991797']I voted 000-28. But given the chance I'd make in a 000-18 JC JC. Let me add that choice in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Voted for the 18 Martin, but mine would have to be a D, not a 000, seeing as how I'm a dreadnaught-mahogany kinda guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Neither of my options are there Gibson '42 LG1 Martin D41 Special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul14 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 My # 1 would be my J-200. Number 2 would be my J-50. If I could only have 2 guitars those would be the ones. I have no love for Martins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 The poll doesn't work for me. J-185 & J-50. Martins don't make the cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I've never owned a Martin. I've played a few. I prefer the shorter scale, simply have been playing them most of my life and makes slides more accurate. Hence my choices of a J-45 and a J-15. I would say the Martin GPCPA4 I've had in my hands many times won't hold a candle to my J-15 and they were about the same price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 That's close to where I am already, with two J-50's and a D-15M. No question I would go for the J-50, but I'm not really very familiar with Martins, so I probably wouldn't pick the D-15 out of the whole line. I just got mine because it was cheap. :) I suppose GAS can't ever be cured, but mine has been in remission for at least 4 years. Don't really want any more guitars, am more interested in learning to play what I have better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I went SJ200 and D35. Because if I had to thin the herd to that extent, there would be no option but to move to Tennessee, rename my dog Geraldine and start drinking again, and those guitars are the correct equipment for that life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I went SJ200 and D35. Because if I had to thin the herd to that extent, there would be no option but to move to Tennessee, rename my dog Geraldine and start drinking again, and those guitars are the correct equipment for that life. I get that reference! :-) D-28 and J-45 for me. Two icons, one rosewood one mahogany. Classics! Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I get that reference! :-) D-28 and J-45 for me. Two icons, one rosewood one mahogany. Classics! Lars Yip , that's my thoughts also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacamartin Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Any of them works for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I get that reference! :-) D-28 and J-45 for me. Two icons, one rosewood one mahogany. Classics! Lars That was my initial thought, but since I've never owned a D-28, I'm not sure how I would like it. I do have a 000-28, and it's a decent all-around guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPhx Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Tough choice, I hope not to have to get to the point of only 2 acoustics. But if I have to... An SJ200 Western Classic and a D18 for me. 1 rosewood and 1 mahogany, should cover it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scriv58 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I have only one Martin, an HJ-38, so that was easy. Unable to choose between my '57 CW, '46 SJ, or '36 RSSD. Tilting toward the '57 CW. Suppositions...what if I just quick thinking about what if Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I have only one Martin, an HJ-38, so that was easy. Unable to choose between my '57 CW, '46 SJ, or '36 RSSD. Tilting toward the '57 CW. Those mid/late 50's CW's are really good guitars, but they're pretty much the same in tone and playability as a J-45/50 from the same period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Southern Jumbo, D18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 For Martin, I’d pick my Sitka/Rosewood D-45. That pick makes me forsake my Adi/Rosewood AJ and choose my Sitka/Maple J-200 for a Gibson. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 For Martin, Id pick my Sitka/Rosewood D-45. That pick makes me forsake my Adi/Rosewood AJ and choose my Sitka/Maple J-200 for a Gibson. . Decisions, decisions. First-world problems.... (not talking about you: talking about all of us here.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Im a big OM fan, so for me J-45/ OM-18, great mix of short and long scale mahogany / sitka greatness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holiday Hoser Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Jesus Kahuna is that really your quiver? Makes me think in the event of a fire what would you go in and take out? The fire for Christ sake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I opted for Hummingbird & D35, though in reality I only need one steel string acoustic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalex Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Hummingbird and 000-28 for me. Mahogany Gibson dred and a rosewood Martin OM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Don't really know. I have never been much on planning guitar purchases. But, I am a fan of 1945 to early 1947 Martin dreads with the slight taper non-scalloped bracing so maybe a D-18 in that date range will eventually materialize. As far as Gibsons go, nothing much out there that gets my juices flowing on which I would be willing to fork over the scratch they bring. Barring running into a 1939 J35 with a price tag that even a cheapskate like me could not turn their back on, maybe a Jackson Browne Model 1 or one of the 2013 run of Banner LG-1 reissues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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