Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1943 Martin 0-17
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Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1943 Martin 0-17
I love the sheer simplicity of this small bodied mahogany Martin...
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Re: Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1943 Martin 0-17
Ohhhhh........
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That guitar is just begging to be fingerpicked! Mmmm.... I love those vintage 17 series acoustics. They're almost nylon-sounding. Great for folk, jazz, and bossa nova. Very warm and woody sounding.
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they're not stupidly expensive either...compared to other vintage Martins, that is
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BenHagerty wrote: Cuteeeee
This one is adorable!
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I believe that's the model (0-17) we had around the house when I was growing up.
I ran around and tried to play along to Clash and Devo (age 11 or so), only dropping the guitar a couple of times.
I ran around and tried to play along to Clash and Devo (age 11 or so), only dropping the guitar a couple of times.
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Poo-brown FTW!
No really, it does look charming
No really, it does look charming
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Man, anybody who disagrees with you is clearly on some kind of psychedelic. When WWII forced instrument companies to skimp on aesthetics and certain materials, it really didn't do anybody a disservice, or at least not Martin. Besides, it's interesting for me to see what kind of impact human conflicts have on the world of music, even when the two are nowhere close to being related.zhivago wrote: I love the sheer simplicity of this small bodied mahogany Martin...
Good lesson in anthropology.
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Both Martins are pretty awesome.
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really, I'm surprised that they aren't more (ca. $2000 on gbase for a 70+ year old guitar).zhivago wrote: they're not stupidly expensive either...compared to other vintage Martins, that is
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How come every modern acoustic doesn't have tuners like that? :-\
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Re: Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1943 Martin 0-17
it's because they are all mahogany, and they have a warmer tone...one that isn't the standard Martin sound that people like.cestlamort wrote:really, I'm surprised that they aren't more (ca. $2000 on gbase for a 70+ year old guitar).zhivago wrote: they're not stupidly expensive either...compared to other vintage Martins, that is
the equivalent 0-18 is way more expensive.
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