http://www.martintalk.com/blog Guitar Forums Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:19:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Martintalk.com Forum List: C. Frederick's Guitar Lounge - Talk about anything you like, doesn't have to be M..... Martin Guitars - All Martin all the time. All posts for general tal..... Martin Classical Guitars - If it has nylon strings and says "Martin" on it, i..... Vintage Martin Guitars - This is what really ... http://www.martintalk.com/blog/2006/12/martintalkcom-forums/ Front detail of CF Martin's very popular 000-28EC model, showing the solid Sitka spruce soundboard, finely inlaid herringbone rosette and their instantly recognizable, much-copied "comma-shaped" pickguard. http://www.martintalk.com/blog/2008/01/martin-000-28ec-model-guitar/   The C.F. Martin & Company is a US guitar manufacturer established in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin. Martin is renowned for its high-quality steel-string guitars, and is arguably the world's preeminent mass manufacturer of flattop acoustics, with models that retail for thousands of dollars and vintage instruments that often fetch ... http://www.martintalk.com/blog/2007/07/martin-guitar-company-history/   Christian Frederick Martin, Sr. (German: Christian Friedrich Martin I.; January 31, 1796 – February 16, 1873) was a luthier who specialized in guitars. Born in Markneukirchen, Germany to a family of cabinet makers, Martin became an apprentice of the guitar maker Johann Stauffer of Vienna, Austria. As a result of a dispute ... http://www.martintalk.com/blog/2007/07/christian-frederick-martin/   Six-string guitars For many years, Martin has used a model-labeling system that consists of an initial letter or a number or series of zeros that specifies the body size and type (5 being the smallest and J being the largest - followed by a number that designates the guitar's ornamentation and ... http://www.martintalk.com/blog/2007/06/martin-guitar-models/ A steel-string guitar tuned to concert pitch endures a tension of 180 pounds (800 N) on the top of the guitar from the strings. The X-bracing system has been shown to be an efficient technique for preventing the top of the guitar from warping under this force. The braces are ... http://www.martintalk.com/blog/2007/05/problems-with-steel-string-guitars/ I feel relatively ignorant. Having been a guitar player for some 40 yrs. I don't know what wings are. Will someone please tell me so that I won't feel so inadequate? http://www.martintalk.com/blog/2007/04/wings/ I have the opportunity to buy a `61 Martin 0-15 she`s in a good condition, a few minor scratches and chips, but i`m not sure about the prize. It` s about 3116 USD. What do you think? Is it a good deal? http://www.martintalk.com/blog/2007/03/1961-martin-0-15/   The EB-18 was the first electric bass the Martin company produced in 1979. Previously they had only produced acoustic bass guitars. The general features of the EB-18 are: * o Scale length 34". o Brass nut, o Badass bridge, o Single DiMarzio humbucking pickup, o Through piece solid construction of hard maple and walnut (body wings ... http://www.martintalk.com/blog/2007/02/martin-bass-guitars/ SANTA CRUZ, Calif., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The pioneering American spirit has always romanticized the traveling singer, the wandering poet, and the musician whose home is the road. It is a lesser known fact that Mark Twain, long before the quieter years of white hair and linen suits, ... http://www.martintalk.com/blog/2006/12/mark-twain-1835-martin-guitar-valued-at-15-million/