Great information and comparison. I love them both! I love that you used Yamaha as well. I’ve had a LL16 R for years along with a LS TA which is concert all solid with Rosewood. Sold the LL. Seems like the smaller body focuses the rosewood and mitigates some of the boominess. Is that a word?🤣 it’s now my go to church worship leading guitar. But, I’m always on the look out for the next one😉so many great options!

I use them all the time now playing my guitar....Doc Watson style picking. They shred strings...but makes my playing sound good. 😊

Rosewood sounds like mahogany that went to a fancy college.❤

Sorry Ben. I don’t know how to play a piano or own one. You lost me on this one.

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Excellent video!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!

Great information … looking forward to banjo and mandolin wood variations.

Does anyone have experience with mixed sides and back? Say, rosewood sides and a mahogany back or vice versa?

I have a 1945D18 a 2013 d18 and 1995 Santa Cruz TR. the old D 18 is really dry sounding with few overtones. The Tr is rosewood of course and I would call it more lush, more overtones and more low end. To my ears the old 18 is louder. Some of what I may be hearing is due to bracing differences. The old D18 is transition between scalloped and straight bracing Martin did for a time called tapered bracing while the TR is scalloped. The newer D18 is forward shifted and scalloped with more bass than the old one but still less overtones than the TR. love them all, but if I had the choice of going to only one tonewood, I would take mahogany preferably a 1936 to 1939 D 18 ( best guitar I ever played was a 1939 D 18). Tonewood sound however is one thing since if I had to play again in a band, I would take the Tr since I like the way it feels due to neck shape and width.

I feel the mahogany sounded a little brighter .

Great video! What is Jakes guitar? Sounds really good!!

Wild. I have guitars made of koa, maple, mahogany, and rosewood. I normally prefer the sound of rosewood, but in this sound sample I prefer the mahogany. I’ve always heard mahogany records better. I wonder if I would have preferred the rosewood if I was in the room with you? Did your preference change from in room to recording? Thanks for the video guys.

Ben, that my alarm ringtone😮

Spend 150+ to buy a $30 pick?? How is that a deal

Clean presentation. Thanks

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Awesome

Lighter fluid will clean it

Ben I have a question, Im stuck between a recording king rd318, a blue ridge br140, and a Eastman e1d. What's your opinion?

Thank you. Permission to download video?

Okay. But let’s admit. Without a fiddle it’s just dime a dozen guitar pickers

Would this be a good first banjo? I’m 15 and play guitar

Respectfully mate, you waffle way too much, just get to the point. and get to playing. otherwise,very helpful vid thankyou. Also,its sad you didn't post part 2 of your lesson for 'man of constant sorrow'. i know it was 10 years ago, but I'm not spending 10 quid to buy your lesson, pls just release it, I cba to try and learn it by ear. best wishes

Nice video. I used a cover to a quart size yogurt container. Worked great and was easy to trim.

Un called for. That's a garbage way of stringing a guitar.. it's aggravating to undo when restringing...just totally unjustified.

Do you really do that whole setup with each mandolin you sell?

Howdy Ben. Fellow musician here but not as advanced as you and your sisters. I love your goofy sense of humor and your way of teaching. Looks like you have lost a lot of weight so I hope it is cause you wanted too and not cause you are having health issues.

I learned that G run and the kick off to Folsom prison as a kid' My 4'th grade teacher would let me get up in front of the class at recess time and I'd stand up there and play that run and the kick off to Folsom prison for 30 minutes at a time over and over back to back' LoL' my classmates thought I was a professional musician. RIP Mrs Ballew' I had alot of fun in your class.

Thank you Ben. From Indonesia with ❤

Nice simpke explanation ! Thank you

You’ve gained me as a follower I don’t mean much but I like your style and support it 100%

I just go one wrap under the tail then a couple above, been doing this for 20 years with no probs, and it's fast.

Have the LL16D and man...... as a drummer, the L series is amazing to my ears! Thanks for the video Ben

Looks like a music store to me. Not sure what a bluegrass store is, do you also sell bluegrass records? Or do you sell instruments that could play any type of music?

I always thought Doc played this on bluegrassbanjo but I guess he didn't? Just a guitar? Damn I suck

Thank You ❤

just need to play a bluegrass band in a town in the west with a open case of money

You guys play goo you're playing Tennessee

Hey Ben I am a gold pick member and I am looking for a new guitar under $500. What would you suggest

I love that one. She is nice. I want the Deering Blackgrass really bad. Irs $1200.

... How much ?

A few things to note: the pickguard on the FG5 and FS5 are not actually made of wood. They are plastic pickguards with a wood grain sticker placed on top of them. Many owners have had issues with the sticker starting to peel off. Secondly the Fg3/5 and Fs3/5 (as well as the Yamaha A series) all run on AA batteries and they are notorious for burning through batteries quickly. Somewhere around 3 hours worth of plugged in time before you have to swap them out. Around here most acoustic gigs are about 3 hours long so if you own any of these and plan on gigging, make sure to bring some extra batteries just in case. Otherwise absolutely amazing guitars. My favorite brand for acoustics.

That is the worst thing you can do when changing strings.

Please, don’t. - Luthier Community

That’s very generous of you and your friends . 👏🪕

I want to come

Banjo Ben should Be Bearded.

None of my guitars require that mess. Not even the cheap ones.