I favor 18:1 ...they are easy to turn, you can still sneak up on the pitch , however they are faster to wind if you break a string in the middle of a venue... 16:1 aren't bad but 18:1 is better.... 21:1 is a little too much cranking to suit me... especially on an instrument with a lot of tinners like a 12 string, mandolin, mandola, Bouzuki, ect ..

I think Kenny could play a Popsicle stick and make it sound great. Absolutely not a double stick one either! Love his melodic ways.

Kenny and Amanda, you both are a true blessing! Thank you for your music! We come to see you when you are in the area! This is a powerful song and you do an awesome job on it! And the ending is the topping on the cake!

Very nice

@kennysmithguitar447 If I may ask, do you use the same EJ-22 on these old rosewoods, or something else? Also, what pick are you using these days? Thanks.

Just goes to show that a great guitar can make even a mediocre player sound good.

Just wonderful

Put a pre- war 'bone in the hands of a master, this is what you get. Otherwordly!

There's something about those old martins, no surprise but it's true.

Love this

Kenny...what strings you playing on that baby in the recording?

What great player! Amazing Martin!

I concur with other comments here that sing the praises of the instrument and the musician. Beautiful instrument, smooth, tasty playing. Thank you Gary for sharing that gem of a guitar, and thank you Kenny for helping it sing.

That old Martin sounds incredible and the player is a master at finding all the right notes, Kenny is one of my favorites, his style of playing is inspiring, makes me want to play better every time I pick up a guitar, Kenny one of the best, THANKS for sharing.

Kenny could play a guitar fifty years and never put a pick scratch on it! He’s so smooth and effortless. Plays so gentle yet gets all the tone a guitar has!

Kenny can make a $300 Yamaha sound great!

Beyond awesome job gentleman! You talk about a class act all the way around, here it is.

I have a 1937 Martin D28 Authentic. It sounds good too.😊 even mistakes sound better😅

incredible touch!

Incredible tone.. huge sound.. Kenny did this have light or medium strings? What flat pick and thickness were you using?

That’s how a good deal works pay for it and get out of there!

Beautiful guitar in all ways, especially in the hands of a master at his profession! The notes are so soft and round in this demo, but I'm sure it can be beast if needed... Kenny knows how to pull the tone out of an instrument for sure and has taught me a lot about how to do that.

I love the gospel bluegrass and the harmony.

That guitar is a beast.. played it several times..

Nice, round sounding, and super powerful.

Man, I could listen to Kenny play guitar solo all day long... what a gem he is..!

Love this!

Amazing! I love anything you share Kenny and hearing you play, but I sure love hearing and seeing old guitars that we don’t get to see that much.

great

Leather Britches with the A string tuned down to G...that's a new approach to me...reckon I'll put in some time messing with that. Whatta dreadnaught!!

Thanks to Gary and Kenny for sharing this great guitar

Thank you Kenny for sharing such a fine sounding guitar and, as always, thank you for reminding me why you are my favorite acoustic player on the planet.

Gary said it. First class. What a blessing and incredible opportunity to experience this guitar! Great video Kenny!

Great sounding guitar.

I'll take two. Don't bother to wrap 'em.

Nice D-18 and picking as well, you have a good style of playing, if you don't mind me asking what year is your Guitar, THANKS SUBSCRIBED

Nice picking !

I'm hopeless case of a bass player, but I'll pass it on! 😊 (love the shirt)

That’s a great way to help with timing…and it sounds great too…thanks for the free tip 🎉🎉

Beautiful, beautiful!

great lesson like that darky blues style,,fire up that fireplace behind kenny;

Damn!

Great playing … touch with warmth . I’m sure those instruments only inspire .

Killer guitar. Great video guys. Good to see you sharing these rare old flattops with us.

watching in 2023. I ruined my elbow playing to metronomes, etc. I hope this helps. I'm going to try lightening up on pressure holding the pick. Thank you.

They work really well on shorter scale guitars.

I learned to loosen up early on. A lot of new guitar players like medium picks, I found I liked thicker picks up to 1mm within the first year of playing and I still get a more open, fluid sound than many who play with mediums. This isn't a humble brag or hipster thing, just corroborating what Kenny was talking about. It seems counter-intuitive, but it works so much better. You get more control, don't have to tighten up your core to try and control your arm flailing, and you lose less picks inside the guitar. now...if only I could play half as good as Kenny. 😁

❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉

Indeed!!!

I love that clip at the end, it makes me want to ‘go tell it on the mountain’ i’ve been playing a newer Larrivee sd40, on paper it looks like the radio grande…slope shoulder, rosewood, 12 fret, enlarged soundhole..etc