That is odd, considering so many people commenting on it having a lot of projection and being very loud...

I own one and it competes with my D18 for projection. As far as tone I get comments from many guitar payers about the tone and it being the best sounding guitar they have heard in a long time. But you’re right it doesn’t sound like an all mahogany guitar because this one has rosewood with adi VTS top. So no it will have a completely different sound signature

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😂 It is one thing to dislike something. It is something altogether different to feel everyone else should feel the same way or to imply they are wrong for liking what they like.

I have mentioned in a spoken review video for Maury's Music the fact she gifted it to Cobain and will mention it in my written review. Lord owned the guitar for less than three years before giving it to Cobain. Her name isn't going to sell any guitars the way Cobain's will. Being a professional musician and being an international superstar musician are entirely different things when it comes to celebrity marketing influence.

Thank you for referring to it as Mary Lou Lord's guitar. I've seen countless articles and video's calling it Kurt Cobain's Martin with the slightest or no reference to Mary Lou Lord. Which is damned insulting.

They have not taken the Authentic Series into the 1950s yet, or late '40s. Rear-shifted non-scalloped bracing is a sound I like a lot, but it is not very popular these days, compared to the forward-shifted scalloped bracing. The D-28 Rich Robinson is as close as you get right now. It is a fantastic guitar. I would not be surprised if we do not see a 1950's D-28 offered at some point.

The CEO-7 is more affordable and has no special wood sets and pearl inlay. I think it unlikely we will see extra CEO-10s, sad to say.

@@tspnyc Hey Spoon , I'm very tempted to pull trigger on CEO 10 .. but im waiting on more info on the 2 John Mayer guitars .. The other guitars I sent you photos Adirondack/ Guatemalan are still there , All these beautiful guitars being added to the mix ain't making it easier , but it's great to have choices .. Thanks for getting back to me , I hope your enjoying the long weekend T 🎸 🇮🇪 😎

@@FormerlyknownasT You mentioned the unmentionable, so now Martin has to pay you a visit in the middle the night!

@@tspnyc tell them bring along a CEO 10 .. we'll talk 🤪

I do mention that she gave him the guitar in the video review I did for Maury's Music. Lord bought the 1953 D-18 in 1988 and gifted it to Cobain in 1991. He dubbed it "Grandpa" because of how old and beat up it looked.

@@tspnyc Martin Guitars needs to acknowledge her - she is literally asking them to give credit - that SHE is the original Street Legend.

Yes. The X Series 1 models are made with high-pressure luminant for the back, sides, and top. HPL is made from wood fiber and natural resins. The X Series 2 models have a solid spruce top, but they still have HPL back and sides. Otherwise, various instruments in the Road Series are made with veneers, rather than all-solid tonewoods. They have a solid core of khaya, an African species of mahogany, which is covered on the outside and inside with a veneer of figured koa or ziricote. The khaya provides the stability and flexibility of solid wood, but the reflective tonal properties from inside the sound chamber take on the sound of the koa or ziricote, while costing a lot less than solid koa or ziricote.

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