Unboxing John Mayer's Exclusive Custom Shop Martin! - ONLY 50 Worldwide!

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👆 Designed by John Mayer, Limited to 50 worldwide, & only 1 with us here at Andertons, Ben & Danish Pete take a first look & unbox the truly exclusive Martin 0042JM-C Crossroads Acoustic Guitar! Click here for more information on this truly stunning instrument ➡️ tinyurl.com/t9to4kr ⬅️
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↪️ Episode Guide ↩️
» Introduction (0:00)
» Unboxing (1:10)
» First Look & Specs (4:07)
» Tone & Sound Demo (6:37)
It's Monday & welcome back to a very special episode of Acoustic Paradiso!
With only 50 pieces worldwide, Danish Pete & Ben unbox the very limited, certificate signed, exclusive John Mayer Martin Crossroads Acoustic Guitar & give their first impressions on this truly iconic instrument! The Martin Crossroads is a supremely crafted range of acoustic guitars, with no gimmicks, no electronics just pure tonewoods & traditional Martin quality.
The 0042JM-C is not just in it for the looks, this incredible acoustic comes with a stunning cocobolo body, mahogany neck & ebony fingerboard along with a punchy spruce top that fills this guitar full of character.
With only 1 available here at Andertons, you'll have to think fast to get your hands on the exclusive Martin Crossroads acoustic & own a true piece of history!
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[@danishpete]

I am just here for the zip comments.... It's like the good old days...

[@jackduxbury1632]

Lol...Lolton Wanderers X

[@tashicajacobson9209]

Joke's on them. Under the zipper hoodie is another zipper hoodie.

[@Spaceman2921]

X Y Z Examine Your Zipper

[@MattyK-USA]

Pete!!! I almost came out of my seat when I saw you take the guitar and place it in your lap next to that zipper! 😲☹😬😳😉😁 Cheers, mate -

[@jackduxbury1632]

Zippa Middleton

[@ryanern18]

All this talk of the neck and no one bothered to call the body a Wonderland.

[@MicahTischler]

You ... you I wish I could give more upvotes to.

[@obijuan3004]

The only song I dislike more than Mayer’s wonderland is mother’s and daughters, that song is just annoying.

[@christianbelanger621]

Ben: recruit of the year at Andertons

[@abhinovenagarajan.s7237]

I can't imagine how customers at Anderton's play anything at the store when they're trying a guitar out, if the people at the store can play the guitar at such a phenomenal level. Ben's playing in this video is truly beautiful.

[@stefanagha3248]

Trust me I been there lol the general noise around the store is not to this quality! Especially where they keep the drums! 😂

[@chrisjs6123]

Abhinove Nagarajan.S oh man the stress of trying to play in that place! Fortunately unlike many guitar stores that I have been to the staff at andertons do an amazing job of not looking disdainfully at middle aged, talentless hacks like me when demoing gear. It was a wonderfully unthreatening space. But yes. Man Ben can play.

[@stefanagha3248]

@Chris JS Also it’s the only guitar store I been to that has booths you can play in, which is nice touch for those of us not wanting to play in front of others.

[@Silkaz7]

I believe pete is not a store staff, hes works for the youtube channel only. Not sure about the other guy. I think the people you see on the videos don't work at the store.

[@dwcsystems]

@@Silkaz7 This is a shame as i'd love one of them to hand me over a new guitar after selecting one from the immense range ! (and maybe even show me how to play it quickly) - Is this possible Anderton's ?

[@JROD082384]

What a great video. An amazing guitar, and two of the best guitarists in the world just having seemingly the best time. What more can you ask for? Well done, chaps.

[@fuzzydude66]

Coffee, a beautiful looking and sounding Martin, Ben and Pete. My favorite way to start a Monday.

[@andertons]

Monday essentials ❤️

[@19442712]

Pete, what are you doing? A metal zip against the back of that guitar!!! If you had come into my shop, I would have made you take your jacket off. You naughty man lol. Great show boys.

[@danishpete]

You want a job at Andertons doing that? It'll be full time I tell ya :)

[@brisleeadams]

@@danishpete RealIy? Can I send you my CV for this job, I'm really interested, seriously!

[@williamconway3237]

That has to be the most beautiful acoustic I’ve ever seen. Something looks so right with 12 fret guitars.

[@_RLP]

Very cool. And the playing is great too. Thanks for sharing.

[@Apartekarate]

I’ve recently bought a great acoustic, and was surprised that the stringscratching was so loud. I thought that something was wrong with the guitar. Then I watched a video on the subject, and it turned out that I takes quite an amount of slow practice on to get rid of it. When I watched this video, and heard Ben play, I thought that the Martin was built in a way that minimized the scratching. But when Pete played it, I realized that I have just been playing electric all my life, and this is just what it sounds like, when a great electric guitarplayer switch to acoustic. So thank you both :) Lovely guitar, though.

[@Dougal78]

Cocobolo has to one of the prettiest woods there is. Whenever I’ve seen it, it always has such deep colours and variation in grain. Guitar looks and sounds crackin.

[@PhreddCrintt]

Absolutely glorious!!

[@kevinmac59v2]

Great tone out of the box!!

[@KaninManeepairoj]

love these two guys so much

[@FloridaManRacer]

10:43 Something Like Olivia acoustic riff played by Pete... You're welcome. GOD DANG that thing sounds beautiful. FYI, that's an investment guitar... Only 50 ever made like it? That thing's only going to skyrocket in value from the moment you buy it...

[@glenproctor1999]

A very nice guitar superbly demonstrated. I think that is the special Ernie Ball 'John Mayer' zip, adds tone.

[@jakobrinman1134]

Ben is amazing!! What's that blues thing you play?! I just LOVE it!😍🙌

[@Tracks777]

lovely stuff

[@carloscortegoso7699]

Love it!!!...impressive how big it sounds to me considering the body size. It was muy first option...but...the price...I finally bought a Furch 00SR vintage 2...and I am totally happy with it, and to me It is a very good aproximation or alternative to this amazing guitar.

[@shaunm1983]

Did Peter ever do a video for the lush chord progression he plays? It's such beautiful relaxed piece of music

[@simongernaey747]

Lovely guitar that is

[@73BFD]

Beautiful guitar

[@MattyK-USA]

My god, what a guitar. The great news is that they don't have to look quite as fancy as that, and you still can have the exquisite sound of Martin. I'd love to have it, but frankly I don't know if I a good enough caregiver for such an instrument. Kind of like buying a Picasso for the living room - scary stuff!

[@MyCovertNarcissism]

I was shocked to see Seth Rogen reviewing this, I didn't realise he knew so much about guitars.

[@skyjockbill]

Amazing, he makes it sound like a resonator guitar!

[@tbeau6663]

Outstanding

[@sonnyscott7338]

Ben is my dads friend from work like 20 years ago! Went to see him and brewer and it was great!!

[@bensmithguitar]

Hey Sonny! :-)

[@user-tx8uc3iw3w]

Hey guys .. Love the reviews .. ye make me want to buy another guitar 😁 Hoping to get a martin next ... I've a request .. could ye review the om 21 .. 28 .. and 42 ... ye could go all in and do the standard and modern deluxe versions ... that would really help me make my mind up ... and when I do decide to buy I'll ring andertons first 😎 Keep up the great reviews and jams guys .. 😎 🎸

[@bernoulli884]

That drop D playing was really nice!

[@Tzadeck]

Really nice guitar. Then again, you can give me like a D-18 and I'm always pretty impressed with it, haha.

[@user-zk2mv8tw9e]

The right stuff for to take it to the beach and the campfire at sundown..😁

[@rajasik]

10:45 - 10:55 that percussion is from the zipper and the cocobolo caressing in case you were wondering.

[@RealEstateByLynch]

Yes please!

[@robertmakins5070]

Looks beautiful. Sounds like a guitar.

[@SnappingTurtle90]

It was Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’ When Kurt Russell smashed the old Martin to bits 😩😂

[@Robert-Smith]

my local music store would not even hand you a guitar with that sweater LOL

[@SomeJustice19k]

Especially THAT guitar. I'm SURE the zippers scratched it.

[@krball56]

Love it..

[@liberty4all885]

Love it

[@eeshsinger]

Dayum sweet guitar we got here

[@ChaddSullivan]

I saw a couple of them under construction when I did the factory tour last fall.

[@PedroATLopes]

Now, that's a pretty good-looking guitar, also a very expensive one!

[@tjukkv]

Nice starter acoustic.

[@johnnymossville]

I'm going to have a Martin one day to just play out on the porch, and hand down to my children/grandchildren. Doesn't have to be anything fancy like this one, but it will be a Martin.

[@tylerwilson7385]

Just bought a 1999 D-28 off eBay from a collector and I havnt played a single one of my other guitars sense lol best front porch pickers. I said the same thing, doesn't have to be fancy just a Martin lol

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

@@tylerwilson7385 Porch before the parlor probably.

[@alexscott7226]

Love this acoustic guy... and Pete is excellent as always...

[@Nigel-ie6gy]

Speechless 😎😎😎😎

[@andertons]

Too much beauty... 🙌

[@rbenm]

Pete can you scratch my back as well?

[@dheevesh16]

Underrated. 😂

[@classicraceruk1337]

Hmmm fix my roof or buy this decisions decisions

[@andertons]

But would the roof give you as much joy as this guitar... 😉

[@classicraceruk1337]

Andertons Music Co stop it!!!! am still laughing of course the answer is no. Just need to persuade the wife!!!!!! Thanks for all the great videos and of course your help when I bought my first guitar at the ripe old age of 65 last year

[@rickjason215]

Fix your roof. That guitar is way overpriced. It's priced for people who have money to waste. You can get a Martin that plays just as well for far less money.

[@hypnoraythompson5824]

@@rickjason215 True , I have a 014 sinker mahogany custom shop, and I fell in love with it as soon as I cuddled it. Had it nearly a year and every day I fall in love with it again.

[@alwayaiminghigh]

You can always sleep in a tent..tell the wife you're camping for a few..months. haha.

[@nickcoulter973]

It’s really not that dissimilar from an Alvarez ap66sb, which is a great looking guitar. This one is definitely more of an art investment than a real guitar though. The whole concept of this type of guitar seems crazy to me, but to each his own. I’m just one of those, “cars are made to be driven” and “guitars are made to be wailed on” types of guys.

[@joshuaspencer1346]

Lovely video guys. Can we please see a video about those delicious looking archtops that are on the wall sometime?

[@mikesallows2100]

With Mayers guitar listing at well over $10,000, does this include free rent at one of his ex's ?

[@hotdotdog]

Pete: Do you mow the grass with those shoes?

[@grotline]

Peter Peter why are wearing a zip up top playing that brand new limited addition £10,000 Martin, is it now road worn ?

[@Haduj-the-Lion]

I was cringing so hard seeing this happen.

[@troywm1016]

lol - Agnesi style!

[@rhysgilbert9417]

Is any guitar really worth it if you cant play it wearing a zip?

[@oisinmcphillips2090]

@@rhysgilbert9417 If you own the guitar, you shouldn't care. But when it hasn't been sold you have an obligation to keep it in as perfect a condition as possible.

[@grotline]

Rhys Gilbert if you own it you can do what you like, this one of fifty is for sale

[@GrumpyOldGit60]

Pete! Your hoodie zip is touching the guitar back... MAKE IT STOP!

[@georgefraser-lynton7385]

The movie you’re talking about is “the hateful eight” and they really did destroy the vintage Martin instead of the prop.

[@ferramirez4570]

Wonderwall must sound incredible on that Martin

[@1066wastrel]

Ben, Pete, kinda curious as to the most expesive guitar you`ve ever played?

[@mmmvvv]

Hey Guys... need a vid comparing mics for acoustic playing.... (mid to high budget)

[@billtaylor4897]

Looks and sounds almost too good... Great players !

[@overtonesnteatime198]

Wow

[@Guitaural.]

Don't know who this Oscar Mayer guy is, but nice looking guitar.

[@deancheese1006]

MORE ACOUSTIC PARADISO

[@limamarco]

Why does Mayer and Clapton stuff (from all brands) always have to cost that much? I mean a 10k guitar???

[@d.j.ashley]

Mark Seymour You're right. It's definitely not for you.

[@charlesbolton8471]

Marco Lima It’s just the limited production stuff that is that expensive Clapton’s regular signature Strats are relatively affordable Standard US line model is $1,600 his standard Custom Shop is less than $5,000 and even his Martin’s are under $4,000. The same is true of Mayer his PRS Silver Sky is $2,300 his signature Strat was under $2,000 and his regular signature Martin is about the same price as Clapton’s.

[@MuadDib74]

Because lawyers and bankers are dis-proportionally represented in JM and EC's fanbase, and they can afford to spend £10k on a guitar to hang on the wall and never play.

[@keseysvenisonchili]

i've owned 2 clapton strats, currently have a 2017 olympic white one, paid $1500 for it. worth every penny. mayer's are $$$ because it's a cocobolo d-42 for fucks sake

[@pablo9364]

Marco Lima it comes with a certificate

[@_dmfd]

I always make sure I wear scratchy zippers on my jacket when I play a one of 50 $11k guitar 🙃😜

[@danishpete]

Me too....

[@benharwood7417]

Yeah me too.......we should start a club!!!!

[@_dmfd]

Huh I posted a comment earlier saying I was just bustin Pete's balls but it didnt post 🤔

[@VivianLund]

Man, I always put on a pullover hoodie when I play. No zippers no way

[@VivianLund]

I can’t even watch. All I’m thinking is “aaaaaaah ziiiiippppperrrrr”

[@gibby6904]

I want that guitar......jeesh....

[@Gaslight.Guitar]

Wondering what it will feel like when John joins the show one day.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

expensive?

[@bengalvin9932]

i am lucky enough to have one of those foot rests could never afford that guitar though.

[@TravisRocco]

A Taylor 914 or Martin D-41 crushes this 10k guitar for 5k less. Great looker/collector guitar is about all. I'd spend the extra 5k on it if Mayer himself stopped by my house to deliver and play a house concert on it.

[@ziggylayneable]

Kurt Russell busted up the original hundred fifty year old Martin.all of the pieces were meticulously gathered together and it was put back together amazingly enough. Today it is a completely put back together hundred and fifty year old guitar that you can play.

[@Bombtrackbart]

To be fair the guitar sounds a bit dull.. It will brighten up over time but I'm curious if its a wood thing..

[@edwardkennedy5500]

Nice collectors piece. I bet its nearly impossible to get!

[@TheSacryfice]

1:15 Opening box 2:30 Opening case 3:53 Shows the guitar 6:11 Tuning....not Tunning :D 6:38 Playing it

[@Check-it-out]

Whats with the pushing and shaking of the neck ? Is that the new tremolo tick ?

[@prikshitgharu3291]

Very cool guitar! Love your vedios...can you make a vedio for fender Mustang GT vs boss katana?

[@andertons]

Thanks for watching... Glad you enjoyed the video & always open for video ideas 😉

[@chrisgrabowski2678]

I would preferred you did the review without knowing it was a "Mayer". A name could be covered with non-stick tape. If you found out it was Paul Stanley's guitar, would your review change? Think about it. I agree beautiful guitar and good video. I just can't help but wonder how a person's review is influenced by a pre-disposed notion.

[@MrPaolo101]

The Hateful Eight was the film in which Kirt Russel smashed up a real museum piece by accident... and they kept the take and is in the movie.

[@generalruckus]

9:49 Some drop D juice.

[@alexchen5742]

Was waiting so hard for some Mayer licks but didn’t happen. Dissatisfaction 😂

[@norzrazor6960]

Whats that outro song? Or just pure improv?

[@luissanders7907]

Shit I fell in love

[@pulaski1]

I have a lot more respect for players who have signature Squires (I saw John 5 last Saturday, his show was utterly unbelievable - and I have seen a LOT of shows - over 300) or Epiphones than one who puts his name on a £10k limited edition guitar.

[@effess8698]

The film they mention with Kurt Russell is the Hateful Eight. The smash-up is on KZbin if you want to see a 150 year old guitar getting smashed up. "Music time's over"

[@ziggylayneable]

10.00 minutes in"Stephen stills- black queen"(sort of.. he's kind of toying with the idea of that song)

[@redrock1963]

I have to wonder, at what price point does the sound, tone, build, material quality of a guitar peak out and the remaining cost ON a guitar is down to aesthetics and brand name only ? In other words, what's the most expensive "studio" acoustic guitar that has THE best quality materials etc without any embellishments........being all about the sound ?

[@MrAtl12345]

That movie was The hateful eight.

[@btet19]

If you want a similar good looking guitar buy a blueridge 371 very affordable. Or you can buy a sigma 0042 vs previously owned by Martin. Both made with Indian rosewood sides spruce tops. Beautiful looking and great guitars believe me 10.000 pound difference between them no chance your paying for the martin mayer name.

[@leemartin2978]

Just had a look on the Sigma website.......I can see your point . That looks like a lot of guitar for under $2000 .

[@btet19]

@@leemartin2978 Lee the blueridge 371 is even better very good guitars. Indian rosewood all solid woods beautiful pearl inlays all round. Me personally I would rather buy 10 1000 pound guitars or 5 2000 pound guitars. Larrivee furch eastman auden collings bourgeois lowden ect.

[@leemartin2978]

Thanks I’ve looked at too now. Clearly very similar . Thanks for the info

[@btet19]

@@leemartin2978 recommended Lee an eastman e100ssltd if you like smaller guitars. I've just bought one so obviously iam biased but it's superb. Handmade no machines all solid woods Adirondack spruce top think it was guitar of the year 2017

[@btet19]

@@leemartin2978 hello Lee just been looking on reverb they have a sigma oo45vs for sale 700 used but excellent condition

[@DJReverb99]

So what's the second hand price now that you've opened it and played it?

[@adamski101]

Every brand new guitar I've bought except for one has come off the racks and been played by X number of punters. That's the way it goes, certainly in the UK. You have to try these things anyway! If I found one on the racks that I loved and wanted ro buy I wouldn't then want to 'swap' that one for a sealed box guitar that may have flaws or no mojo. Only one came straight to me in the sealed manufacturer's box and that was something I bought online.

[@jackflynn-oakley1937]

Adam Varney Then they haven’t been ‘Brand New’. I actually take issue with this video, I have no intention to buy this guitar (lol), but it is now literally second-hand / ex-demo because of this video. If it was an of the shelf Jackson or Ibanez, fair enough; they probably have 20 of the exact same guitar in the stock room. But a guitar they blatantly have ONE of, if you buy this guitar, your buying the guitar in this video. It’s not new, it’s been opened and played by these two guys. It’s wrong in my opinion.

[@xXxXxRedEyexXxXx]

Since you played it, what’s the used price?

[@azariah636]

If it say Martin in the title, I'll be here.

[@markgooden9354]

Peter, the zipper is killing me

[@marcgree]

OmG ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@stpirate89]

That's definitely true about the smashed up Martin, you can see it in Jennifer Jason Leigh's reaction. First time I watched it I thought maybe he'd smashed up her guitar, but after reading about the Martin I instantly knew that her reaction must have been because of that instead

[@mikehickey9540]

Yeah, there was supposed to be a cut and have a replica smashed. She knew it was real because she spent months learning on it and Kurt Russell thought it was a replica for that take. I bet Tarintino knew though....

[@stpirate89]

@@mikehickey9540 I bet he knew too

[@lordporcupine8767]

I tried Martin's, Gibsons, Taylor's, Takamines, and every other guitar and nothing sounded as good as a Cole Clark.

[@joeWEvo]

you know Ben is a great player when he makes Pete look pretty average.

[@danishpete]

I hear that...

[@bensmithguitar]

@@realgoodmind hold my beer..

[@Nektopoulo]

Well you can't go wrong "paraphrasing" Dan Fogelberg's 'Longer' for you opening cords.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

Jeez, are we four? My dad has a bigger car?

[@joeWEvo]

@@danishpete love you really pete ;)

[@tashicajacobson9209]

What is that he's playing at 11:02 ? I feel like I'm supposed to know and I've heard it before, probably on this channel.

[@andertons]

It's Pete's signature chord progression used in every video 😉

[@tashicajacobson9209]

@@andertons Well then tell me what it is so I can steal it and impress my friends.

[@guitarelaxed]

The chord progression as far as I hear it is: Am7 - Dsus2/F# - E/G# - Aadd9 - C#m9 - Esus2/G# - F#m11 - A/B or written in fret positions (from high e to low E) 010x0x - 032xx2 - 054xx4 - 00670x - 0089x9 - 0044x4 - 002xx2 - 0567x7 x = not played. I hope that helps.

[@52Tele]

Apparently after the whole Kurt Russell fiasco Martin issued a statement about not lending old historic guitars to movie production anymore.

[@BulletBeena]

I don't understand why they had to use an authentic historic guitar in Hateful 8 anyway. It's not like anyone would notice that it wasn't the real deal and it's a ridiculous risk to take.

[@Spaceman2921]

@@BulletBeena The reason is that Tarantino's a wanker.

[@BulletBeena]

Spaceman2921 I forgot about that 😂

[@brymills]

They needed to ensure it was authentic after everyone bitched and moaned about Michael J Fox playing a Gibson ES-345 in 1955....

[@nsbomb]

I might get hate for it but it sounds nothing like a 10k POUNDS guitar.. I’d choose my 750 euro Mex Martin over this one sound wise.. is there something wrong with me?

[@helloholahi]

nothing wrong! just: a) this is a fan collection/charity/investment guitar, that's why that price, there is indeed no correlation with the sound quality, even though of course, it isn't a cheap specs/sound one b) whatever speakers you've ben listening this video with, won't reproduce the exact sound and feel of it it your hands c) there are so many beautiful sounding guitars for less than 750€ out there anyway, and even the 3 guitars of the same brand/model will sound more or less different too, sooo....

[@ryanmoodywanjelani9]

keep in mind it's 00 sized, they sound kinda crappy...

[@frankjaeger24]

blindfold on martin coming? :D

[@davedavem]

That's more covered in Ben and Pete's tone drool. They should put the price up.

[@simonnaji]

So, how much money actually goes to Crossroads from the sale of one of these? Mu guess is that you could buy a Martin from the current range, make a substantial donation to Crossroads and still come out on the right side of £10,000. Just saying.

[@WhiskyRiffs]

😱 Did you just thank Taylor for a Martin guitar?! You are jet lagged, Pete. 😂

[@Tobilikethis]

😅