Brazilian Martin Guitars - Old vs New Comparison

[@laurenswindlehurst8484]

With all due respect, without ensuring the strings are the same, it isn’t a fair comparison. I’m all for comparing different models, wood types, etc but the strings have to be the same. All the same, great to hear some Brazilian Rosewood.

[@TheSoulsandRevive]

Great video, love vintage Martin guitars especially the D-28. For me personally, always will favor Rosewood over other woods due to the warm tone and is most pleasing from a visual standpoint. Cheers

[@nakana_212]

Old strings..... would love to hear a brand new strings on the guitars being compared. I can clearly hear the old strings.

[@HenryPipes]

I know it’s not quite Apple to apples but I love seeing Brazilian Martins any day! Very cool video!

[@jdstan9650]

You didn't re-string the used ones?! Come on...there's no point in comparing them unless the strings are comparable...

[@HenryPipes]

As cool as these videos are it makes me wonder how much planning goes into them. I know these guys are probably busy but when you have this many subscribers it makes sense to plan out the content a bit more.

[@dvanolya]

Agree completely. Here they have two vintage Martins with dead strings, WTF. Do they really expect a potential buyer to be satisfied with two classic axes that sound dead? C'mon Paul, Guitar Center is notorious for having expensive acoustics with dead strings. Surely you can do better than this!

[@learnedhand8559]

I don't play guitar. Would buy one of these based on a KZbin video with compressed audio versus playing it in person?

[@TheAcousticLetter]

Totally agree with you here. It’s just the way this one ended up. We intend on restringing and replaying these vintage models, so stay tuned. Again, sorry to disappoint, but thanks for watching!

[@HenryPipes]

@@TheAcousticLetter Thank you guys for doing such a great job with these videos. Anyone could easily overlook some of the details. Glad to see another video is coming.

[@okie-rider]

$39,500 - yeah I can think of lots of things with engines to buy for that!

[@maxwellfan55]

I'd take the '63 on this shootout if I had to decide there and then.

[@nesta8518]

Do you think the new one will play like the old one in 50 years?

[@ericecklund676]

Well, for a tenth the price of the D-45 Brazilian I have a CS-Bluegrass-2016. Think of it as a cross between Quinton's large soundhole HD-28 and a D-28 Authentic 1937. Or, like a D-28 GE in Guatemalan rosewood, but using VTS Adi top and braces stuck together with hide glues. Thanks for this video Paul!

[@davidakulian]

Love these guitars, guys! I've come to a theoretical conclusion I want a DC-35E, tho. I wanna try and compare different models. What do you think?

[@texhaines9957]

Nice comparison. Just remember the new one has Sitka Spruce and an adjustable truss rod. The other two have a lollipop truss rod. Still, if properly set up, I like the 1963, but I'm more prone to a 1937 D-28 Authentic...thanks Quinton and Paul (in a blue Acoustic Letter shirt)

[@A2an]

Please set a fresh set of string on the 54 & 63 and perform the comparison again. I'm sure 54 will win, at least in my ear, anyway it all rady won. With the old string the 54 sounds more like a gibson. love Martin & Gibson 😊 Thanks for showing us all the beautiful guitars 👍

[@bryantjudoman]

Ya I am lucky enough to own a 54. I use John Pearse pure nickle strings and let me tell you it sounds like a symphony every time you pick it up!

[@A2an]

@@bryantjudoman Is just beautiful...👍

[@dennispurdy3533]

Damn, if I had a bunch of money I would be on my way to Montana. Those guitars sound great.

[@aibotora8]

The sound is young and the balance is not good, but I think it is good enough for beginners.

[@2505674809]

How will this tinted top look after 40 years??

[@BaktaBak3]

2017 D-45

[@chefboyyardley]

The 63 sounds the best for sure hands down.

[@gregorycarpenter]

I have a 2012 D-18 ($2,700.00) that sounds as good as the best of those three....

[@DJWRailroad]

Great demo. Just two Bozeman boys sitting around, holding, playing guitars in one session that most of will never get a chance to play in a lifetime (at least not ALL three of 'em!). We liked it. Probably could've played "hooky" for another 15 or more minutes, listening and getting close-ups of these.

[@MsDaydream]

restring the vintage ones please

[@fredsings1]

After hearing the '63, that D-45 sounded thin.

[@onnodejong4702]

Oh my gawd!!! And then you have the opportunity to abc three iconic guitars and then you don't even bother to put fresh strings on them to create a level playing field. Really..... The 1963 stands out though! Imagine how it would sound with fresh strings, proper set up and no talking!

[@dantheman348]

Put new strings on all of them and do it again. Plus, if you raise the action on a Martin, even just a tiny bit, it will increase the volume a TON. More tension on that sweet top=more volume and wood sound. I have a 1970 and 1961 d-28 and the action height, even just a couple thousandths if an inch, changes tone significantly. My 61 with new strings, id die before I let anything happen to that guitar, there isn’t anything that sounds as good.

[@keithclark486]

How about you let him talk or he lets you talk How about just hearing the Guitars.

[@uvp5000]

According to my so-so ears: The 1963 sounded nice but I am not fond of 1960s Martins in general (I've played a few and most of them were uninspiring). The 1954 is wonderfully seasoned but doesn't seem as balanced as the 2017. The 2017 D-45 sounds very nicely balanced though the top isn't unusually resonant. I would choose the 2017 D-45 (if I had that amount of discretionary funding). I respect everyone's thoughts here as they all sound different and what sounds good to someone might not be as appealing to someone else. I liked this video. It was nice to hear three different sounds from three different eras of the same builder.

[@billhoffman252]

So tell us how much the new one is

[@ericecklund676]

$39,500...not including tax.

[@billhoffman252]

@@ericecklund676 thank you Eric. I like your KZbin videos

[@treatb09]

Listen. As long as the guitar is made from hide glue. You can have free reign over improving it. But as soon as a guitar is made from resin. It takes dramatic alterations to not only repair but improve it. Stick with hide glue. Every instrument if we can. But thats not feasible If they are still struggling to improve the modern martins. One. It takes decades for the guitar to show how it changes over time. Two. I suspect they arent using knives. Sanded wood vs cut wood are two completely different things.

[@hunterplatt5316]

Vintage wins all the way not even a contest.

[@augmentedkeys5971]

Who cares, most of us can't afford those guitars.

[@BaktaBak3]

yup :-(

[@startreker8591]

With nickel bronze on my all solid ovangkol GPC this Brazilian will envy, not the blingy

[@steby123]

I need some cash so I can have all of them !

[@alanolivermccabe7144]

Least to be expected keep them all on the same type of strings.

[@falcongunner33]

Is it a hot take to say that Brazilian rosewood is extremely overrated?

[@anthonywhite6530]

Every time you try to talk, he plays.

[@bryantjudoman]

Tony Polecastro wouldn't have put up three guitars for a shoot out with dead strings. You guys failed.

[@CaptTerrific]

No matter what they say about using super-young growth, I just can't stand the idea of trading in endangered species :/

[@HenryPipes]

I think you mean old growth. If these were actually young growth they would be illegal. There is nothing wrong with using wood cut before 1969 as long as you have documentation to prove it. The tree has already been cut down for 50 years. Why not make a beautiful sounding guitar out of it instead of just leaving the wood there to deteriorate?

[@leel1130]

🙄

[@JuanPabloVeTV]

Wow, all guitars sounded really bad, not a lot of detail in the recording, the mic is way too far and the room doesn't sound acoustically right. Sometimes the microphone placement is way more important than woods, years and trademarks. But is the first time I hear this kind of sound in this channel.

[@cedrickaraguilian6041]

Les 2 plus vieilles sont légèrement au dessus et la 2eme est légèrement au dessus

[@rodhier2516]

Stop talking over each other.

[@jamesholsinger7675]

All u do is talk and nothing else!!!!