A single Martin guitar can take up to sixteen weeks to produce, and is made with the highest quality materials available by skilled craftsmen and women, who pour their entire selves into their work. Then why have some people bought Martin guitars that were thrown together in two weeks with cheap woods and metals and no care? They aren’t actually Martin guitars.
At this year’s Summer NAMM show in Nashville, Tennessee, C.F. Martin & Co., known for building world-class acoustic guitars since all the way back in 1833, were showing off some of their new models. While tradition and a commitment to quality are their trademarks, there is no reason Martin can’t be innovative and constantly introduce new products, like their new line of ukuleles, which were featured prominently at their booth.
While ukes are fun and enjoying unprecedented popularity right now, Martin’s guitars are really the meat, providing countless players around the world with great tone and playability.
There have been many attempts over the years to make a guitar able to play any sound, like modern synthesizers and keyboards, which can usually play anything from a string section to a harpsichord to percussion patches. Technology has been advancing, and the attempts have been getting better, but it hasn’t been until now, with Roland’s GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer, that it has really been done right.
Legendary guitar makers Fender are bringing back some vintage tones with three new additions to their American Vintage series of guitars, which are all specifically designed to reproduce those classic late ’60s/early ’70s tones.
