![]() ![]() The wood sings and, once we’re over the ‘settling-in-with-a- new-guitar’ time zone, we find ourselves gravitating towards blues fingerstyle - the guitar seems to want that in a weird way. Does it respond to being picked hard, as Martin claims? Heck, yes. Mahogany has a reputation for adding warmth and richness and that theory is certainly borne out with a few initial exploratory strums on our all-mahogany model here. Many players find dreadnoughts a little cumbersome and unwieldy, but OMs and triple-0s feel tailor-made, to this writer at least. Releasing this guitar from the confines of its case confirms that the triple-0 shape is one of the most comfortable to sit or stand with. Martin claims that the presence of sinker mahogany in this guitar produces a “huge voice” and that it “thrives on being played hard and is extremely responsive to picking”. We’re fascinated to hear what difference the sinker mahogany has made to the overall picture. The build quality is exquisite inside and out and the ingredients present here add up to something spectacular in terms of tone. ![]() As a further refinement, the label inside the soundhole has been signed by Chris Martin IV, which is bound to set the collector market a-twitching. ![]()
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