Little Martin

cfMC · Post by **cfMC** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:23 pm

speaking of good deals in these tough economic times, I got a Little Martin at Guitar Center for half retail. Gonna keep it at my office to screw around on at lunch.

I am surprised how great it plays and sounds, compared to say the awful Backpacker, or the Baby Taylor.

@?,*???&? · Post by **@?,*???&?** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:21 pm

Yes. These often make a good second guitar if you ever get to work on an acoustic project that needs doubled acoustic guitars. Often, two tracks of the same guitar leads to chorusing. But these smaller body instruments can be good percussive instruments. My Baby Taylor was used alot until I sold it and moved into a Mandolin. That's a whole other beast.

cfMC · Post by **cfMC** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:51 pm

I hear you on using different instruments to double acoustic tracks-- yeah it always sounds bad to use the same guitar. I'm gonna keep that in mind for sure

getreel · Post by **getreel** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:31 am

yeah it always sounds bad to use the same guitar.

What I've done, since I own only 1 acoustic is to use a capo for an additional track. Using different chord forms and the capo can sound really good. I'd love to have a smaller guitar like the baby Taylor though.

apropos of nothing · Post by **apropos of nothing** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:39 am

I love my Baby Martin. Spill ice cream cone on it, wipe it off. I dumped mine onto a tile floor a few years ago. Made a split in the seam between the front and the side panel on the peg side of high e. Took it to my luthier who did some research and found the best adhesive for the material. Good as new. Intonation is great, and it stays the hell in tune since the composite body isn't greatly affected by humidity.

Mudcloth · Post by **Mudcloth** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:21 am

cfMC wrote:yeah it always sounds bad to use the same guitar.

I don't agree with this totally. If I'm recording to entirely different parts I like to use two different guitars. If I'm doubling the same part, especially a strummy part and panning left/right, I like using the same guitar. Sometimes.
BOT, I'd love to have a little Martin guitar at my disposal.

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:40 am

Yeah, I have one in my office at work, to sing my students' tears away when I tell them they're getting a C-minus.

Unfortunately it doesn't record very well, in my opinion. But it sounds good when you're playing it. Maybe I should mic it up next to my ears.

cfMC · Post by **cfMC** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:32 am

I am on vacation for the holiday so playing the Little Martin at home before I take it to work. My wife will kill me if I don't take it to work though, that was my excuse for buying it & I have 2 acoustics at home already. I have this habit of buying guitars and leaving them in Japan or PA, so I have decent guitars to play when visiting family without trying to take them on airplanes etc.

BlueMoonshine · Post by **BlueMoonshine** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:19 am

cfMC wrote:s compared to say the awful Backpacker, or the Baby Taylor.

I've had a Martin Backpacker and Baby Taylor for years -- both are useful for different things. You're right that the Backpacker is subjectively "awful," but I find that sometimes when recorded it offers an un-guitar-like tone that can be very cool, for example on this demo track of mine: http://bluemoonshineband.com/MP3/FAWM20 ... etails.mp3

Reminds me that I need to get my Baby Taylor a set-up -- the intonation is way off and I'd like to use it again!

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:27 am

inverseroom wrote:Yeah, I have one in my office at work, to sing my students' tears away when I tell them they're getting a C-minus.

pix plz, kthx!

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