Maury's Blog

Tim Teel has been a great friend of mine for many, many years.  He's solidifed a place for himself in the Martin history books, and I'm so proud to have known him along the way.  At the end of a busy work week, he was kind enough to walks us through some of the new NAMM models. Thanks for taking the time Tim!  

This week we take a look at where Martin's most unique instruments are made, the Custom Shop.

"Now that I have a better handle on it, I like to think of the Custom Shop as a way for a player to take an already great standard model and make it the perfect guitar for themselves. Love the D-35 but you’re uncomfortable with the narrow neck? Change it to a 1.75”. Love the sound of an HD-28 but you’re not a fan of herringbone? Put scalloped braces on a D-28 instead."

This week we take a trip into the woods and check out some Bear Claws!

"The idea goes that if a bear scratches a tree then after the wood heals it’s going to leave 'scars'. While I will admit that this explanation is a lot cooler than what’s actually happening, it’s simply not true."