Maury's Blog

After 41 years with the legendary company, Dick Boak has retired from Martin Guitar.  It's the end of an era.  When people speak of Fender guitars, you often hear the phrase "Pre-CBS".  I won't be surprised if January 8, 2018 marks a similar shift in the way people eventually refer to Martin Guitar, in Nazareth, PA.  #postboak

In an effort to maximize our fraud protection, we must ship your order to your verified billing address.  Our packages cannot be re-routed, intercepted or held for pickup. 

Please join us in Social Distant-singing.  Here's how.

A few weeks ago we compared the Martin 000-28 vs OM-28.  That generated some good discussion, and one customer asked us how those two compare to the Martin OM-21. Let's find out!

Maury's old bandmate Lamar Snyder dropped by & the two reconnected on some of their favorite old songs.  Lamar was invited to sit in with Maury & Tim at a local gig, but a snowstorm canceled those plans.  Oh well ... plan B.   

Maury compares three Martin Grand Performance Cutaway guitars.  The GPC-18E, 
GPC-28E and GPC-35E.  Which do you prefer & why?

What's the difference between the Martin 000-28 and OM-28?  Good question!  Maury's been playing the OM-28 since 1998, and he had to navigate this same choice.  Read on.

The Martin Model America 1 is a limited edition Made in the USA dreadnought, featuring all United States sourced woods!  Spoon Phillips of Onemanz.com puts it through its paces. 

By popular request, Spoon Phillips compares 3 popular Martin Guitar body sizes.  The OMC-18E, GPC-18E and DC-18E.  Check it out!

We receive lots of questions about the proper way to restring an acoustic guitar.  Martin Guitar's Dave Doll has a really good video showing you the step-by-step process.  Check it out.