ESRdescollines
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Hello people,
Was just curious if somebody here on the forum has ever played or owned a Martin M36, it's a 0000 size guitar with 3 piece rosewood back. I own one since 2006, bought in Germany (I live in Belgium), a neighbour country. They are quite rare here in this part of Europe.
But to be honest, I was quite amazed about the sound and playability of this instrument. Also the price was attractive to European level (good USA made guitars are significant more expensive than in the States). So I bought it in a heartbeat and I still like it as much as the first day. After setting the neck (tussrod) and lowering a fraction of the action, it was a dream. My experience is (but this is for everybody personal) that it works best with JP 600L's or Martin SP's size 0,12, now I have Thomastik Infeld SB112 on it, not bad, but the JP's are to my ears the best. To me the instrument got a strong, round and mellow sound that I until now didn't found in other guitars. The more expensive brother is the M38, but it got two piece back and more bling of course. Don't know if there is a sound difference.
Was just curious if somebody here on the forum has ever played or owned a Martin M36, it's a 0000 size guitar with 3 piece rosewood back. I own one since 2006, bought in Germany (I live in Belgium), a neighbour country. They are quite rare here in this part of Europe.
But to be honest, I was quite amazed about the sound and playability of this instrument. Also the price was attractive to European level (good USA made guitars are significant more expensive than in the States). So I bought it in a heartbeat and I still like it as much as the first day. After setting the neck (tussrod) and lowering a fraction of the action, it was a dream. My experience is (but this is for everybody personal) that it works best with JP 600L's or Martin SP's size 0,12, now I have Thomastik Infeld SB112 on it, not bad, but the JP's are to my ears the best. To me the instrument got a strong, round and mellow sound that I until now didn't found in other guitars. The more expensive brother is the M38, but it got two piece back and more bling of course. Don't know if there is a sound difference.