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Scooter, You said "friends", but you meant "co-enablers", didn't you...

Hi Pinewind, You sound a lot like me in my quest. I actually ended up buying and selling quite a few guitars before I was able to settle on what I was looking for. Dreads have a much fuller sound then anything else in the Martin catalogue. Smaller guitar are less echoy and sweeter sounding. Forward shifted scalloped instruments sound more ethereal (more overtones) vs straight braced which is generally more fundamental in nature. Rosewood tone...

Please count me in! Between a couple of electrics, a lap steel and pedal steel - I'm sure they'll be the right gauges! Thanks! Dave

Sign me up please.

Scottish Thistledown wrote: It's got ebony tuner buttons which I thought were aftermarket, but almost all of the ones I have seen have either the ebony or pearloid buttons, so maybe they were stock? D16-H should have the ebony buttons, earlier D-16 M has the perly ones IIRC.

I know the answer but I'm not telling unless the strings come with the guitar attached.

Buck wrote: Not to give medical advice, but there's generally less that one pound difference between a 000 and a Dreadnaught. I tracked guitar weights for a while, and even if I take extreme examples there is less than two pounds difference. As Lee said, mahogany is typically lighter. I've always considered myself a "rosewood guy" too. However, I currently own more mahogany than rosewood. Didn't plan that, but...

Wow...Big sound...No mud there Freddy...Thx! Congrats to you & Ckuckar. Pic Pls ~Let's see some of that Madrose...

bglaze wrote: Guess what -- lots of mom and pop shops are going to go out of business because of the advent of the internet, and if they do it isn't anyone's fault but their own. If mom and pop don't learn to adapt to a 21st century business world, then they have no business being in business. Businesses are businesses; they are not charities... There's no question that we would all love to continue to enjoy the friendly...

He has more than one. There is a thread I started about his televised concert at Durham Cathedral. He and his guitarist play a variety of Martins, including what looks like a size 1 or 2 as well as an 0-18. This particular guitar pictured above is likely the latter. 0's look just like 00s and 000s, not the stretched out peanut shape of a size 2 or 2-1/4.