|
|
Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | Martin is sponsoring a promotion / clinic tomorrow night.
They will restring one guitar, any make, for free.
Here's the question...
Do I take the UTE or the AD-II??? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2002
Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | take each, one at a time.
Wear a disguise the second time, maybe a wig and coconuts? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
May 2008
Posts: 4996
Location: Phoenix AZ | I would take the one that is in most need of restring. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | Oh Dave... you are just so damn practical.
They both could use a change. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
May 2008
Posts: 4996
Location: Phoenix AZ | Then take the U681. It looks less "plasticky" and won't raise so many eyebrows. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2002
Posts: 15680
Location: SoCal | Martin strings on a Ute? There's something that's just, well, wrong about that.... |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2002
Posts: 8307
Location: Tennessee | Just don't let'em try to trade you in on one of those formica guitars. They may try the "our plastic is better than their plastic" line on you. ;) |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2006
Posts: 10777
Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Take the Ute and get into a discussion about sustainability and which guitar killed fewer trees. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
July 2004
Posts: 766
Location: New Hampsha | Just keep eyeing their guitars and asking if the back and sides are rosewood, and was it legally imported.... |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2009
Posts: 4536
Location: Flahdaw | Take your very best Ameritage case, and put an Esteban inside, then slowly pull it out in front of everyone as if it's a valuable collector peice. Try to keep a straight face. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 815
Location: Colorado | Wear a disguise the second time, maybe a wig and coconuts?
A grass skirt would really set off those coconut shells girlfriend. :D |
|
| |
|
Joined:
November 2008
Posts: 1119
Location: Michigan | I am watching "My Cousin Vinny" right now....take the UTE. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | I've just past some kind strange milestone.
I couldn't find my UTE.
It took me ten minutes of looking around the house to find my UTE.
.
.
It's official.... I have to many guitars.
Now that I found it, the UTE is sounding pretty strong.
I think I'll take the AD-II. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2009
Posts: 715
| I would ask the following:
Why does Martin have crappy sounding guitars at $800 price range when you can buy an Ovation at that price and have it sound much better than the Martin?
Or -- When are you going to bring back the Stinger? :D
Michelle |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2006
Posts: 2491
Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Yeah .. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | Now now... play nice.
I'm going to take the high road. I'm even going to leave my Ovation denim shirt in the closet. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
February 2005
Posts: 11840
Location: closely held secret | Brad, if they make fun of your guitar, just take it out and play it. That'll shut em up. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
October 2008
Posts: 639
Location: NW of Philadelphia | Sam Ash has been doing the same thing every Monday nights: Restringing Clinic - Free set of DiAddario Strings included. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2006
Posts: 5881
Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I'd take a 12-string. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2006
Posts: 10777
Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | ProfessorBB sez:
I'd take a 12-string. Thank You! Now there is a man that is Thinking! :D |
|
| |
|
Joined:
May 2003
Posts: 4389
Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I agree, bring that 12 string. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2005
Posts: 3619
Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Dang. I wish they had free string clinics up here in the sticks. The only things you'll find up here for free right now are leaves and advice. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
July 2004
Posts: 766
Location: New Hampsha | Vince,
Here's a free offer: send me all your guitars and I'll restring them.
Actually, that goes for anybody.
legal disclaimer: I didn't say anything about returning them. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | Well, it was not so much a clinic as it was a dog & pony show. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It was entertaining, informative and I heard quite a few nice guitars and played one or two.
Turns out one of the guys (I'm not sure if he was the dog or the pony...), worked at Ovation for a number of years.
I got there kinda late and did not get my AD-II restrung. I didn't even take it out of the case.
The guys were very good musicians. Flatpickin' Bluegrass. I found myself amazed about how many songs you can get out of C, G, and F. After they got good & warmed up they even did E7, A7, B7. Alot of interesting and fancy lead work that rarly got up past the 3rd fret. But that's where Martins really shine, isn't it? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2008
Posts: 2683
Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Did you get the name of the guy who worked there? I'm thinking John Berwald is living in Michigan now. Tall bald headed guy with glasses? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | HA!
Nope... short and all kinds of hair.
Richard Starkey. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2008
Posts: 2683
Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Yeah! I knew him too. He worked in New Hartford, but he played a bunch of bluegrass with some friends of mine. I even have a tape he made back in the 80's, "Rabbit in a Log". Cool. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2009
Posts: 29
Location: North Bend, WA | It was probably Richard Starky. http://www.wartracemusicfest.org/Richard.pdf
He's been doing Martin Clinics for years. Richard re-strung my Folklore back in July of this year at a Martin Clinic in Bellevue, WA. He also adjusted the truss rod, fine tuned the nut slots and dialed in the saddle... all the while telling me stories about what it was like working for Ovation back in the day. One heck-of-a nice guy. While Richard worked on my Folklore, Larry Barnwell (the NW Martin Sales Rep) restrung my Martin M3M. When they say bring your guitar in for a restring, they mean ANY guitar. And they never make fun of it, no matter what kind it is. They're not snobs, just good people. :) |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2002
Posts: 8307
Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Nope... short and all kinds of hair.
Richard Starkey.  |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2008
Posts: 2683
Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Thanks for the link, Slater. After reading it I noticed it was written by Orrin Star, another musician I used to know back in the day. He played with a guy named Gary Mehalic who was a friend of a friend. And the mention of Bill Hall REALLY took me back. His cousin Fred Etheridge was one of my best friends, and eventually they formed a band together. After losing touch with Fred over the years, I got invited to his 50th birthday party. It was a surprise and he didn't know I was coming. I walked in with my old black Legend held up in front of my face so he couldn't see me, and sure enough, he recognized that round back and knew it was me. I got a chance to play with the band, and Bill Hall was blown away when I told him I had been a fan for years. At that point he was getting old and had lost a step or two, but he was still a great banjo player. What a trip down memory lane! Thanks! |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | Yeah.. Larry Barnwell ... that was the other guy! |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2009
Posts: 29
Location: North Bend, WA | Thanks for the link, Slater. You're welcome Alison! :) |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2004
Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | So Brad, why didn't you have them restring your guitar? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | I got there kinda late. |
|
| |
Martin Guitar night at my music store