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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Christmas comes in September! The Custom Shop CF Martin OM28V arrived yesterday. I have owned (and own) many fine guitars and have played and heard others that sounded really nice, but I have never owned or heard one as fine as this guitar. It has to be heard to be believed. I am blown away. As nice as my previous OM28V sounded, it hardly compares to this guitar. The Addy top and Golden Era Bracing do their magic well. I could go on and on but just look at the pic's and read the spec's here:
OM-28V Custom PB Model
Although it has it's mint condition original hardshell, It now resides a Calton Case from my former OM so it is well protected.
Here are a couple of pic's:
Violetta fell in love with this from the auction pic's and it's my Christmas gift from her...she loves the wood stuff...and endures my GAS fueled craziness...pretty special.
I apologize for the pic quality: I will try to get better pic's if we ever get SUN in SW VA again...not looking good right now...
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Location: Phoenix AZ | 2. Nice guitar, congratulations. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Congrats Mike!!
Does this mean I don't have to go to the Mothership today? ;) :D
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Beautiful guitar, Mike. Someday, I'm going to have an OM sized Martin, too, probably a 42 model with the abalone inlay and electronics. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Gee Mike, That's a Nice'un! |
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Location: Flahdaw | Fantastic, just enough bling to make it POP. A fingerpickers dream with that wider nut and ebony fretboard. Congrats, and let's hear a recording soon. |
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Location: SoCal | Interesting story behind the OM guitars and this one specficially....
http://perrybechtel.com/ |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Thanks for the link Paul...it's really good reading and the illustrations are great too...great story and a lot of history... The story about the fire is tragic...but who knows, the original may be out there somewhere yet...
BTW: Stuart, thanks! Enjoy the vacation (real one)...lol |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I'm not envious....
I'm NOT!
(Denial...it comes in handy.)
Beautiful instrument, absolutely gorgeous! |
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Location: Cincinnati | Beautiful, Mike. Hopefully there will be a few guitars left for the rest of us to buy when you are finished with your aquisitions. ;) |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | Jeeze, is it Christmas every other week for you or what?
HA HA HA HA
No fair, no fair (You still do not want the 87 anymore HA HA HA HA HA HA).
As USUAL, sigh, very pretty guitar :) |
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| That is a beauty. Can't wait to hear it. Congrats! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Arrrgh... You, TJ and Capo are really starting to 'test' my brand lOyalty with those Martins!
Totally agree with Bob. CONGRATS! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Interesting history lesson. Thanks for the link, Paul. From another source, we learn that the first OM42 shipped to San Francisco in 1930 was purchased three years later in a pawn shop by an up and coming cowboy singer named Leonard Slye, who later changed his name to Roy Rogers. |
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Location: SoCal | And it just recently sold thru Christie's for hundreds of thousands..... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
And it just recently sold thru Christie's for hundreds of thousands..... Correction . . . the model was an OM45 (not a 42) and the sale price was reported to be $460,000. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I plan to get something recorded after the conference meetings this weekend...
Also on the Tak for the Tak CD...
Time is a precious commodity lately: my own that is...it's been in demand by everyone else... :p |
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Location: on the web | Beautiful guitar.
Guess all that praying that folks did when y'all reported Violetta getting her hours cut really worked.
Blessings indeed! :) |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
And it just recently sold thru Christie's for hundreds of thousands..... Correction . . . the model was an OM45 (not a 42) and the sale price was reported to be $460,000. |
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Location: So. Cal. | Congratulations!
From the first moment I saw the torch inlay from old Martin literature, I was mesmerized. I even had my friend (who was a graphic artist by trade) make me a stencil, so I could put it on a Cat's Eye (licensed Martin copy in Japan). After many years, I finally found myself a Custom M-42 with the very same torch inlay. I am very happy, to say the least. Your guitar is simply ..... (insert any adjective here)! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Very nice Mike. I would love to compare the sound of it to the Flamed Myrtle OM42 I acquired a while back.
Love the pyramid bridge but I'm not sure about that pickguard.
Probably one of those things you need to see in person to really appreciate the beauty. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | as posted by the Usual suspects: Beautiful guitar.
Guess all that praying that folks did when y'all reported Violetta getting her hours cut really worked.
Blessings indeed! [Smile] Yes. it did as a matter of fact but funny thing about answers to prayer is that it often comes in the form of unsuspecting ways...
Violetta was in a bad car accident several years ago as many of the "usual suspects" here may recall...she received a settlement from the insurance several months ago and opened a savings account...I sold my OM for nearly the amount of this guitar which left her helping a few hundred...which I have paid back with the sale of several Ovations...so, it does work...just not in ways we might think...
I highly recommend it and thanks to those who felt inclined to do just that...
Her hours did get cut: 2 days a pay period: 4 days a month...and it remains that way...FYI |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | stephen28 added: Love the pyramid bridge but I'm not sure about that pickguard.
Probably one of those things you need to see in person to really appreciate the beauty. Stephen, it needs to be seen in person...its not as gaudy as some of the light in the pic's made it...the PB Customs came w/o the p/g installed: this one was put on after it arrived at the dealer...BTW, this was special ordered and never picked up...I can't imagine...and Stuart bought it at a huge discount from it's retail cost of around 10 large...he had the Aura installed which also added to the cost. The originals came from Gryphon Music in CA...This was special ordered at Elderly w/identical spec's...
It is a special guitar... |
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Location: Pennsylvania | Beautiful, Mike! Enjoy! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I want to put a new set of strings on it...I am not sure what is on it now and Stuart is on vacation...these have the B and E plain strings that are gold in color. Anyone have any ideas what these are? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Probably Martin strings. The strings that came from the factory on my 000-18VS are that way. Congrats Mike, that one was almost mine. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | TJ that would only have delayed it for a week until you put it up for sale...lol
Enjoy the CEO... ;) :eek: :rolleyes: |
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Location: Cincinnati | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
TJ that would only have delayed it for a week until you put it up for sale...lol
Enjoy the CEO... TJ has a CEO? :rolleyes: |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Not again! |
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Location: on the web | 'TJ has a CEO'
'Not again!'
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by The Usual Suspects:
why would anybody care? 1. I'll probably have several chances to play it.
2. Odds are that someone here will have a chance to buy or trade for it.
3. I glad whenever an OFC member obtains a guitar they enjoy.
Other than that, it's all marketing spoo...  |
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Location: East Tennessee | Mike, Nice guitar. :cool:
Iffy, You're right. I'll be in TJ's neck of the woods in January. Hope to play what ever he has on hand. :) |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by The Usual Suspects:
'TJ has a CEO'
'Not again!'
why would anybody care? Thanks for your usual positive post TUS.
Some of us here are friends and do care. Have you talked to any friends lately??
Do you have any?
Go troll somewhere else.
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Location: on the web | Originally posted by Beggin:
Have you talked to any friends lately??
Do you have any? Yeah, see that other threaqd. Me and Caravan have a new band. I think we settled on "Ri**ard F***ing D**kins" for the name. You should try to catch our gig. |
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Location: WNC-God's Country | I bet he's 5'4 with a lil pecker...We can take him... |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by The Usual Suspects:
Originally posted by Beggin:
Have you talked to any friends lately??
Do you have any? Yeah, see that other threaqd. Me and Caravan have a new band. I think we settled on "Ri**ard F***ing D**kins" for the name. You should try to catch our gig.
Enjoy pivot boy! |
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Location: Cincinnati | Originally posted by War Eagle:
I bet he's 5'4 with a lil pecker...We can take him... I know JB can. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Using the big words again CR? |
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Location: WNC-God's Country | Come on over the fence and get you some cabbage cocksucker !!! You wanna dance with the devil? Bring IT !! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | CR, I get sh.. everyday in REAL LIFE...I only expect a little razzing here.
Read, a little. |
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Location: south east Michigan | gentlemen, gentlemen... |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | I will defer to Brad's better judgement, afterall, I consider him a friend. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | New Pic\'s Added (Sun Today) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Mike, that is a beauty! Enjoy it. |
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Location: everywhere | Originally posted by War Eagle:
Come on over the fence and get you some cabbage cocksucker !!! You wanna dance with the devil? Bring IT !! Wow, big grown up men, making threats on an internet forum. F**king hilarious, and somewhat pathetic. I'm scared sh*tless.
It's about time that some of you idiots realised that I suffer from multiple personality disorder and just exist to yank your chains. Which we do very well indeed. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Mike,
That is just sooo daggone gorgeous!
Just wondering... how come no comp saddle?  Still learning, ya know... |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by G8r:
Don't feed the trolls. You guys are giving them exactly what they want. Personally, I am tired of it Serge,
But, I will not stop posting, I will do like others and add a new persona.
Look for it soon, I will be.............
EDIT: Click! |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
I want to put a new set of strings on it...I am not sure what is on it now and Stuart is on vacation...these have the B and E plain strings that are gold in color. Anyone have any ideas what these are? Mike I just signed in to catch up. I am pretty certain that I put on some of Martin's Eric Clapton special. Likely they were some Extra lights. Not my normal as I tend to use Custom light (11's)Elixirs on the O's and A's. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Thanks Stuart...I was pretty sure they're extra light's...I think I'll try Elites first...Awesome guitar Stuart, just incredible... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Caravan Rooubishe:
Martin have never done that, not then or now. Why would they even consider it on an accurate repro of a late 1920's guitar.
Just remember, there's no such thing as stupid questions, just stupid people. Actually, every Martin I've owned or played has the "B" string compensation. It's in the way the saddle is ground. It's just hard to see from a straight on picture. (stupid people?...sheesh) :D
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I have owned over 10 high end Martins over the years and have never had a compensated saddle on any of them...
Taylor's...yes
Tak's...yes
Martins...no
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Go look at the Martin website ...
Standard series use B compensated saddles. Vintage, Golden Era and Marquis series do not. |
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September Christmas <br/><b>Subject:</b> Re: September Christmas</span></td><td align='right' class='smalltext' nowrap></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign='top' height='150' class='messagemiddle'><span class='smalltext'><br/><br/><b>Joined:</b><br>June 2006<br/>Posts: 7307<br/><br/>Location: South of most, North of few</span></td><td valign='top' class='messagemiddle'>I believe Iffy meant the B string compensated in relation to the rest.</td></tr><tr><td class='messagefooter' style='height:20px'> </td><td nowrap class='messagefooter'><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%'><tr><td nowrap></td><td align='right'> <a href='#top'><img src='/megabbs/images/spacer.gif' alt='Top of the page' border='0'></a> <a href='#bottom'><img src='/megabbs/images/spacer.gif' alt='Bottom of the page' border='0'></a> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan='2' class='messagecellspacer'> </td></tr><tr><td class='messageheader'><a href='/megabbs/view-profile.asp?action=view&uid=6267'>Caravan Rooubishe</a><br/><img src='/megabbs/images/spacer.gif' height='1' width='120' alt=''></td><td class='messageheader' nowrap width='100%'><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%'><tr><td><a name='M396516'></a><img src='/megabbs/images/spacer.gif' alt=''> <span class='smalltext'><b>Posted</b> 2009-10-01 9:41 PM (#396516 - in reply to #396463) <br/><b>Subject:</b> Re: September Christmas</span></td><td align='right' class='smalltext' nowrap></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign='top' height='150' class='messagemiddle'><span class='smalltext'><b>Joined:</b><br>March 2008<br/>Posts: 119<br/><br/>Location: everywhere</span></td><td valign='top' class='messagemiddle'>Martin have never done that, not then or now. Why would they even consider it on an accurate repro of a late 1920's guitar. <br/>
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