Martin D-18 Satin - Compared to D-18 Standard
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2023
- Just released at the 2023 NAMM Show… the Martin D-18 Satin featuring a satin Amberburst finish. Watch as we compare the tone to a Standard D-18. Both have the same specs, but one is gloss - one is satin. Can you hear a difference?
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GUITAR SPECS:
Back & Side Wood: Mahogany
Body Size: Dreadnought
Top Wood: Spruce
Acoustic Nut Width: 1 3/4"
Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval w/ Performing Artist Taper
Bracing Pattern: Standard "X" Scalloped, Forward Shifted
Scale Length: 25.4"
String Spacing at Saddle: 2 1/8"
Acoustic Pickup: None
Tuners: Nickel Open-Geared w/ Butterbean Knobs
Case: Martin Hardshell
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the burst sounds great! and looks hidious
The open pore sounds the best and welcome back Q
Should come with a pore key.
I went to the store to get a d28 satin, and came out with the 18 satin. It was louder than all the other martins on the shelf, d35, d18, hd28, d28 satin. I came back and I had someone else listen in too, because i thought am i crazy, is this a one of a kind. Them not being a guitar person and not knowing the prices they felt the same way.
Reminded me of a couple years back when buying a martin d28, there was a 28 modern deluxe that had a sound you wouldnt forget but it was out of the price range. I havent gotten a chance to pick up an authentic series but have played a couple thompson, collings and bergeoiuse. And that modern deluxe had that airy tone like they did. Such big, crisp tone. This 18 was like picking up one of those, it blew me away. Check one out. The 18 satin
Satin is going to take over...i prefer the gloss look but cant argue with tone
If you wax it with carnuba wax it will develop that low shine very similar to the finish that the custom shop authentics have.
correction: the D-28 is NOT Cobain's, but rather that Street Legend D-18. He loved an old D-18 he called "Grandpa" and it's in the Martin museum. I think the D-18 is a cross between Hank's and Kurt's. Great stuff either way guys, loved the comparison to the OG and the satin. I think the Standard is a bit more focused, but had these Satin guits been around, I'd be very curious which one I would have chosen. I still love the Standard D-18 the best.
I love the stock D-18, but the satin sounded incredible, as well.
Looking seriously at both.
I play a Yamaha FGX5, it’s got a satin finish, and it sounds incredible. I’m thinking about going the same route with a D-18.
Then again, the classics are always the classics. Stock D-18.
I swear I heard this a couple of weeks ago. Pau, you are perfect in your imperfections! Now I gotta go put my patchouli on and go to the gym
Paul,Baxter still says to tune your guitars.
Quinton, What brand thumbpick do you use, & what gauge? Thanks!!!
BTW...I'd humbly accept either one, but I'm partial to the satin amberburst D-18
“B.O. and patchouli is awesome.” -Quinton, 2K23
If I recall, Martin said it's a dot matrix stain-nitrocellulose finish. I like my MV D-28 12-fret.
May try that dati if available at our local San Jose GC…do you know the way to San Jose…; maybe my last dread Martin btw just got my om28 some months ago
I hear a tighter frequency range in the stock D-18. I prefer it slightly over the satin. But I'd take them both and spend the next 20 years comparing the two.
The D-18 is modeled after Kurt Cobain's guitar "Grandpa". 1953 (the year Hank Williams died, btw) "
This well worn D-18 was coined “Grandpa” by Kurt Cobain, and was gifted to the rocker by then girlfriend Mary Lou Lord In 1991. Used by Cobain while on tour for Nirvana’s second and most notable album Nevermind. After Cobain’s death, the instrument was returned to Mary Lou Lord who toured with late rocker Elliott Smith who also used the guitar. (Courtesy of Martin Guitar.)"
Vid on the 1953 original:
czcams.com/video/GYLOhZwwiOI/video.html
To my ears, the two sound the same when you compared them . Maybe my hearing loss at %50 now has a big effect on discerning.
Oh, wait. I did review it several times and the sun burst has a sweet and defined tonal difference. Great job, fellas !!!
Paul: “… nah, I’m ready to go home.” 😂
I hear the difference, the Satin always sounds a bit more Dry , Earthy and not as Sweet and sparkly as the glossy one. But indeed the sound is more opened and loud on the Satin. I like both but would choose the glossy.
Until I took an interest in acoustic guitars and learned about the effect of a paint finish, I had not considered that this could affect the sound. As always, the soundboard will influence what an acoustic guitar sounds like, but, yes, the paint finish can have quite an effect on the sound.
That Satin sounds like the truth.
Love satin guitars .
I think the gloss-top d18 has more rounded tones, and a "fuller" sound. The burst satin sounds more "stringy". Do they have the same strings, these two samples?
I have to assume so straight from the factory
Hank Williams Sr. played a D-28 in photos. He also played Gibson guitars too.
Martin should make a series of satin & semi/low gloss with road ready pick up 00-DB & 000-DB guitars for those who want the sound without the bulk. Better suited for traveling musicians IMO. American made of course!
I would spend the extra $ for the D-18 Standard.
You mean the “Gloss” D-18 Standard. All of the satin models (sunburst, natural, or Street Legend) are also part of the “Standard” series.
@@charlesbolton8471 yes!
I like Martins but I prefer the Gibson sunburst.
Especially the really dark one like on my Custom Shop 12 fret Southern Jumbo.
This guy!! Not only is he an amazing guitarist, but has a PhD in molecular biology and is a lawyer. Watching him makes me feel like I've just thrown my whole life away!
Doc Watson did well without the shingles.
@leerumbley
fool for a day, Quinton King for a lifetime.
Greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switerland
Nope...you haven't thrown your life away. He shouldn't have paid so much time studying and done a bit more playing.
OKAY OKAY, send me both and I’ll get back to you, once my investigation is complete 😊
EXACTLY!!!!😂😂🎉🎉
I am all in on the satin ...now I just got to hope they do this in a 000 body and then the waiting will be over, and the buying can commence!!!!
The 000-17S has a satin finish.
The satin finish seems like Martin jumping on the retro mail-order style so popular right now. From a builder’s standpoint - less cost to production.
Jumping on?
The 17 series has entered the chat.
And they cost less because of that lower cost of production, so what’s your point.
Why did Martin discontinue the Whiskey Sunset 00 14 fret guitars ????? And ....the 00-16 E Grenadillo ????? And the 00-DB Jeff Tweedy ?????? And the 00-18V ?????? And the CEO- 9 ???All they offer now ( for the most part ) are 000 & Dred's ???
At least they still build the 00 ceo7
@@paulboden7850
Which is the best CEO model ever.
@@powbobs
Some are next to impossible to find, but the fact that the ceo 7 is still being built tells you something. Adirondack spruce and mahogany make this 00 outstanding.
@@paulboden7850
It sounds much bigger than it is.
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To my ear, the Standard sounds prettier, with better separation of notes but still somehow more overtones, and sweeter. The Satin is definitely more open, but I hear it as a woofier, muddier growl that's more dominated by the fundamental. A great blues or cowboy strummer for sure.
Play the first minute at half speed!..... it's funny...lol
Love the tone of the D-18 satin. Put ebony (or bone) bridge pins on it and let it sit with a ToneRite for a couple/few hundred hours, and scare the Living Hell out of EVERYBODY, especially all of the gloss-Martin owners.
i called martin in PA they said not only is the distressed guitar a image on the top so is the ambertone :( i was hoping the ambertone was a sprayed finish but it’s essentially a sticker
It’s not a sticker in any sense of the word.
Satin sounds like an older guitar.. if they sold one, I would love to have a standard D18 with a flat finish. The original bright colored spruce is just gorgeous
They’re available in the amber burst and natural satin finish.
I like satin, but that drastic burst looks like it belongs on a low end epiphone.
D-18 standard sounds like a D-18, the D-18 satin sounds a little more brighter to me....kinda like (but not as bad as) a Taylor.
I really worry about these satin guitars just not sounding good over the years.. they’re borderline too airy and ‘spread out’ ‘unfocused’ already.. what’s gonna happen when the top dries out (probably rapidly without finish) and it begins aging.
I'm no expert but I would think as long as you're keeping the humidity between 45-60% they shouldn't dry out. Martin also sells the Satin cleaning/conditioning wipes I use on my 000-15SM every other month which does a good job.
Martins from the 50’s sound amazing.
These will be fine.
will quickly be a collector's item...because that "sunburst" is so ugly
Stores are selling them as soon as they receive them.
Merlot anyone.
original all the way ! the gloss sounds like a refined guitar the satin sounds like a tiny BANJO!!!!!
Get your ears checked.
…and wash your hands before you pick up the guitar.
As you always should.
Not a fan of the overly open sounding satin guitars.
Yeah but two standard D18s will sound that much different because Wood. That finish is horrid looking... like otr stain... wtf
Man, I was on the fence about the satins (and I generally do not mind a satin finish, one of my guitars is a Martin Special 16 with satin BnS), but that Sunburst sounded huge and killer. In all the reviews, the satins sounded huge and killer.
Satin guitars always do!
Can I get an "AMEN" Yes indeed.
Same here, was on the fence but think I’m sold on these now.
What are you talking about....
Paul, you get CZcams silver wall trophy when you reach 100k - YT should have sent you one by now, like I think it's automatic?