Re: Which 3/4 baby acoustic plays best?

I'll go to the mat every time with the Little Martin LXM, their composite-material guitar. Don't be put off by the material. In fact, notice how cool they look. That Little Martin feels like a guitar -- the neck is has the real Martin feel. The guitar is INDESTRUCTIBLE -- I literally fell on mine, knee-first, and it lived. It feels like a real guitar, sounds VERY good, especially if you get the right strings (I suggest Martin's own silk and steel Folk strings in a heavy gauge), tunes up nice, comes with a fantastic gig bag and fits on every plane on earth. When I pick it up to noodle, I just like playing it. If I take it to a campfire sing-along type thing, I appreciate how easy to play and tone-ful it is. I owned the Washburn Rover -- which is nicely made but hard to hold and has nowhere near the tone of this one. The Martin Backpacker is impossible to play, if you ask me, but I know a lot of folks have them. The Baby Taylors have a woodier sound, but they're $100 more than the Little Martin, and there's something indistinct and muddy about the Taylors I've played. Your impressions may vary, of course. But I'd check out the Little Martin, which runs $259 online and is worth every penny.

On 2006-08-31 11:55:39 -0500, "Keith Adams" <keithadams@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Put new tuners, with a bone nut ,bridge pins and a saddle on your
Martin. It will sound good then.

"Hub" <hub@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:IHCJg.5418$o42.2498@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have a Martin backpacking guitar, which plays like crap. I'm looking
for a lightweight 3/4 (or smaller) acoustic guitar which plays good,
doesn't have to sound all that great. I just want something with a
decent feel on the fretboard and can stay in tune, that I actually can
take backpacking and play while sitting around a campfire. A search on
ebay for "3/4 acoustic" reveals quite a few to choose from.

Any suggestions? thx... hub


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