"When you’re a beginner player, a good acoustic guitar will allow you to easily hear your mistakes. The X Series does that.” Rich S., Backstage All Access member, on the000-X2E "It should feel like it’s a part of me. Agility is a word that comes to mind; the way it shapes...
In 1998, Martin moved back to Los Angeles, where his career as a guitar player really began to take off. In May 2000, Andy captured the #1 spot on MP3.com with his band, Altered State. His recent exploits have won him glowing praise in publications like Guitar World, Guitar One and t...
Martin & Coupa Brazilian "Tigerwood" Guitar Once the Martin family moved from New York City to rural Pennsylvania in 1838, distribution of the guitars remained in New York, handled by guitar teacher John Coupa, and the guitars were either affixed with a "Martin & Coupa" label, or continued...
beast-eyes in the starlight, the sting of the steel in his neck, and the rush of blood, the crowd and the cries, the two bodies, his and the Mexican's, locked together, rolling over and over and tearing up the sand, and from away off somewhere the mellow tinkling of a guitar. Su...
me to question who was responsible for building the first Martins, adapting fan bracing, for "inventing" X bracing, and proposing the 14 fret neck design that informs the shape of the modern guitar. C.F. Martin & Co. has produced exquisite guitars, and I've been fortunate to assemble ...
and from away off somewhere the mellow tinkling of a guitar. Such was the picture, and he thrilled to the memory of it, wondering if the man could paint it who had painted the pilot- schooner on the wall. The white beach, the stars, and the lights of the sugar steamers would look ...
i have a 75th anniversary d18, it is a great sounding guitar! But i really have my eye on one of these d18A’s at a music store thats nowhere around where i live so im just going by what the store is telling me witch is this is an awesome d18A! “theres nothing in our store...
In 1996, the four members of Coldplay met in Ramsey Hall their first week at University College London. Not long after, Martin heard Buckland playing guitar from behind the door of his dorm room. “He was like a whirlwind,” Buckland tells me. “Just, ‘Oh, you play the guitar? Brillia...
Nicholas Ray’s 1954 Western ‘Johnny Guitar’ stars the legendary Joan Crawford as a saloon owner who becomes a murder suspect after helping a wounded gang member in a cattle town in a remote town in Arizona. ‘I remember when I first saw it, I enjoyed it. In the U.S. people were ...
When I moved to Nashville, this was the first guitar I ever got. In the year and a half that I've had it, I've probably played over a hundred gigs with it, and it's been extremely good to me. It's simple all around, in a good way. Simple inlays, simple electronics, simple ...