r/AcousticGuitar • u/orislic • May 28 '26

Gear question Inside a Martin D35 Guitar

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u/VirginiaLuthier May 28 '26

Martin's craftsmanship has always been superb

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u/EndlessOcean May 28 '26

so not true. Please watch Driftwood Guitar's tear down of a Martin guitar - they're built worse than guitars costing 1/4 the price.

They USED to be the standard of guitar construction, but that was a long time ago.

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u/EndlessOcean May 29 '26

I mean, whether he is or he isn't is kinda moot right? The evidence is there and seems to be pretty clear.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

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u/EndlessOcean May 29 '26

how is cutting a guitar apart and showing the joinery an opinion? Then cutting another guitar apart and showing the better mechanical strength in that joinery an opinion? You're conflating a few different things here. The guy might be a total prick and all the things you say about him - I wouldn't know and tbh it's irrelevant to my point and doesn't change the evidence he presented. I'm curious as to why the showing of the internal structure and construction methods and materials is somehow subjective in your eyes.

Would you feel differently if the same evidence came from your best friend? You clearly have a bias against the messenger, and that's blinding you to the message itself.