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What is the difference between a Martin 00 and 000?
A 00 has the same depth as a 000, but the slightly smaller top brings all the frets a little closer to the body. They are ideal for smaller guitarists, or people who want a petite playmate for their larger guitars.
What do the Martin model numbers mean?
Martin started building guitars in 1833, and by 1898, they were using a standardized system to number their instruments by body shape and style. The first letters or numbers indicate the body shape (0, 00, OM, D, etc.) that are followed by a style number (15, 18, 28, 45, etc.), and separated by a dash.
What is a Martin 000 size?
For many the definitive shape, the OM shares its body size with the 000 but has a different scale length: the OM is 25.4 inches (645mm), the 000 is 24.9 inches (632mm).
What is the difference between Martin 28 and 18 style guitars?
The tonewood combination of spruce and rosewood, with Martin’s internal scalloped X-bracing, give 28 style guitars a deep, rich, resonant sound and excellent volume. While the 18 style guitars are clear, bright and authoritative, the Style 28 guitars are deeper, richer, with more bass.
What do you think of the 000-18 and 000-28?
I have an 000-18 and an 000-28, and although admittedly they are not new, but they have the same architecture. The Mahogany is honest and in your face, the Rosewood is full of overtones and subtleties. I prefer the 18, but that’s just me. The 00028 I owned was one of the nicest guitars I’ve ever come across.
What do the numbers mean on a Martin guitar?
In the Martin naming system you always have first the size and then the style. So a D-18 would be a Dreadnought size guitar in the 18 style, while the OM-28 would be an orchestra model guitar in the 28 style. While the letter in the name refers to a body size and shape, the number always refers to a style type.
What is a Martin Dreadnoughts 18 style?
But what makes it different from other Dreadnoughts in the Martin catalog is its elusive style designation. The 18 style means that any guitar with the 18 designation has the tonewood combination of a Spruce top and Mahogany back and sides (at least since 1917).