• From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Topic: MARTIN

Is their a lot of difference between a Martin D-42 and a D-45, and what is a Martin D45V.

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  • Registered: 2006-10-25
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Re: MARTIN

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en& … gle+Search

The "V" is for Vintage.  Copy & paste the Google search.  You'll find lots of info.

  • From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Re: MARTIN

I have a few Martin's, one of the BEST MARTINS is the MARTIN D-15, dark brown mahagony.
This isn't a guitar to put medium strings, the sound is really "feminine." This was my second Martin.
I had (and still have) a HD-28 (a "HE"), and then the D-15 (a "SHE"). It was quit funny, I lived on an apartment and that guitar lived and slept in my toilet room. Place enough, and the walls and floors of that little room reflected the sound. This is definitely one of the BEST GUITARS.
I looked on www.musiciansfriend.com and compared a MARTIN D-41, D-42 and D-45.
THE WOOD USED IS IDENTICAL, BACK, SIDES and a SPRUCE TOP.
So where is the difference?

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  • Registered: 2007-01-29
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Re: MARTIN

I've always thought that the Martin D-15 would make a great guitar for slide work. Hope to try one out some day...

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  • From: Texas
  • Registered: 2007-11-13
  • Posts: 51

Re: MARTIN

gitaardocphil wrote:

I have a few Martin's, one of the BEST MARTINS is the MARTIN D-15, dark brown mahagony.
This isn't a guitar to put medium strings, the sound is really "feminine." This was my second Martin.
I had (and still have) a HD-28 (a "HE"), and then the D-15 (a "SHE"). It was quit funny, I lived on an apartment and that guitar lived and slept in my toilet room. Place enough, and the walls and floors of that little room reflected the sound. This is definitely one of the BEST GUITARS.
I looked on www.musiciansfriend.com and compared a MARTIN D-41, D-42 and D-45.
THE WOOD USED IS IDENTICAL, BACK, SIDES and a SPRUCE TOP.
So where is the difference?

The number after the D 41, 42, 45 is the Ornamentation. The guitars are the same the inlays decoration is different. Hope this helps.

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  • From: Gander Newfoundland
  • Registered: 2007-05-05
  • Posts: 246

Re: MARTIN

I've really been wanting a D28 lately...

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  • From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Re: MARTIN

TEXAN4UT, you are my hero. Since months I tried to figure out why. The woods are basicly the same, but the price? About my D-45V: this guitar came straight from Gruhn. The price here is so high, and most Stores don't have that guitar in stock. One big Music Store contacted me a few times to ask if I wanted to sell my guitar. A yes = 2x what I paid. They had a professional who wanted a D-45V. If it wasn't because of my car crash, my answer should be yes, even giving the opportunity, to return to the US, and buying another. THE $$$ versus €€€. Another D-45V would cost me €3200, here €9000.

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  • From: Texas
  • Registered: 2007-11-13
  • Posts: 51

Re: MARTIN

gitaardocphil wrote:

TEXAN4UT, you are my hero. Since months I tried to figure out why. The woods are basicly the same, but the price? About my D-45V: this guitar came straight from Gruhn. The price here is so high, and most Stores don't have that guitar in stock. One big Music Store contacted me a few times to ask if I wanted to sell my guitar. A yes = 2x what I paid. They had a professional who wanted a D-45V. If it wasn't because of my car crash, my answer should be yes, even giving the opportunity, to return to the US, and buying another. THE $$$ versus €€€. Another D-45V would cost me €3200, here €9000.

The V is for vintage. They are much higher sometimes.

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  • From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
  • Posts: 3,403

Re: MARTIN

TEX, so you share my opinion in fact: except for the V, I knew it was vintage but if I put these guitars in a row:
- Martin D-35
- Martin D-41
- Martin D-42
- Martin D-45 (NO VINTAGE), I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHY, USING THE SAME WOODS, the prices are so high, and different. There must be another reason except for the inlays?
Do they have a different bracing?

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