Martin D18 REVISITED - Normal Guy Review

Looking again at the Martin D18 Mahogany guitar at my local Guitar Center, D18 sound demo, and discussion on Martin D28 Rosewood vs D18 Mahogany debate.

This Martin D18 review will discuss which is better between the Martin D18 vs D28, Martin D18 setup, and sound demo the Martin D18 fingerstyle and Martin D18 Bluegrass tones.

Martin D28 vs D18, which is it?… and WHY IS THIS MARTIN D18 BUZZING?!?!?!

[polescalante]

oh, and I agree with your last take that price and quality are not equally comparable, especially past a certain price. I usually prefer a standard D18 to a MD D18 for example. Also, sounding twice as good is a HUGE difference! Even 15% better between a 5K guitar and a 2K guitar would be huge. But sound is so subjective and also so complex. There's too many variables to compare. Usually one guitar's strengths are another's weakness and vice versa...

[ncaa]

Im a mahogany guy myself. Love the 18 series

[CarlandGrace]

I have this in satin and love it.
You should review the 000-16 streetmaster too.
Everyone tells me the one I have sounds like one of the best guitars they have heard.

[polescalante]

I enjoy these casual reviews... This is a different D18 to the one you played 6 or so months ago... check the pickguard for differences. That's why it sounds different... In my experience and opinion, especially in the standard series, mahogany b/s guitars are consistently better than rosewood about 4 out of 5 times... but... That 1 time, the rosewood guitar will blow all the mahogany guitars out of the water. Now, in authentic dreadnoughts, I am consistently more impressed with rosewoods... but that's usually Guatemalan rosewood which imo is superior to EIR...

[oleg]

it's because of the humidity in the room changes, dryer guitar sounds better, it needs a truss rod adjustment for buzzing

[oleg]

if it was out of case hanging on the wall, winter is a low humidity time