I don't have 1 "best" guitar.

I have 6, that are all KILLERS/KEEPERS and I couldn't part with any of them.
(I've already turned away several decent offers for a few of them.)
(Each one is an only child, if you know what I mean. :-)

I would put the '76 HD-28 up against ANY pre-war D-28, and I have played quite a few pre-war 28's.
Yes, it's THAT good an instrument in ALL respects - and even more astonishing as it's a
"70s era" Martin - an era that was considered less than their finest hour in terms of quality.
However in '76 Martin decided to bring back the "Pre-war D-28, and the result was the reissue
of the HD-28 - the only instrument in their line-up at the time, with scalloped braces.
(The M-38 would follow a year later.)

It's very eye ear-opening and interesting to hear an AGED Indian Rosewood instrument.
This pup is nearly 30 years old and it's vintage "voice" is already well there. Based on
what I hear (and feel when I play it), I believe that in time MANY people will change
their minds about IRW and consider aged IRW superior to the sound of aged BRW. It's ALL there!

They are shown towards the bottom of the page here.


Nice to see you start a M U S I C thread, LH!