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Thread #85251 Message #3014062
Posted By: GUEST,Achromat
24-Oct-10 - 04:04 AM
Thread Name: Why are Martin Guitars so expensive?
Subject: RE: Why are Martin Guitars so expensive?
Bought a brand new HD-28 Oct. 2010. Intonation was off but soon realized that the guitar was built in 2008 and had a set of strings on it that were 2 years old! Mind you it sounded fantastic. Changed the strings and the intonation problems disappeared. The high E and G ring out a bit but I'll take care of that after I've had it for awhile as they seem to be working themselves out the more I play it.
I went through a lot of Martins before I settled on this one so the fact that they are hand made and not mass produced on a CnC machine makes them expensive and worth it.