acoustic guitars Archive

  • Martin D-25 K2

    Martin D-25 K2

    This one’s a bit of an oddity. It’s a regular D-25 but Koa top, back and sides. Very dark sounding and not easy to incorporate with other instruments. It’s a little quiet for using live but it has a really lovely kind of bittersweetness which is perfect for those John Martyn moments…

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  • Harmony Monterey

    Harmony Monterey

    I used to have three of these “pawnshop specials” and they were all playable in exclusively different parts of the neck. Now I’m down to the “slide” one. Great for country blues. Instant 78rpm lo-fi tone and it all comes from the spraypainted finish.. Not sure of the age of this. I’m guessing mid-50s. Anybody [...]

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  • Epiphone PR5-E

    Epiphone PR5-E

    As I’ve been doing a lot more acoustic playing lately, I’ve needed some reliable but not oh-so-precious guitars to drag in and out of clubs. I’ve settled on these for now as, if you weed through to find a good one, they really sing and also the new electrics are pretty damn good. The one [...]

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