NGD - 1979 Martin HD28

AlbertC

So pleased with this purchase today from Glenn's Guitars. It's in fabulous shape and the tone is gorgeous.
Added bonus is the case with it's retro font and brown teddy bear lining - it could only be 1970s! I love it 

The experience of buying from Glenn was a real joy too. In a relaxed and chatty 3 hour session I got to demo 6 Martins (two not even on the website yet), 2 Santa Cruzs and 1 Collings. TBH, I would have been happy with virtually any of them although surprisingly the Collings was a bit of let down.
I very nearly walked away with a wonderful Santa Cruz D Pre-War, but in the end my heart, fingers and ears were with this lovely Martin HD28

stickyfiddle

Awesome

earwighoney

What's the grain like on the back?

It's a stunner for sure.

danishbacon

Oh wow, that is absolutely stunning!! Congratulations. 

danishbacon

How does it compare to the 35 you were eying up?

AlbertC

earwighoney said:

What's the grain like on the back?

not too shabby

earwighoney

Wow. That's incredible.

The EIRW Martin was using in the 70's was out of this world.

Kristo

I’ve bought from Glenn before and echo what you’ve said. Was a lovely experience. Enjoy the new guitar! 

RandallFlagg

Really nice. I love the rounded headstock corners, it gives a much more hand finished look compared to new factory Martins which are quite sharply cut.

SteveF

That's lovely!

AlbertC

danishbacon said:

How does it compare to the 35 you were eying up?

Sorry, missed this yesterday

Tonally it's on a par, if not better.
Condition - no competition, cosmetically it's much cleaner and it has no structural issues
Price - this was considerably cheaper

Winner all round!

drofluf

Wow!

TimmyO

very cool - congrats . Sounds nerdy but the back is beautiful 

ICBM

AlbertC said:

Tonally it's on a par, if not better.
Condition - no competition, cosmetically it's much cleaner and it has no structural issues
Price - this was considerably cheaper

Winner all round!

Very good .

And it really does show how overpriced that D-35 was...

This looks like a really nice example. The only thing I'm not keen on is the strap button on the heel - I never like them there, but at least it would be possible to fix it invisibly by replacing the heel cap, if it bothers you.

I've got a '71 D12-35 with back wood very like that. A lot of people say that 70s Martins are a bad period for them, but I think it's just like Gibson and Fender - there are still great examples as well as less good ones, you just have to look for them.

yocky

Lovely, congratulations.

Glenn's is the perfect guitar "shop". I might turn down half the offers of cups of tea next time though. 5 would have been sufficient.

AlbertC

ICBM said:

And it really does show how overpriced that D-35 was...

certainly does

ICBM said:

 The only thing I'm not keen on is the strap button on the heel - I never like them there, but at least it would be possible to fix it invisibly by replacing the heel cap, if it bothers you.

don't tend to use a strap much so I'll probably leave it there

ICBM said:

 A lot of people say that 70s Martins are a bad period for them, but I think it's just like Gibson and Fender - there are still great examples as well as less good ones, you just have to look for them.

yes, I read that somewhere too, but this one seems to contradict that 

AlbertC

yocky said:

Glenn's is the perfect guitar "shop". I might turn down half the offers of cups of tea next time though. 5 would have been sufficient.

I limited myself to 2 cups 

Andy79

That’s a real beaut. Congratulations 

richardhomer

Lovely! I agree with your comments on the Collings - I’ve never played one I’ve liked - but loved every Santa Cruz I’ve tried.

Wazmeister

Congrats, that a beauty !

I love the way its aged naturally. Good scoop.