Martin's 2,000,000 Guitar

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C.F. Martin partnered with another Pennsylvania firm, RGM Watch to produce their 2,000,000 guitar. RGM produced a custom watch movement that resides in the headstock of the guitar. This may not be everyone's cup of tea, however I was stunned by the inlay work on the guitar. The inlay on the back of the guitar is actually modeled after the going train of the RGM watch movement.

In the video, check out the 6:17 time stamp.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/martin-guitar-two-millionth-rgm-introducing#
https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/2-millionth-guitar/
 

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I can understand they want to do something special for their 2,000,000th guitar, but a guitar that's only for show is worthless, in my humble opinion. I'd rather see them make the most amazing sounding guitar -ever- than the best looking -ever-.

I like the round knobs on the tuners, seems better to me than the standard knobs.
 
Alex said:
I can understand they want to do something special for their 2,000,000th guitar, but a guitar that's only for show is worthless, in my humble opinion. I'd rather see them make the most amazing sounding guitar -ever- than the best looking -ever-.
I like the round knobs on the tuners, seems better to me than the standard knobs.
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What makes you think its only for show? Seems like a perfectly functional instrument decorated with watch motifs.
 
Svar said:
Alex said:
I can understand they want to do something special for their 2,000,000th guitar, but a guitar that's only for show is worthless, in my humble opinion. I'd rather see them make the most amazing sounding guitar -ever- than the best looking -ever-.
I like the round knobs on the tuners, seems better to me than the standard knobs.
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What makes you think its only for show? Seems like a perfectly functional instrument decorated with watch motifs.
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You already got your answer, but since I'm a player myself for 28 years now, I'll explain the key element.

Most of the sound of the guitar is made by the wooden body vibrating, and the top plate is the most important part as that's the part that transfers the vibration from the strings to the body. To get the best result here you want this piece to be strong but thin, and encounter as little resistance as possible so it can vibrate freely. All the decorations on this show piece severly hamper the top from vibrating the way it should, resulting in a thin metallic sound without warmth because you now mostly hear the strings and not the wood.

Anyway, Martin is stil regarded as the No 1 accoustic guitar brand of the world (not counting custom builders). They do know what they're doing.  [smile]
 
Of all the times I come across something from CF Martin on here. Anyone who is interested in buying one, I can tell you there are about 28,000 in the warehouses around the plant. Which would be the reason after almost 25 years of employment there, we are only working 3 days a week for hopefully only a few months [emoji1361] So maybe it's a little sour grapes right now for me.

However, they are awesome sounding guitars, at least until they get to these milestones where they build them for looks, the sound is still there for the most part but the guys that set them up kinda laugh at them and just shakes their heads.

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