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I got a 339 this week. It’s amazing!

I didnt have a big box at x mas time except for a bike but my fav gift i ever got was the isley brothers cd... i knew i was getting it cause it was the only thing on my list 😂😂

@8:37 What amp are you playing through?

1. This D-19 ver. 2.0 is NOT the “most polarizing Martin guitar in years”. Go look up the D-28 Louvin Brothers, the 000X Hippie, the DX-Woodstock 50th, the D-420 Proposition 64, the D-17 Squadron, and especially the D-200 Deluxe and the American Chopper Custom - and tell me I’m wrong. 2. Although Chris Martin was up front about the finish applied to the D-19s’ “cosmetically challenged” Adirondack tops, in my opinion Martin could have gone a step further and included a photo or photos with each guitar of its top BEFORE it was refinished. Unfortunately, Martin’s Marketing Department would probably feel that was too great a risk and be worried doing that might hurt sales of the D-19. (However, I have a beautiful Custom Shop D-21 (28 spec) that sounds fantastic, with “wild grain” East Indian Rosewood back and sides. I have photos of the raw back pieces at the Martin Custom Shop before my guitar was put together, and to me it adds an additional page or two to my guitar’s story). 3. For those pointing out the D-19’s price, go look up the price of a New D-18 Custom Shop with an Adirondack top. A quick online search reveals around $3800 to $4500 and up. If you don’t like the D-19’s finish, there are plenty of other choices for you. 4. As Cooper’s Demo playing in the video shows, this particular D-19 sounds fantastic. And as jamieanderson3279 states above - “Listen to the sound. If you like it get it now while you can. If you don’t like it just go get something you do like.”

Crazy price for a guitar that they can make so easily today

I prefer Modern Deluxe guitars in general. My favorite strats are American Deluxe(compound radius fretboard, 2-point trem, HSS). I like the Modern Les Pauls(Split coil pickup options, etc.) So a custom shop Modern Deluxe / inspired 000 would be perfect for me!

I've always thought the gretch jet is just what we all would get if teles and les Paul's had a baby. Great guitars

Both guitars sound amazing, but Cooper's playing is so good any guitar is going to sound amazing.

Another great informative video. Thanks!

Amigo...no te compliques tanto. No puedes aceptar que Gibson es sobrevalorado?...

Excellent job!

The price of excellence is never cheap...

Really smart objective comparison. Nice job. You’re a picker my friend. I’d have liked hearing them through a British Amp. I have an SG now but considering a LP. $$ and neck access always held me back plus there is a sparkle I like in SG’s. Keep the good comps coming

The v-mod ii are speaking to me!

I don't think that I would buy the Martin solely for the name. I would buy the Yamaha if I really liked it.

Wow

Without mics the x-series is too soft-sounding and quiet

Hello! Super Sound and Sustin ❤

Yes, you can hear the difference. And I even if you cannot tell the difference, on a subliminal level you will be able to appreciate the less compressed, more defined, twangy, smacking and lively tone of actual single coils. And if you cannot tell the difference, then you won't be able to identify many other nuances. 12:39 That's simply not true. That's not how a noisegate works. A noisegate will kill all your input signal as long as the signal's strength does not meet a specific threshold. Once you're loud enough everything will be let through. It is binary and will not selectively affect specific frequencies.

People should stop calling these noiseless pickups single coils. They clearly sound more like humbuckers and lose all the twang and articulation of single coils. I have a Player Tele with Alnico Vs and it sounds much better than that Player Plus. Almost as good as the Yosemite Tele.

I just miss some middle ground in Gretsch's Jet line. You have entry level instruments and next level are 5x more expensive pro instruments. I'd love to see something in MIM Fender price range

Oh man that sounds sweet. I own four Electromatic hollow bodies. I was thinking about getting the Electromatic Jet with the P90s that you reviewed a few months ago. I might have to take a look at these. As far as other guitars I’d like to see you guys review how about the Vintage Select 1959 Falcon?

Wow! I want this even more now. And God damn cooper you got some skills man, really enjoyed your playing.

I have a C-12 spruce top and really enjoy it!!

A couple of months ago I was in the market for a guitar. I have a music store a short distance from home. I have NO real knowledge about what makes a good guitar. I only knew I wanted nylon strings. The store had a variety of steel string acoustic guitars but only 2 or 3 different nylon string classical guitars. I was not planning on learning to play classical music. I wanted to just do accompaniment for folk music. I had narrowed it down to two guitars, one of which was the Yamaha CG122MCH. I don't remember what the other one was. It was yellow in color and heavier than the Yamaha. I got the Yamaha as the weight was less, it sounded really nice to me, and I liked the color/finish better. From this video, it seems I didn't totally waste my money. Whew! I'm retired so have plenty of time to practice. So far, I've really been enjoying my practice. It was a good decision on my part and I don't always make good decisions. 😅

I'm interested to see a comparison video of all the current 900 series BE guitars.

Stunning....sound, response, and playing!

For that difference in price I expecte the gibson to sound totally different. But I was disappointed. Unless you at least 50% Eric Clapton level, don't even consider buying the Gibson.

Basically, Pre-War Martin > Taylor USA made > Martin USA Made > Taylor Mexico > Martin Mexico

Player plus strat got more rounded tone

I wanna buy a less then replace the pickups with the Squire Bullit Strat ceramic pickups, single coil.😈👿☠️

Could you get the fender in satin then?

Never comment here most of the time but that Gretsch just blew me away....so did Coopers playing! I could hear the rich, thick tone from just my phone.....pure masterclass!...def want one now

Love its sound.

Nice. I would be really swayed by a Gibson headstock shape, on an Epiphone. Epiphone has made some excellent guitars over the years that were obvious "cousins" to Gibson models. Functionality and price point, swapable p'ups and pots. The MIK Epi Sheraton back as far as the 90s(?), with the 5-pc neck, I always thought was a killer value too. Great great neck feel, to me. A cousin, and obvious Epiphone. But a great guitar.

I propose that kind of cutaway be called the mullet cutaway... business in the front, party in the back.

The Explorer reminds me of James Hetfield from Metallica.

Yamaha all the way 💯 lots of people say the same!!! Nice 👍

hey Cooper or Alamo? or those 9s or 10s on that strat?? thanks

I've had expensive Keisels, Fenders, a Les Paul, a Taylor.. and *for the money*, the imported versions of these ain't so bad either.

That Taylor is throaty. The guild owns it for the money. I didn’t expect the highs to be so clear on any of them but they are. I’d rather see Martin burn on n their logo than use a sticker.

My RSS02t played awful from Sweetwater, lots of fret sprout and several high frets, impossible to set up well. After a few hours of work on the neck, it plays well now. The P-90s sound good but are noisy. I waited months for a lighter one, at 7lbs, 10oz, it’s lighter than a Les Paul but not as light as a chambered guitar could (and should) be.

epi sound good but gibby has a little magical more of a sound

got one

We have to talk about this. The current es345 is nothing like the earlier guitars. The Varitone and stereo are "no more" because it never sold well and the current es345 is - an es335 with a little bit of bling and nothing else. A sliver of Adirondack (the main lump of timber is maple, the spruce isn't significant acoustic bracing, it's a thin shim) is Wow!-Whoopee!-Great!...... but it's unlikely to bring more to the party than normal variations in different examples anyway. The current es345 is - an es335 with lovely inlays and double binding. Which is OK! Very handsome, very distinguished and............an excellent guitar! I'm far from knocking it - it's a sensible adjustment of the range. The top-model twin-output es345 didn't sell because of the expense of a second amplifier, carting the whole rig around and the rotary Varitone wasn't very logical in selecting the settings - drops in output etc. - and it's a bitch with the gain that we use so much today but didn't exist all when the es345 was being designed. Today, twin-channels amps make the es345 redundant but even earlier days, a two-amp arrangement was best served by a footswitch and any guitar you like. Why does this matter? If you're buying new, it doesn't - you can see, touch, hear and choose - it's all good. But if you are seeking a real top-model es345, you're into the used area - and it's a minefield. So many es345s were modified to transform them into simple mono use and the Varitone either by-passed or re-wired so you don't really know what you're getting. Pristine-and-virgin models are actually very, very rare, the stereo concept didn't work out at all and the 5-setting rotary Varitone doesn't work as well as a Switchmaster p/up selector because It "blips" on pass-through from one sound to another (you can hear this on some recordings - ("Rock me Baby", Jefferson Airplane - Bless it's Pointed Little Head) So you have to go to it case-by-case and try it "hands on" and in the real world, you're almost certainly trying out a previous owner's attempt to convert his es345 into an es335. Very, very hard to get a real one or even to know that it is one. Gibson changed the stereo jack output arrangement more than once in trying to cut the cost and intimidation factor but...so have owners. The originals were supplied with a "Y" lead but...how many still come with that? Of Bigsbys, I can and will add nothing except to say that changing strings involves using three hands, an automotive valve spring compressor, it can have your eye out and you'll only use it twice. OK, kidding! I don't use them at all - that's what I'm saying. If you're looking for an original es345......best of luck. Even such as 70s Japanese knock-offs like the excellent Antoria 2345 didn't sell and are very thin on the ground. Fact is - at the time, nobody wanted them except Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane) and that was only because he knew absolutely nothing about electric guitars, wanted to make sure he spent as much advance money as possible so he just picked up the priciest thing they had. Which worked for him. Most would say the es345 is a "dog". In the fullness of time (which is now a long time ago), we found that the "extras" of the ultra-versatile es345 meant the loss of the core sounds of the es335. Any dealer will tell you different but it's impossible now to know - so many have been butchered to convert them to mono es335s and then butchered back again. The cast-iron certainty though is that there was no way to by-pass the Varitone so a trade-off signal loss to access the coil taps was inevitable. So - the good news. An early-ish es345 isn't an especially valuable vintage guitar and if it's been modded, it's cheap. Nothing easier than checking it for es335 spec or doing that yourself. It has nothing near the value of an early es335 in good nick but it's just as good if you install an es335 harness and older ones are about a kilo lighter - for some reason.

I'd love to see a video of the Broadkaster Jr either compared to the Jet, Broadkaster Sr, or other famous single cuts. Great video BTW. The Bourbon is such a beauty.

Can i buy a Pole and replace the Gibson pickups with the ceramic pickups from a Squire Bullit Strat. Better.

Did Cooper forget his own name at the beginning?

The frets on the Professional Stratocaster don't feel uncomfortable but feel comfortable. Did the Standard feel uncomfortable?

So the American Standard Stratocaster were not professional?...Hilarious