History: Mostly acoustic, some electric guitar, percussion and vocals. Have played in rocks bands for years and now solo.
Purchase: Internet purchase, $2300.00 (supposedly dealer cost). They can be found from $2600-3000.
What I Like About This Unit: Beautiful tone, good action, excellent looks. Fishman Ellipse blend system is pretty good, and is excellent for a vintage style dreadnaught as it doesn't require cutting holes, except the end pin jack. It keeps the sound as natural as possible. The Gotoh butterbean open-back tuners are awesome, as is the glossy rosewood headstock overlay. The abalone (or blue paua?) diamonds and squares for the fret markers are beautiful.
What I Do NOT Like About The Martin HD-28VE: All solid wood Martins are very pricey. I guess you get what you pay for to some extent though. Would like to see Tusq or bone bridge pins standard instead of plastic. A more decorative rosette would be nice, but this is an HD-28. You can get that on a D-41 or D-45 for another $500 & up to $100,000.
HD-28VE Quality: I actually had two. The first had a blem on the top in the grain, and the headstock had a satin finish. The neck had problems so I sent it back to Martin. After a few months of himming and hawing they finally replaced it with a new one which was very nice. Overall the fit & finsih and craftsmanship was very good.
Summary: The most beautiful sounding guitar I have ever played. It also has excelent looks to boot.
Rating of this product: 5
This Martin Acoustic Guitars Review Submitted By: Wildman
Date: 2006-05-03
Martin HD-28VE Acoustic Guitars
Usefulness Rating: 4.66667 out of 5. 3 reader(s) voted.
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