Martin Day

Saturday March 29th was Martin Day at Hot Licks - P.F. location with Dave Evans the Martin Mid-Atlantic Rep for Martin guitars. We didn't have a huge turnout for the event but everyone that came had a great time and got to see some really cool guitars. Dave brought down four guitars (HD-16RLSH, OOO-18 Authentic S/B, Johnny Cash Model, and OMC cherry) of which we kept the OMC cherry for stock.

JohnnyB. and Dave Evans with the OOO-18 Authentic

That OMC cherry is one sweet playing/sounding guitar!!! I had not given the Sustainable wood series much thought before, but just wow what a great sounding guitar. This one took alot of people by surprise that came to the event, it was hands down every one's overall favorite.
Let's see where to start...I guess we would need to ask a couple questions first.

Q: What is a sustainable wood guitar?
A: A guitar that is made of wood that originated in forests managed in an ecologically responsible manner.

Q: What kind of wood is the OMC cherry made of?
A: There are a few different woods on the OMC cherry...

• Neck, Back & Sides: Cherry (from Pennsylvania)
• Back center wedge & Headstock overlay: Maple
• Fingerboard & Bridge: Katalox (Central American wood)
• Top: Sitka spruce (Rescued)
• Rosette, Headstock motif & fingerboard dots: Cherry

Q: Why is Martin guitars making guitars out of these different type of woods?

A: Martin wants to be environmentally responsible while continuing to offer customers the highest level of quality instruments with whatever materials are available.

No matter what this guitar is made of its a players guitar. The action is incredible on it, low...but not to the point of any fret buzz. The tone is well rounded, balanced, not the traditional Martin boom of the low end, but a nice round low end with a smooth high end. This guitar seems to really excel at finger-picking and thumb strumming. It is equipped with the Fishman Ellipse Aura system fitted inside the sound-hole. A very nice system that has phase switch, Bass boost, blend (for the different pickups), Anti-feedback switch, four presets (Aura imager), and volume control. This guitar is a real complete package, sound, playability and price.

OMC Cherry Sustainable wood