need opinion on a martin hd 28 im planning to buy one , also would like to know which artists use one Thanks

Question

im a beginner guitarist , was wondering if the hd 28 would be a good choice as an accoustic guitar for life :)

Answer 1

in general martin guitars are very mellow sounding, and that guitar is a nice guitar, but if you're just starting, you might want to play for a while and really figure out what type of guitar sound and feel you like before you purchase a guitar that expensive. it would be a shame to spend over $2,000 on a guitar, only to find out later that you would have preferred a triple-O sized guitar, or maybe a guitar thats a little brighter sounding.

if you want to get a really good guitar but not spend an arm and a leg, i'd recomend looking at Guild guitars. they make a line thats all solid woods and entirely handbuilt, all the guitars in that line go from $600 to $900 or so. the only real difference is that they're not built in the USA, but as much as i love my USA made guitars, i dont think its worth an extra $1500. you could buy another guitar (or two) for that much cash. a few of those guilds include features you dont see in martin guitars until you spend three times as much. and you can get an american one thats even better for half the price of the martin.

i dont mean to knock on martin, but i work at a music store, and we actually stopped carrying martin about 3 years ago because we had so many problems with them. we recieved a lot of them with cracks, a lot of them had finish issues, and frankly, they just seemed to be living off their name. maybe i'm biased because i have a martin thats 35 years old and these new ones cant quite compare, but i strongly believe that for the money you'd spend on a martin, you could get 2 guitars that are just as good from another brand (guild, Huss and Dalton, etc).

but, it all boils down to your tastes, if you've picked up one of those guitars and it just seemed to be the guitar that suited you best, go for it. but before you make your choice, look around and try a bunch of guitars. dont buy a guitar just because of the name, buy it because its the right guitar for you.