Martin Expands Modern Deluxe Acoustics Series with GPC-13E Ziricote

By editorial board on September 17, 2022

Martin announced the GPC-13E Grand Performance Cutaway as part of their popular Road Series earlier this year

The GPC-13E is unique, utilizing dark, deep-grained ziricote. Zircote is a hard Central American tonewood that is typically dark brown with dramatic hints of colored grain. US $1,549.00 on eBay

Martin Guitars has made a major expansion this year with their popular Modern Deluxe series by adding seven new instruments to the collection. The Modern Deluxe guitars are designed for performance with added custom features and embracing technology to push the boundaries of Martin Vintage instruments. (Americansongwriter)

The 000-18 Modern Deluxe sells for $3,599 and has East Indian rosewood binding and the 1930s script logo on the headstock. The 00-28 Modern Deluxe has European flamed maple binding and the vintage script logo as well—it sells for $4,199. The 000-42 Modern Deluxe Martin Acoustic has the European flamed maple binding on the head plate, body, and fingerboard and retails for $7,199. On the D-45 Modern Deluxe (always a head-turner guitar) Martin went all out with the classic torch logo inlaid in pearl in the headstock and it sells for $10,499. The D-42 Modern Deluxe has many of the features of the D-45 and is priced at $7,199.

 

Guitars -They point to the decline in guitar-driven music in favor of pop's current obsession with electronic, synthesized sounds. Or to Gibson’s bankruptcy this year (though considering Fender’s recent rebound, it seems that might be company-specific). Or to the oft-cited figure about electric guitar sales dropping from 1.5 million to 1 million annually in the last decade. On the other side, there are the folks who believe the six-string is doing just fine. (Source Esquire)

Actually, not quite. Guitar sales in many markets are on the rise, and the industry is in one of its more optimistic times. A report from research firm IBISWorld, which tracks guitar manufacturing in the U.S., shows consecutive growth in the last five years and a projected upswing through at least 2022. Even if today’s music fans are more likely to worship pop stars and rappers than their parents’ guitar heroes, there’s little to indicate that the guitar’s reign is over – and there might actually be more to show the opposite.

“The guitar is a medicine: Eric explains- , I pick up my guitar and remove myself from the situation. I will inevitably play something bland, an exercise. But it will keep me from being engaged in the conflict. . . I became acquainted with it pretty quick, because I would go to it immediately.” (Eric Clapton)

The D’Angelico showroom in NYC.

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But despite his revered status, D’Angelico was “a one-man show.” He made only a few dozen instruments per year, and trained a single apprentice named Jimmy D’Aquisto. When the legendary luthier passed away in 1964, D’Aquisto kept things running for a few years. But when the he struck out on his own, the D’Angelico brand fell dormant. Well, for a while at least.

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D’Angelico crafted unrivaled archtop guitars for jazz musicians. “He built for the who’s who of the day,” says Kershaw. “He built for Bucky Pizzarelli, and Tony Mottola, who was Frank Sinatra’s guitar player. Chet Atkins famously played a D’Angelico.”

Watch the astounding Pete Townshend’s Guitar Collection

Paul McCartney The  legendary bass playes talks on his favorite guitars and different sounds he got out for Beatles' songs.
On getting his first guitar, as told to Guitar Player (1990):

I bought a right-handed guitar, a Zenith, an old acoustic which I've still got. I sat down at home with a little chord book and started trying to work it out. It didn't feel good at all … very awkward. It was only when I saw a picture of Slim Whitman in a magazine, holding his guitar the "wrong" way, that I thought, “Oh, he must have turned his strings around." So I started on that problem, which is always the nut. I used to actually take matchsticks and build up the bass nut. It was only later that I was able to buy a left-handed guitar.

So I had to learn upside down. It's funny: John learned upside down, too, because of me-because mine was the only other guitar around for him, if he broke a string or didn't have his. That's more unusual; left-handed guys can nearly always play a straight guitar.

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