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One of the ones which I think is a Martin has way more bass than the other two samples - Guessing that's the HD28. One of the samples has mainly mids with some sparkly highs - Guessing that's the D18. The third has good bass but not as good as the first one, and some mids and highs with no sparkle. I'm guessing that's the Taylor.
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Thanks for the suggestion though. Who knows, maybe this says 000 is better than OM for me (if not a dread). |
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All I'm going to say it that it's interesting how different ears hear things differently... I can listen to them through my headphones and tell exactly which one is which, but that's probably only because I'm the one who recorded it. I'd be interested in finding out what other members hear when they listen.
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I feel like as Martins move more towards forward shifted scalloped bracing, you are going to sacrifice thickness in individual notes for a more responsive top/low end. I think that the articulation and more responsive top on the OM is more akin to the Taylor than perhaps a dread or straight bracing would be.
If I've learned one thing in my acoustic guitar journey, it is that I prefer the D-28's straight bracing to any other Martin I've played. It is punchy, woody, and just keeps getting louder. This is the main reason I think I am preferring the new 717 and 517 Taylors to the more modern Martins. |
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The only editing was cutting out some of the blank space recorded when I switched from one guitar to the next.
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A couple of folks have recommended the 000-15M. I'll add the 000-15SM. Complements my Taylor 324 perfectly.
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Although I'm kinda guessing blind - like I said I only know the 314 (and my particular guitar - haven't had much experience with what others or newer ones sound like - mine's from like 2001 or something). The D18 I have almost no experience with. And the HD28 isn't really the same guitar as the D28 I'm familiar with, as far as I understand. I wouldn't be surprised if other's guesses are more accurate
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I’ll play - D18/314/HD28. iPhone headphones. |
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They do make an OM-28 with a deeper body (but I think it must be a Custom option only these days)... I myselr bouge a Guild F-30 coz I thought the Martin 000-18 I once had tried lacked a bit of sound and depth (it turns out the Guild tends to overwhelm my voice a bit though now ), and because the Guild was such a great bargain too (due to very peculiar circumstances)... Maybe the Deluxe version would suit you more (but they are more expensive)... This being said I am surprised to read that the OM-28 sounds just like the Taylor 314 : with rosewood back and sides in place of sapele, and a dovetail neck joint, you must get things you didn't have on the Taylor (it has a bolt-on neck)...But if you had the Taylor for quite a few years, yes it's right that good guitars do improve with time...Maybe you have not yet felt the very taste of a good oM and of what's it's all about...Ti would come pretty soon if so I would figure out...Some guitars feel kind of quite ordinary till you end up loving them so much you won't be able to do without... But maybe you should have got a D-28 instead, or maybe too you didn't get that much of a good one if you didn't play others before buying or if you ordered it from an online shop : impossible to tell without listenning to it... |
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Thanks for the input! The scenario was this: I have a well (WELL broken in Taylor 314CE made in 2007. I did not bring it to try guitars. I tried many different models in-store before I was considering purchasing one. Then a smoking' deal came along online and I pulled the trigger on an OM28 because I remembered liking it in the store. I still really really like it, but when I A/B it with my Taylor, they don't seem different enough to justify spending that much $$. My hope was that the difference would become more apparent between the two the more broken in the OM gets. It's not that I don't like it all by itself; it's that since I have the Taylor, I want something that sounds totally different than the Taylor. Otherwise, what's the point of having it. The 000s were also nice in the store. The Ds were great; they just seemed like a different flavor of the same basic classification of guitar (loud, strummer, band guitars). |
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I agree that if the D28 is what appealed to you then that is what you should go for. That being said, I would recommend getting a used D28 Marquis. You can find them for about the same price as a new D28 and they are louder, fuller, deeper than a standard D28. |
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If you’re finding your Taylor 314 that similar to a Martin OM-28, and it sounds like you’re very happy with your Taylor, I would without hesitation go for a V brace update, and that should make a difference, and for size, try out the new Grand Pacific for contrast.
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About the blindfold test - Martins vs Taylor, one thing I can say is that it's not obvious to make a difference for sure between the 3 guitars, nor to say I really like one better than the others, at least through an attempt with my computer alone...The feeling you get from different guitars appears to be more distinct than the tone itself when recorded I reckon...It really takes too to be very cautious at each make's and model's features to identify them it seems...Sounds like they are all good.
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