A Winters Day in a Deep and Dark December…
Simon and Garfunkel
February, 1966
Nearly 53 years ago….
One man who's got something to say about…
Nearly 53 years ago….
Paulus Schäfer – Joost Zoeteman 4tet – “Tenderly”
Paulus Schäfer: acoustic guitar
Joost Zoeteman: jazz guitar
Wim de Vries: drums
Jasper Somsen: double bass
Recorded @ Deventer Schouwburg October 25 2018.
Wonders of Nature is a new performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Specs include: 14-fret Dreadnought body size with all solid tonewoods throughout, Guatemalan rosewood back and sides; Engelmann spruce soundboard with Aging Toner; scalloped, forward-shifted 1/4″ Adirondack spruce braces with Golden Era shaping; one-piece mahogany neck with Full Thickness profile; ebony fretboard with 1-11/16” width at the bone nut; ebony bridge with 2-1/8” string spacing at the compensated bone saddle; high-color Style 45 abalone trim, back, sides, and top with full circumference soundhole rosette; large abalone hexagon position markers; grained ivoroid binding; gold open gear butterbean tuners; faux tortoise pickguard; numbered interior label signed by John Mayer
“…a clear and articulate top voice, with cavernous space behind it, good for reflecting reverberating sympathetics but also for allowing the main notes to stand up and out…But even brand new, the D-45 John Mayer already has considerable shimmer and glimmer to its it ring, and power in its bones.”
“This 12-fret 00 generates tone that expands in all directions, filling the room with clearly defined notes and woody sympathetics, while creating a soundscape of inner depth that seems far greater in size than the physical dimensions of the instrument should allow.”
The in-depth written review of the 000-28 (2018) will appear once I produce the videos of the various 2018 Martins I recorded at the Martin factory on NAMM Day 2018.
The written reviews of all the new Martins will appear starting later this week. I am doing all the videos first for a change.