{"id":12915,"date":"2021-02-09T17:21:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/?p=12915"},"modified":"2021-02-19T17:31:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:31:43","slug":"martin-d-28-vs-hd-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/martin-d-28-vs-hd-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin D-28 vs. HD-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Symposium Compares and Contrasts the Iconic Martin Dreadnoughts<\/h1>\n<h2>To scallop or not to scallop, that is the bracing question<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RwVQYTrSsUc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\">&lt;span<br \/>\n style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden;<br \/>\nline-height: 0;&#8221; data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221;<br \/>\nclass=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;\ufeff&lt;\/span&gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aaron Short Music, February 8, 2021, featuring Aaron Short, NYC, Maury Rutch of Maury&#8217;s Music, in Coaldale, PA and T Spoon Phillips of Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n<p>Here are better examples of the difference physical differences between scalloped bracing used on the HD-28 and most other modern Martins, and non-scalloped bracing used on the D-28 and D-35.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12916\" src=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Scalloped-vs-Non-Scalloped-Braces.png\" alt=\"Scalloped vs Non Scalloped Braces onemanz.com\" width=\"1341\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Scalloped-vs-Non-Scalloped-Braces.png 3594w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Scalloped-vs-Non-Scalloped-Braces-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Scalloped-vs-Non-Scalloped-Braces-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Scalloped-vs-Non-Scalloped-Braces-1536x799.png 1536w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Scalloped-vs-Non-Scalloped-Braces-2048x1066.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1341px) 100vw, 1341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12918\" src=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Martin-scalloped-bracing-diagram.png\" alt=\"Martin scalloped bracing diagram onemanz.com\" width=\"520\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Martin-scalloped-bracing-diagram.png 360w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Martin-scalloped-bracing-diagram-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Exaggerated relief showing the &#8220;suspension bridge shaping of scalloped braces and tone bars used on a 14-fret Martin Dreadnought<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symposium Compares and Contrasts the Iconic Martin Dreadnoughts To scallop or not to scallop, that is the bracing question &lt;span style=&#8221;display: inline-block; 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