
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
....with my best old buddy, my 1963 Martin D-28. I've owned this guitar since '68 and it's been with me through good times and bad.
But when I re-strung it about a year back, it just didn't have the tone anymore. I had been playing it only sporadically for several years and I thought that maybe through my lack of playing time the wood wasn't aging properly.
Or maybe it was my ears going south, unable to hear the nuances that I used to love so much.
A few days ago I picked it up and it sounded like someone had strung up a railroad crosstie. Not good. I dug around inside the case for the set of strings in there, but it was a partial set. And it occurred to me that the new set I had put on a year back was probably a few years old, even then!
So I went to GC and picked up a couple of sets of Martin Phosphor Bronzes, strung it up, and my buddy's tone came right back!
What a beautiful sounding instrument.
Moral of the story: Play the damned thing often enough to warrant the occasional set of fresh strings, and it will reward you with pleasing sounds!
But when I re-strung it about a year back, it just didn't have the tone anymore. I had been playing it only sporadically for several years and I thought that maybe through my lack of playing time the wood wasn't aging properly.
Or maybe it was my ears going south, unable to hear the nuances that I used to love so much.
A few days ago I picked it up and it sounded like someone had strung up a railroad crosstie. Not good. I dug around inside the case for the set of strings in there, but it was a partial set. And it occurred to me that the new set I had put on a year back was probably a few years old, even then!

So I went to GC and picked up a couple of sets of Martin Phosphor Bronzes, strung it up, and my buddy's tone came right back!

Moral of the story: Play the damned thing often enough to warrant the occasional set of fresh strings, and it will reward you with pleasing sounds!
