Today we're taking a deep dive into the current choices in Martin Guitar bracing. What does bracing do for a guitar's top? What are the different bracing sizes, bracing shapes and bracing patterns?  Does bracing change the sound of a guitar? These answers & more - coming up!

This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.    

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Pacific Northwest acoustic guitarist Eric Skye occupies a unique niche between folk, jazz and blues, between fingerstyle and flatpicking, and between composition and improvisation. A lifetime of eclectic interests and adventuresome exploration culminates into a fully realized and identifiable personal style and tone. Eric's wide-ranging body of work is threaded together with an uncluttered minimalist’s aesthetic, a passion for in-the-moment music making, and a love of pure acoustic tone.

Martin Authentic guitars in 2024. Welcome to Martins & More with Spoon Phillips! Our friend & long-time listener named Rick suggested that we revisit the subject of Martin Authentic guitars, since much has changed since we last spoke on the topic, several seasons ago. We thought that would be a fine idea, and we recorded this episode back in December, 2024. 2025 NAMM gave us a lot of great time-sensitive content to work up back in January/February - but now it's time to talk Authentic Martin Guitars. Thanks for listening! 

This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.    

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Our pal Tom Fleischman is our guest on today's episode of Martins & More! We met Tom through the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum (UMGF) and have enjoyed many Martinfests together. He's an avid guitar player with a impressive collection of Martin Guitars, and we hope you enjoy our interview. 

Tom Fleischman began mixing feature films under the mentorship of New York

Today we're taking a deep dive into Martin Guitar necks. Neck shape, neck width, neck profile, string spacing, nut width, scale length - if it's related to the part of the guitar between the headstock & body - it's in today's show.

This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.    

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2025 Martin Guitar Refreshed Standard Series with Rameen Shayegan! Welcome to the Martins & More podcast S6 E6. Spoon sat down with Martin's International instrument design manager Rameen Shayegan to discuss the new 2025 refreshed Standard series as well as new Road series models 000E Retro Plus and DE Retro plus!

Martin 000-45 Joe Bonamassa! In today's episode of your favorite Martin Guitar podcast, we're discussing the "newest old Martin Guitar" in style 45 - the limited edition 000-45 Joe Bonamassa!

This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.    

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Our pals Teja Gerken & Doug Young have a new album called "The Water is Wide". Let's talk about it!

This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.    

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NEW Martin Guitars for winter NAMM 2025! In today's episode of your favorite Martin Guitar podcast, we're discussing some NEW models for winter NAMM 2025. Martin D 3 Millionth, D-300, CEO-11, Grand J-28 Doubleneck and many more!

This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.    

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NEW: Martin Guitar 2025 Standard Series Refresh and DE Retro Plus, 000E Retro plus Road Series models! Back in 2018, Martin Guitar gave the standard series some serious upgrades. Now, for 2025 they're taking it even further. But that's not all ... they're also adding a few NEW models to the series & we think they're gonna be very well-received. Sit back & relax as we discuss this exciting news from Martin Guitar!  

This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.    

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