Martin Simpson: My Go-To Guitars (Part 2)

00:00 Intro
01:01 Martin's 'mystery' vintage Martin
03:47 Playing the guitar
06:25 Martin's banjo tuning for guitar
09:00 Martin's Turnstone TM acoustic
10:04 Playing the Turnstone
12.24 Thoughts on dynamic range in guitars
13.53 Martin's preference in strings


The second part of our deep dive into the guitars fingerstyle acoustic master Martin Simpson uses to craft his sound. In this video, we look at a stunning pre-war Martin that has a dual identity and more interesting origins than its looks might suggest. Martin goes on to show us a stunning instrument by Rosie Haydenrych of Turnstone Guitars - showing where the state of the art in British acoustic lutherie is at. Along the way, Martin treats us to some beautiful playing and his seasoned thoughts on guitar tone and design.