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Monica Barbaro played Joan Baez alongside Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan – and Edward Norton encouraged her to take the 1929 Martin she used onscreen
By Matt Owen published
Barbaro had used a vintage Martin 00-45 during her performance as the folk legend

Why today’s guitars are performing better than ever – not that you’d notice from looking at them
By Jamie Dickson published
From Furch’s innovative bolt-on neck joints to Bare Knuckle’s revelatory pickups, we could be living through a new golden age for guitar innovation

The emotional moment Johnny Cash was offered his one-of-a-kind signature acoustic
By Janelle Borg published
Cash was a strong proponent of Martin guitars, playing a whole host of models – but his all-black D-42 signature model is the most iconic

The mod that made Kurt Cobain's $6 million MTV Unplugged Martin one of a kind
By Jackson Maxwell published
According to Nirvana guitar tech Earnie Bailey, Cobain was far from a vintage guitar fiend, and had no qualms with making his already weird D-18E even more unusual

How the Martin D-18 and D-28 changed the world – and became the definitive acoustic guitars
By Chris Gill published
Loved by the likes of Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, Mark Knopfler and more, these Martin dreadnoughts are arguably the most successful guitar designs in history. Here's everything you need to know about this steel-string icon

The 1942 Martin D-18 that Lester Flatt used to forge the sound of bluegrass is going up for auction
By Phil Weller published
Legendary fingerpicker Flatt wielded this D-18 while he played with Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys, and used it to help pave the way for traditional bluegrass music

“This super-playable, stage-ready electro is hard to put down”: Martin X Series GPC X2E review
By Jonathan Horsley published
A cutaway above the rest? This ‘Remastered’ crowd-pleaser presents high-end finesse at high street prices

David Gilmour reckons vintage guitars are superior – and he’s got a theory as to why
By Matt Owen published
Gilmour's prized 1945 Martin D-18 has been used as evidence to showcase the tonal benefits of vintage instruments
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