I Tried (almost) Every Martin Acoustic To Find The Best One

The Martin D-18 is pretty much the benchmark which all other dreadnought style acoustics are judged against. It's a timeless classic that's become the "default" acoustic guitar because of its rampant success from the 30s all the way to the 60s. But which MODERN D-18 in Martin's line up is the best bang for your buck? Check out the exact guitars that were used in today's vid HERE (affiliate) Martin D-X2E Dreadnought https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jeeKme Martin D-12E https://sweetwater.sjv.io/dOO47M Martin D-18 Deluxe https://sweetwater.sjv.io/2aanWz Martin D-18 Modern Deluxe https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XmmzXo Martin D-28 Authentic 1937 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/raaj2Q AEA R88 Stereo Ribbon Mic https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Kjbnkz Warm Audio WA-2MPX Mic Preamp https://sweetwater.sjv.io/JKK54a Rupert Neve Designs Master Buss Transformer https://sweetwater.sjv.io/o44Q09 My Most Popular Courses 🎸 Fretboard Fundamentals Bundle: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/the-fretboard-fundamentals-ultimate-bundle 🎸 The CAGED Course: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/the-caged-course 🎸 Barebones Guitar Theory: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/bare-bones-guitar-theory 🎸 Breaking Out Of the Pentatonic Box: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/breaking-out-of-the-pentatonic-box Check out Clean here (NON affiliate link) https://www.chasebliss.com/ My Favorite Gear (affiliate links) Line 6 HX Effects https://sweetwater.sjv.io/7549g3 Neural DSP Quad Cortex https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKVRD1 Zoom H6 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/baZ3yk Shure SM57 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9gk5vY Sennheiser MD 421-II https://sweetwater.sjv.io/B0gX1q AEA R92 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eEQGG Sennheiser MKH 50 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Gma4WB Universal Audio Apollo x8p https://sweetwater.sjv.io/vNMnmj Want to get in touch? Email me at [email protected] 0:00 Intro (The Rain Song) 2:37 Shootout 4:05 Martin D-X2E demo 6:06 Mic setup and signal flow 7:29 D-X2E Thoughts 8:14 Martin D-12E demo 10:40 Martin D-18 demo 13:32 Martin D-18 Modern Deluxe demo 14:06 What is torrefication? 15:47 D-18 Modern Deluxe Thoughts 17:26 Martin D-28 Authentic 1937 demo 21:33 Final Ranking 28:53 Outro