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Originally Posted by johnnykf

I'd go somewhere completely different, for a 2nd Mahog guitar, short scale, big neck. I'll always have a Gibson Rosewood in the stable but for some reason think Martin does a better job with Hog.

You can find new ones at 40% off list.

From what I'm hearing, genuine hog will be hard to get in a few years. These are short scale hogs with fat necks that are worth a try. That 12 fret slothead ordered in amberburst would be my pick.


http://www.mguitar.com/guitars/choosing/guitars.php?p=b&g=f&m=00-18V.

http://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/choosing/guitars.php?p=b&g=f&m=D-18VS

I love my 00-18V. It's more versatile than I ever expected. It's quite good at strumming or finger picking, playing soft or playing loud. It is also really nice because it gets the mahogany tone but it's not extreme like some guitars, and not too much nasal tone that some mahogany guitars have. It also seems like there are few dud copies based on it's popularity on the UMGF and other acoustic boards.

Basically Martin has made 00-18 variants for since the late 1800s, and I think they got it down. It's my acoustic jack of all trades and guitar comfort food.

A guitar shop cruising friend of mine has an 000-18GE that's also superb. Our observation after checking out lots of mahogany guitars is they can and do have a bright tone, woody tone and bell-like tone and ours don't have too much of one characteristic or extremes yet they can really belt out the tone for not so big guitars.