When guitars get silly is when you add significance to one particular instrument. For instance, you could pick up a black Fender Stratocaster for well-under £2,000 with ease, but a black Strat played ...

Martin acoustic guitars are known for their uncompromising, top-tier, hand-made quality. The Martin D-28 is an iconic guitar that lives up to its reputation and is known to be a popular ...

If you’d like a built-in preamp, for about $200 more you can get the Takamine P4DC acoustic electric guitar. Martin 000-15SM has the hard-to-beat Martin craftsmanship, a good sound, an ...

The reaction among acoustic guitar enthusiasts was universal outrage, as an example of the reverence for this distinguished brand. Martin & Co ... in his trademark black; Joni Mitchell, Willie ...

Acoustic guitars aren’t very metal. That is, until you hear the intro of Metallica’s Fade to Black ... tones, Martin has remained one of the world’s oldest and most prized guitar brands ...

Credit: Getty Images Kurt Cobain’s iconic Martin D-18E acoustic ... s legacy is (even if the deep-pocketed guitar collector Jim Irsay reckons the acoustic in question isn’t worth such a ...

More from So Expensive Editor's Note: In the video we say spruce is used for the bottom of the guitar, but Martin Guitars typically uses rosewood for bottoms. Martin acoustic guitars are some of ...

However, the honor of being dubbed by Clapton as “the best-sounding acoustic guitar I’ve ever played” belongs to a Martin prototype of his '95 signature. It also went to auction last year.