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![David Gilmour performs during the David Gilmour concert as part of the Luck and Strange tour at Madison Square Garden on November 04, 2024 in New York, New York.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eVSDixE5UuGiLsFo4JuMXD-320-80.jpg)
David Gilmour revealed his favorite solo and the guitar behind Pink Floyd’s biggest songs (it’s not the Black Strat)
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The guitar icon shared insights into his guitar style and the origins of his pedal-steel guitar with Guitar Player in 2003
![A Martin D-28 acoustic guitar](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DXctQv5rtKfCVYBqrGQZoF-320-80.jpg)
Best Martin guitars 2025: Top-tier acoustic guitars for all
By James Farmer last updated
Considering a Martin? Here's Guitar Player’s pick of the best Martin acoustics for every type of player
![Ben Harper Woody Guthrie](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TzRubDtsvEbN8o8ZyQKdz4-320-80.jpg)
Ben Harper’s grandfather sold Woody Guthrie’s Martin on the cheap because he didn’t know it belonged to him
By Phil Weller published
Guthrie had tried to expand the acoustic to see what difference it made to the sound. Unfortunately, by the time Harper’s grandfather found out about the guitar's story, he had already sold it
![Eric Clapton performs onstage (left), one of his prototype Martin 000-28EC guitars](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YDFtGNFVguAMTtJc6RxRhi-320-80.jpg)
One of the “best-sounding” guitars Eric Clapton has ever played is set to be auctioned
By Phil Weller published
One of four prototype Martin 000-28EC guitars, believed to have been played live by Slowhand, is set to be auctioned in June
![Joe Bonamassa](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YuKHptekYpecjVhKQVuW67-320-80.jpg)
Joe Bonamassa's “museum-grade” 1941 Martin acoustic has been reissued as his first Martin signature model
By Phil Weller published
Bonamassa has given fans a glimpse at the faithful reproduction of his original pre-war 000-45, which was handed down as a family heirloom before he bought it
![Kurt Cobain (1967 - 1994), performs with his group Nirvana at a taping of the television program 'MTV Unplugged,' New York, New York, Novemeber 18, 1993.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zAtzjkRyHnJXkmiqTdQn6o-320-80.jpg)
The History of Martin 18-Series Acoustic Guitars
By Rod Brakes published
From mid-19th-century parlors to MTV, we retrace the history of Martin’s all-American 18-series flat-tops with CF Martin & Co’s museum and archives specialist, Jason Ahner
![Martin Dreadnoughts 2023](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nvmnGF3LhmHQ2NMhqo9zog-320-80.jpg)
Martin Unveils New Look Dreadnought Models Ahead of NAMM 2023
By Rod Brakes published
The historic firm’s latest designs include two Authentic Series Aged instruments, plus satin finish models in the Standard Series (including a pair of new StreetLegend relic instruments!)
![Martin's 00L Earth guitar](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RmxuvCmZjj4kkzZ4j9QNHW-320-80.jpg)
Martin Unveils New 00L Earth Guitar
By Jackson Maxwell last updated
The head-turning acoustic is the first FSC-certified, plastic-free Martin.
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