from www.gryphon.com on June 9, 2008... the day before I bought my Pat Donahue:
Martin & Co presents the OM-30DB Pat Donohue Custom Edition
Want to play like Pat Donohue?
This guitar will help you sound more like him. It is a Martin guitar that is
made to his specifications. From the 1-13/16 nut to the 2-5/16 saddle your
fingers can dance up and down a fretboard just like the one he is playing on
Prarie Home Companion.
Pat likes the Style 30 decorations so this guitar has the purfling, back strip
and fingerboard inlay of that styling which is quite unique.
Another great thing about this guitar is its sound. It is a deep-body OM so the
bass response is nice and resonant with clear treble overtones. Derek says this
guitar has an excellent tone for accompanying a singer so you will want to
practice your "tra la la la."
If all of that was not enough, this is guitar number three of the series. Number
one is being played by
Pat Donohue.
Number two was sold at a friend's shop before they even had a chance to take
pictures of it and get it on their web site. This is number three. The lowest
number available. There are only a three more that may become available around
the country in the next week or so and then it will be weeks or months before
any more come out of the Martin custom shop
This guitar arrived today. After it had acclimated, we opened it up and gave it
to our luthier, Brian. Brian went over the guitar carefully. He was whistling,
this is a very good sign. We took pictures right away and a few hours later the
guitar Is here for all of you to see. But show up soon. This guitar is is an
incredible instrument. We suspect that only a few people will get a chance to
hear how great this guitar sounds before someone takes it home for as their own.
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