Martin D-28 Brazilian VS Recording King RD-328. How does it compare to the Martin?

My heart tells me I should save up for a Martin. My brain says I have more important things to spend money on and these Recording Kings look and sound seriously good.

Very nice demo and even with YouTube's compression, I can hear the difference. But the Recording King is a great deal for what it costs. I have one too and have made several videos on mine. I just purchased an early 2000s Martin HD-28V and an looking forward to comparing the 2. Again, great video.

The RK has an Adirondack top, the holy grail spruce. They are best value adi top guitars going around at the moment.

Your Martin has one of those mystery tops on it, the same as my 63 D28. It might be European spruce. It sounds more like englemann though.

You can get a great guitar made overseas. Recording King and Eastman are making amazing guitars I'll probably pick one up at some point. Thanks for the content.

Be nice to hear that RK after decades of playing on it!

I have mediums on my 328 and it sounds huge. I don't like the finish though, it is a bit cloudy and they put too much stain on it. Great guitar, well worth the money

One is over 60 years old and the other an infant...) Only time will tell how well the RK opens up.

In our money , I'd hate to know what you had to fork out for your '58 . That bring said , I have grown to really appreciate the new generation of sound that acoustic guitars are starting to put out in the last 10 years in production . However , if I could afford any ..... It would be a Boucher Studio Goose hands down . As far as your fantastic video is concerned ...... I keep watching for one of these RK martin copies , but no one who has one is selling . I tried a new triple O ( RO 318 ) .... it was ok but I want the Dreadnaught sound . Would love to test drive a RD328 and the RD 342 !

I have an rd 277 and it is really nice too!

Anyone: How does the Recording King compare to the Alvarez MD60BG bluegrass dreadnaught? -Specifically the neck profile. (I prefer the vintage V shape). I know that Recording king has the narrower at the nut 1 and 11/16ths as compared to Alvarez's 1 and 3/4.

I want one for sure.

Do you find the fretboard kind of narrow on the Recording King

To be fair your Not only does your guitar have Brazilian rosewood but it's really, really old and broken in! A really good question might be how would it compare to a brand new Martin HD 28. Probably very favorably

Yours is obviously the better guitar, but the RD328 is definitely comparable. For the money, it punches way above it’s weight. The Recording King is a wonderful guitar! The Martin is so resonant and balanced across the tonal spectrum.

No comparison Martin is Martin … as always clear and sweet…

I like the sound of eastman guitars. I think the best value in quality and sound are the martin 15 all mahogany guitars . The martin ceo 9 is also a great guitar. I admire martins ability to stay afloat as one of americas oldest successful buisness,but they are incredibly expensive now and there are so many other alternative choices to getting a great guitar at much better prices. Personally i prefer a ooo 13 frett and om,and ooo short scale over dread,s now days.

I find it hard to tell because your is warmers up now when you tuned down wow

Sounds like you have some dead strings on the Martin. 'Not a fair comparison as a result, but sure, that "Recording King" sounds good, no doubt.

The recording king was much brighter. it’s hard not to bias “tone” when it so much louder in the mic. The Martin sounds more even string to string. I’ve seen a few other videos compare new to old guitars. Bracing, woods, finishes, manufacturing etc all seem to have changed the voice of modern acoustics. The biggest surprise is how good budget acoustics can be.