C . F . MARTIN & CO .
SCOTT SASSER
Scott has been with Martin for 15 years and is currently a member of the product development team , focusing on new product Introduction . Previously , he led the Custom Shop through many dealer and distributor design collaborations and anniversary projects .
The variables going into a decision about a new guitar — whether it be the first , second , third , or tenth — are myriad and often complex . One may have a little stronger bottom end , another a singing treble . The strings on one may snap and pop a little more aggressively than the next , while another may have a shimmering highend . Then there are the other classic considerations : spruce versus cedar ; mahogany versus rosewood versus maple versus koa ; long scale versus short scale ; 12-fret versus 14-fret ; Dreadnought versus OM versus Grand
Performance . All exhibit decidedly individual characteristics , as well as respective strengths and weaknesses . And in sorting it all out , we all seem to have different ways of going about the process of curating our acoustic arsenals .
It ’ s in that context that we spoke with Martin ’ s Scott Sasser ( Director , Martin Custom Shop ), Fred Greene ( VP Product Management ), and Tim Teel ( Director of Instrument Design ) to learn their thoughts on the option anxiety that inevitably presents to those players seeking the “ Next One .”
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