Martins & More with Spoon Phillips
This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon’s longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employees at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.
Episodes

2 days ago
2 days ago
Maury's exclusive custom shop Martins! In today's episode, were discussing the various custom shop Martin Guitars exclusive to Maury's Music. Treasures like the D-18 with narrow nut, D-28 with Adirondack top. Jumbo 28 with VTS. Engelmann OM with full dovetail construction. If it's a custom shop Martin available ONLY at Maury's Music - it's probably in this episode. Sit back & relax as Maury & Spoon get their custom shop chat on.
This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.
Visit Spoon at http://TSPguitar.com AND at http://onemanz.com/ Check out Maury's Music at https://www.maurysmusic.com
We’re proud to be a certified online dealer for Martin Guitar, and we’d love the chance to earn your business.Have a suggestion or request? E-mail us today at Support@MaurysMusic.com
#martinguitar #tspoonphillips #customshop

Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
Why Does My Guitar Buzz? In today's episode, were discussing the various reasons why an acoustic guitar might buzz. We'll talk about frets, strings, action, truss rods - even tuning machines. If it might make a buzz, it's probably in this episode. Sit back & relax as Maury & Spoon get their "acoustic guitar buzz" on.
This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.
Visit Spoon at http://TSPguitar.com AND at http://onemanz.com/ Check out Maury's Music at https://www.maurysmusic.com
We’re proud to be a certified online dealer for Martin Guitar, and we’d love the chance to earn your business. If you found value in this video, please hit that like button, and share it with your friends.Have a suggestion or request? E-mail us today at Support@MaurysMusic.com
#martinguitar #tspoonphillips #guitarbuzz

Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
In today’s episode, we continuing the discussing - and debunking - common myths about acoustic guitars. Welcome to the Martins & More Podcast with Spoon Phillips! In today's episode we're talking acoustic guitar myths & debunking them. There are many myths out there in internet land that have grown to become quite legendary. Some of them are understandable... others drive Maury absolutely bananas. 😤 😜 Is the Martin 000-28EC inconsistent? Are Martin Guitars hard to play? Sit back & relax as Maury & Spoon get their acoustic guitar myths chat on.
This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.
Visit Spoon at http://TSPguitar.com AND at http://onemanz.com/ Check out Maury's Music at https://www.maurysmusic.com
We’re proud to be a certified online dealer for Martin Guitar, and we’d love the chance to earn your business. If you found value in this video, please hit that like button, and share it with your friends.Have a suggestion or request? E-mail us today at Support@MaurysMusic.com
#martinguitar #tspoonphillips #guitarmyths

Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
In today's episode, were discussing - and debunking - common myths about acoustic guitars. Welcome to the Martins & More Podcast with Spoon Phillips! In today's episode we're talking acoustic guitar myths & debunking the ^&*# out of them. Well, we'll try to, anyway. There are many myths out there in internet land that have grown to become quite legendary. Some of them are understandable... others drive Maury absolutely bananas. 😤 😜Should you wait 24 hours to open that cold guitar box? Can you adjust your guitar's action with the truss rod wrench? Sit back & relax as Maury & Spoon get their acoustic guitar myths chat on.
This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.
Visit Spoon at http://TSPguitar.com AND at http://onemanz.com/ Check out Maury's Music at https://www.maurysmusic.com
We’re proud to be a certified online dealer for Martin Guitar, and we’d love the chance to earn your business. If you found value in this video, please hit that like button, and share it with your friends.Have a suggestion or request? E-mail us today at Support@MaurysMusic.com
#martinguitar #tspoonphillips #guitarmyths

Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Welcome to the Martins and More PODCAST! Today, we'll be discussing the NEW 2023 Satin Finish Martin Guitars. The D-28 Satin, D-28 Satin Amberburst, D-28 StreetLegend ... D-18 StreetLegend, D-18 Satin & D-18 Satin Amberburst - they're all here in this episode. Sit back & relax as Maury & Spoon get their Satin chat on. This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music. Visit Spoon at http://TSPguitar.com AND at http://onemanz.com/ Check out Maury's Music at https://www.maurysmusic.com

Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Dick Boak reached legendary status at Martin Guitar long before Maury & Spoon met him at the very first Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum "Nazfest" back in 2002 - but his legend only grew from there. He retired from Martin in 2017 after a long, storied career including artist relations, marketing, drafting, archiving & more. These days he's building his own amazing instruments & if they're good enough for Steve Miller & John Mayer, they're worth talking about on our little show! We're proud to call Dick Boak our friend and we hope you enjoy this casual conversation with one of the most influential people to ever be involved with Martin Guitar. Sit back & relax as Maury & Spoon collect story after story from Dick Boak.

Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
For today’s Bluerdge Guitar discussion, we'll focus in on the 10 best-selling Blueridge Guitars at MaurysMusic.com. Maury & Spoon chat about the 10 Blueridge Guitars that passed through Maury's Music more than any others in 2022. Are most of them Dreadnoughts? Are they all rosewood? :) Does Spoon know which models are on the list? Sit back, relax & let's find out together.
If you’d like more information on any guitars from this episode, please contact us today - or visit us online at https://www.maurysmusic.com/blueridge_guitars
This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.Visit Spoon at TSPguitar.com AND at http://onemanz.com/Visit Maury's Music at https://www.maurysmusic.comHave a suggestion or request? Email us today at Support@MaurysMusic.comConnect with Maury's Music HERE
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Remembering David Lindley. Welcome to the Martins & More Podcast with Spoon Phillips. On today's episode, we pay homage to one of our biggest musical influences - David Lindley. Mr Dave, as he was sometimes called, was one of the most unique musicians. He may be most famous for his work with Jackson Browne - but he appeared on over 350 albums, including some of his own - with El Rayo-X, Wally Ingram, Henry Kaiser & SO many more. Over the years, both Maury & Spoon were lucky enough to meet David on a few occasions - and David's is one of 4 autographs inside Maury's 1998 Martin OM-28V. Rest in peace, David - and thank you for all the music.
This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.
Visit Spoon at http://TSPguitar.com AND at http://onemanz.com/ Check out Maury's Music at https://www.maurysmusic.com
#podcast #davidlindley

Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Welcome to the Martins and More PODCAST! Today, we'll be discussing the history of the Martin OM. Martin Guitar has been building Orchestra Model guitars since the 1930s. From the very first OM ever made, to the resurgence of the OM in the 1980s - to the present-day Martin Guitar OM lineup - it's all here in this episode. Did you know at one time, both Maury AND Spoon owned a Martin OM-28VR? Sit back & relax as Maury & Spoon get their OM chat on.
This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.
Visit Spoon at http://TSPguitar.com AND at http://onemanz.com/ Check out Maury's Music at https://www.maurysmusic.com This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.

Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Welcome to the Martins and More PODCAST! Today, we'll be discussing some of our favorite Martin Guitars that are no longer in production. This topic was suggested by one of our loyal listeners; thank you, Jeff - we appreciate your input! Long-forgotten Martins like the D-18VS, 000-28VS, OM-28 Marquis - these guitars and more, coming right up in this episode. Sit back & relax as Maury & Spoon get their out-of-production Martin Guitar chat on.
This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music. Visit Spoon at http://TSPguitar.com AND at http://onemanz.com/ Check out Maury's Music at https://www.maurysmusic.com This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon's longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employee at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of Maury’s Music.

Martins & More with Spoon Phillips
This podcast features the conversation and opinions of musician T Spoon Phillips. A writer by trade, Spoon’s longtime association with professional musicians, luthiers, and music historians affords him a richly unique perspective on all things acoustic guitar. This includes decades of close friendship with executives and employees at C. F. Martin & Company, past and present, and the host of this podcast, Maury Rutch of MaurysMusic.com