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I think it must work, a topic about that guitar, because it does not really belong here.My guess: he read about the ovation in your topic.
I'll look it up, it keeps me busy.

I live 10 miles away from the CAPITOL of EUROPE: BRUSSELS (B.RUSSELL)  
BELGIUM, a weird country. Or national sport is avoiding and fooling taxes. (wasn't this punished by death penalty in the USA, in 1900?)
- BRUSSELS Sprouts
- BRUSSELS Waffles
- BELGIUM CHOCOLATES
- FRENCH FRIES = WRONG, WRONG and WRONG. THE "BELGIUM FRIES" are from Belgium.
There are a few guys from Belgium who started a BELGIUM CAFE, BELGIUM BEERS = world famous.
- MANNEKE PIS (A little statue in Brussels Centrum: the big market square is UNIQUE, all houses 600 years old. This "manneke" = little man, and PIS = urine) is one of the higlights, and probably one of the most photographed statues. He stands ther, holding his little bronze p**s, and peeing water.
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Dear Ranger, I'm really glad to receive an answer. Imagine, even I am jealous counting my guitars, and having some guitars (US Fender strat 1964, and a Gibson LP custom 1968=first year they started the production).
In which country do you live? I am from Belgium. How old are you? and what kind of music do you play? My English now, compared to a year ago has improved a lot.
What I told, was the story how the collection started. As told: I am blessed to have these guitars. I know 1 thing: the value of these guitars is 3x more expensive since I bought them but they aren't for sale this isn't also our question. I wrote that it all started with a MARTIN HD-28, and I thought you purchased a HD-28 too?
This MARTIN  GIBSON  TAYLOR  guitars are really great, and if you should ask 100 people, playing guitar, and they have the opportunity, most of them would buy one.
SO MY PERSONAL OPINION = these brands, in particular MARTIN & GIBSON, are burned in our collective memory. You go too a concert, or you read about it: the most famous guitar players do play on these brands. Even more in "electric guitars" GIBSON versus FENDER"
They were also associated with a "guitar god" see Clapton, Hendrix. WORSE these guys get guitars for free '(ENDORSEMENT), see PRS versus SANTANA.
YOUR QUESTION IS SO GOOD, but I am afraid that the "WHY" isn't easy, but since decades MARTIN was the number one. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY "MARTIN or GIBSON" sucks. Almost every professional player has one of those, and the why? PROBABLY SO PROMOTED AND WELL-KNOWNED that we associate these brands with guitar players, and that this "HOLY TRINITY" turns into A MUST HAVE. You bought a Martin HD-28 too, so I can ask you the same question. I promess, since I have time, to look on the net to see if there is another reason.
Why are we obsessed to drive a MERCEDES PORSCHE BMW? Other cars are even better. I do hope we keep in touch, and/or you can mail me (see email address). I try everything to find other reasons for the WHY, besides my opinion.

That's what it's all about mixter.
Boot: I know we discussed this already. My question is in fact not as I wanted. Of course, seeing all immigrants (did you know that one of the biggest were Germans) bringing us Irish, Scottish, Italian, German, English styles. Put all these styles in a blender and the outcome has to be fantastic. BUT MY PRIMARY QUESTION IS: THE NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC.
the blues DID start in the US. When harvesting cotton, the Afro-Americans, 150 years ago, were singing songs, but I think the blues started already in Africa.
Due to the discrimination in the 50ties and 60ties, it was "not done" to listen to the "devil's music" and British sailors loved that music, bringing it to Europe resulting in great blues performers, sending back the blues to the USA. This is what I found:
The most important direct antecedent of the blues was the spiritual, a form of religious song.
Aside from the spirituals, African American work songs were an important precursor to the modern blues; these included the songs sung by labourers.
The earliest blues-like music was a "functional expression, rendered in a call-and-response style
Many of these blues elements, such as the call-and-response format, can be traced back to the music of Africa.

geoaguiar, I play it also on fret 4, as you said. But I'm a quick chord changer, from a regular D, not in barre, up to B(in barre).
I adore quick changes.

RANGER, All I tied to write is meant as information. Didn't I add other guitars as Epiphone, Takamine?
WHY SO MANY GUITARS, I COULD SAY THAT IT'S MY BUSINESS, BUT I AM NOT A PERSON WHO REACTS SO. I PREFER TO BE HONEST.  ABOUT MY ACOUSTICS:
It started with a junk coming since years to my consult. He needed money. THIS IS SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. If I write that I helped a lot of people by charging them what they got back from our social security, like 20$ in stead of 30$. Adding all the 10$ I didn't ask, I could buy a house. Why? THIS IS ME. There are people who needed the money a lot more than I did. Some more? I GAVE ( not asking back that money) A LOT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE CALL, AND YOU ENTER AN ICECOLD HOME, LIGHT COMING FROM CANDLES, electricity cut of, AND THEY HAD 5 KIDS, AND NO MONEY TO BUY FOOD? I GAVE 500$. To come again on that Junkie: he gave me his guitar, a MARTIN-HD28 like you bought, and you won't regret it. I invested by giving 8000$ to friends who wanted to take over a music store. Getting back the money = difficult, so we agreed that they paid me back with guitars. Before you know, you have 10 guitars.
WHY MARTINS AND GIBSONS? EVERY MUSIC STORE HAD, HERE IN BELGIUM, 75%OF THEIR STOCK were these guitars. TAYLOR, TAKAMINE unknown.
I ADORE THE SOUND, AND BECAUSE OF THE BRANDS ALL MY GUITARS ARE 2 to 3 TIMES MORE IN VALUE.
WEALTHY:  YES even this question deserves an answer. I took some big financial risks by buying a laser, a device to treat cellulitis with success. I worked 80 hours a week to be called "wealthy". How many hours do most people work?
I AM DISABLED DUE TO A CAR ACCIDENT I STARTED AGAIN BUT I HAD TO STOP, BECAUSE OF TOO SEVERE PHYSICAL PROBLEMS. AND A SECOND YES ABOUT BEING WEALTHY: I WAS AND STILL AM OVERINSURED RESULTING IN HAVING MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY 2 GUITARS IN NASHVILLE IN GRUHN'S STORE.
IT'S BY TAKING RISKS IN MY JOB, THAT I WAS "WEALTHY"AND BY BEING OVERINSURED. HERE THE MUSIC STORES changed a lot, having 60% more different brands, compared to 8 years. I DO WITH MY MONEY WHAT I WANT, and a lot of people told me that I could play on 1 guitar.
ALL MY ACOUSTICS ARE TWICE AS MUCH WORTH NOW.
So: I worked for free (if you go to a doctor here, they give you a receipt, send it to your company, and they pay you back as told. 30$ was the price, I asked 20$, and they got 25$ back. I AM TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AND NOT ABOUT A BREAD. BEFORE YOU REALISE YOU HAVE MORE AND MORE GUITARS. Why do people collect stamps? is this so different or difficult to understand that I collect and play. You can take a guess: HOW MANY ELECTRIC GUITARS I OWN.
My only intention was to answer and offer my help, seeing that the guitars you mentioned were MARTINS and GIBSONS TOO. To give advise.
PLEASE DON'T JUDGE ME BECAUSE I AM BLESSED TO BUILD A NICE COLLECTION, see it as investment, to end: the value has tripled and I AM UNABLE TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE, SO PLEASE RESPECT MY HOBBY, MY PASSION itis one of the few things that I can do: playing guitar.

That's the reason why I always start talking about E, A, D, C even G is more difficult.
For an absolute beginner: it's a torture to play F B, unless you play them in barré. The B chord can be played on the fourth fret, like the A chord but 2 frets higher. This is looks easy, but you have to stay away from the first 2 strings and the 6th string.
Best way: in barré on fret 7.