Martin Workhorse

Almost done this old workhorse Martin tenor. I get to work on a lot of extremely good condition horns. But I also get to work on daily drivers, and horns that have seen a lot of use. They are both rewarding in different ways, but there’s something special about these horns with a few miles on them- sometimes, it’s like you can feel the gratitude. A lot of times when you’re working on stuff like this you’ve got something you’re about to do and it can go a lot of different ways on the spectrum between great to not great. The more variables, the more complex the issue, the less likely that great-on-the-first-try result is. But sometimes these horns give that to you every time. You look at something and think oh, this is going to be a journey. And you settle down to start that process and… you get it right on the first try! And you kind of look at the horn and it’s like yeah man, we’re working together on this one. I wanna play.