Welcome to another edition of the Guitar Bucket List! If you’re just joining us, we’re on a quest to complete the Guitar Bucket List that currently has over 60 items. These are various features in/on guitars that I’ve always wanted to have. To me, guitars are the perfect hobby- they’re beautiful to look at, they hold value very well, and they’re useful! And each of these provides a different tool, much like a mechanic or carpenter would have.

And today we add a new tool to the kit. Well, it’s not really net-new, as this is replacing my trusty Martin MMV acoustic guitar. This is the Martin HD-7, which is a 7-string guitar. But it’s not like any other 7-string where there’s just another string below the low E. This is a standard 6-string that has only the G string doubled. So, there’s a G note in a lower octave and one in a higher octave right next to each other. This creates that familiar jangle effect that you hear on 12-string guitars but it still plays and feels just like a 6-string. It really is the best of both worlds.

This is the Roger McGuinn signature model HD7 and is a fancier version of the D7. It also has a dovetail joint for the neck, which is something my MMV didn’t have. Check out the video for all the other details and to hear how this cool model sounds! Oh and by the way, it checks “Apex head carve” off of the Bucket List!