Martin's relationship with his guitar has to be experienced to be believed. Operating at an unnatural pace, fingers flying, frets blurring beyond recognition, joints impossibly angled to achieve the ultimate tone - it is by turn both mesmerising and exhausting. Completely immersed within his music, his face appears not to flicker, eyes not blinking, as all of his energy is focused entirely upon the sound. Less about playing, more an intoxicating war of attrition between the opposing wills of man and machine, the sparks fly and the sound reverberates throughout the rooftops. Let battle commence!
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