Travelling light

How a mobile Martin became Lucy’s companion While Lucy relied on a combination of a Martin DX1R and Tanglewood TW1000SR acoustics for the Something’sChanging sessions, much of the material was conceived on a little Martin LX1E that she took with her to South America. “Marcus at Martin Guitars sorted me out big time,” says Lucy. “We were going to do these overnight buses where they just throw guitars in the hold. I spoke to him and he said I should take one of the Little Martins, and also that he would put some slinkier strings on it because of the humidity and temperature changes. For instance, up in Cuzco [Peru] we were 3,400 meters above sea level for the gig. He was like, ‘This thing will last and it will sound great and be easy to travel with’. It meant I wasn’t stressing about having my most precious guitar with me the whole time.”