Serial number 39272 was stamped on April 4, 1929 and cleared final inspection on October 22 that year, just two days before "Black Thursday" of the 1929 Stock Market Crash and truly marking the very end of the "roaring 20's".
The tuners are Waverly G-30 machines.
Style 18 features:
Back and sides: Mahogany
Top: Red spruce (Adirondack)
Purfling: Lines
Binding: Black
Other period features:
Scalloped X-bracing
Ebony fingerboard
Ebony straight bridge
Ebony bar neck reinforcement
1-7/8" neck width at nut
No pick guard
Dot fingerboard inlays
C. F. Martin stamp on back of head stock
No style stamp
Photographs courtesy of David Ziegele