Serial number 44066 was stamped on September 23, 1930 and cleared final inspection on October 7 that year.
A small number of 1930 00-21 guitars were made with a "dark top" but this sunburst finish is so subtle is often referred to as amberburst or teaburst.
Style 21 features:
Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood
Top: Red spruce (Adirondack)
Purfling: Lines
Soundhole decoration: Herringbone purfling
Backstripe: Herringbone
Other vintage features:
Scalloped X-bracing
No pick guard
Ebony fingerboard
Ebony Belly bridge
"C. F. Martin & Co." stamp on back of headstock
Ebony neck reinforcement
Square fingerboard inlays
Nickel silver bar frets
Photos courtesy of Steve Swan Guitars
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It is amazing how similar this 1930 00-21 is to my 1967 00-21. Yes the finger board and bridge are BRW on the 1967 example but other than that, they are the same. This was a model that survived the switch to 14 models in the early 1930s. It is still produced but now with. East Indian Rosewood.