Serial number 111404 was stamped on September 7, 1949 and cleared final inspection on October 28 that year.
The tuners are Kluson 210 machines with rounded metal buttons.
Style 18 features:
Back and sides: Mahogany
Top: Sitka spruce
Purfling: Lines
Binding: Black celluloid
No backstripe
Other period features:
Straight X-bracing
Rosewood fingerboard
Rosewood belly bridge
Steel T-bar neck reinforcement
1-11/16" neck width at nut
Tortoiseshell celluloid pick guard
Dot fingerboard inlays
Decal on front of headstock
No C. F. Martin stamp on back of headstock
Style stamp
Photos courtesy of Steve Swan Guitars
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Is this guitar for sale?
Sorry, this isn’t a dealer website. This guitar was once available at Steve Swan Guitars but has been sold. Steve has been kind enough to let me use his photos to make an entry so that others can see the details of the guitar.