The Guitarphile

This instrument is an early 14-fret D-18 guitar. As this guitar was made prior to September 27, 1934 it has the ebony bar neck reinforcement and bar frets. A total of 57 regular D-18 guitars were made in 1934; 32 with an ebony neck reinforcement and 25 with a steel T-bar neck reinforcement and T-frets. […]

It is always nice to be able to post photos of such a rare guitar. This is a very early OM-45; the fourth one made (or the fifth if you want to count Roy Roger’s OM-45 Deluxe). Only thirty-nine regular Martin OM-45 guitars were made between 1930 and 1933. See pages 214 to 220 of […]