1936 Martin Dark Top D-28 Guitar (63858)
Serial number 63858 is a rarely seen dark top D-28. It was stamped on July 15, 1936 and cleared final inspection on November…
Author: Greig Hutton
1890 Martin 0-28 Guitar
The guitar in this article is a 1890 Martin 0-28 guitar. At the time, Martin considered this model to be the best choice…
1934 Martin D-18 Guitar (Serial Number 57156)
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…
1930 Martin OM-45 Guitar (Serial Number 42798)
It is always nice to be able to post photos of such a rare guitar. This is a very early OM-45; the fourth…
Circa 1930 Paramount Model L brochure
One of the more mysterious and unusual guitars made by the Martin Guitar Co. must be the Model L guitar made for William…
1929 Martin Guitar Co. catalogue
This Martin Guitar Co. catalogue is dated January 1929. I have not seen this catalog previously, even in the Martin archive. This information…
1928 Martin Guitar Co. catalogue
This Martin Guitar Co. catalogue is dated January 1928. I have not seen this catalog previously, even in the Martin archive. This information…
1940 Kluson Manufacturing Co. catalogue
Here is the complete 1940 product catalogue for the Kluson Manufacturing Co. The range of products that Kluson made during the war years…
1933 Martin R-18 Guitar (Serial Number 54286)
Serial number 54286 is a round sound hole R-18 guitar. It was stamped on September 12, 1933 and cleared final inspection on December…
1932 Martin 5-17T Guitar (Serial Number 49756)
Serial number 49756 was stamped on January 14, 1932 and cleared final inspection on May 3 that year A total of 225 Martin…