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1936 Martin 000-18S, Serial Number 65086

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Serail number 65086 was stamped on December 16, 1936 and cleared final inspection on January 8, 1937. The special features of this guitar are the 12-fret body and the fact it was originally made for seven strings, with a banjo tuner mounted near the top of the headstock for the seventh string. The tuners are […]

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1932 Martin 0-18K, Serial Number 50551

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Serial number 50551 was stamped on March 23, 1932 and cleared final inspection on August 5 that year. Some 0-18K guitars from the period were made for Hawaiian playing with a flat fingerboard and raised nut and saddle but this guitar was factory made for Spanish playing with a rounded fingerboard and normal nut and […]

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1934 Martin 0-17, Serial Number 55754

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Serial number 55754 was stamped on March 21, 1934 and cleared final inspection on May 28 that year. This guitar has the ebony neck reinforcement, bar frets and a Brazilian rosewood straight bridge. The tuners are similar to Grover G-98 clipped plate tuners but with black celluloid instead of metal buttons. These may be Grover […]

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1937 Martin 00-17, Serial number 65224

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Serial number 65224 was stamped on January 7, 1937 and cleared final inspection on May 10 that year. The neck is 1-3/4″ wide at the nut  with a 24.9″ scale length. The straight bridge is made of Brazilian rosewood. The tuners are Grover G-98 clipped plate machines with rounded metal buttons. This is a little […]

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1964 Martin D-21, Serial Number 199572

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Serial number 199572 was stamped on December 23, 1964 and cleared final inspection on February 11, 1965. The D-21 guitars were made of Brazilian rosewood like the D-28 guitars but were characterized by plainer appointments and black binding, although the zipper backstripe was retained. The tuners are Kluson K-324 machines. Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood […]

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1966 Martin D12-35, Serial Number 208095

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Serial number 208095 was stamped on February 11, 1966 and cleared final inspection on May 20 that year. Martin launched the D-35 in 1965 to use up substantial stocks of smaller pieces of Brazilian rosewood by making three piece backs. At the same time Martin issued 12-string D-35 guitars based on the 12-fret Dreadnought body […]