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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 nutĀ  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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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 […]

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1929 Martin 00-45, Serial Number 38471

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Serial numbe 38471 was stamped on April 25, 1929 and cleared final inspection on August 27 that year. During March 1928 Martin slightly increased the thickness of guitars tops. Having been made after that date this guitar has the thicker top that makes it fully capable of accepting steel strings. Since it was made in […]

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1945 Martin 000-21, Serial Number 93211

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Serial number 93211 was stamped on November 23, 1945 and cleared final inspection on February 11, 1946. The tuners are probably Kluson 502 machines (this is still a little up in the air because the celluloid buttons come in either white or black) and document the reappearance of bushings on the front of the headstock. […]

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1892 Martin 2-20, Dated March 1892

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This guitar made before serial numbers were instituted but “3/92”, for March 1892, is written in pencil on the underside of the top near the soundhole. The guitar has three-strut fan bracing typical of the less expensive models Martin offered during this period. All Martin guitars from the period have back and sides of Brazialian […]