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1934 Martin 000-28 Guitar (Serial Number 57851)

Serial number 57851 was stamped on October 3, 1934 and cleared final inspection on May 7, 1935 (quite a long time in production…

Serial number 62166 was stamped on January 28, 1936 and cleared final inspection on July 9 that year. The tuners are Grover G-98…

Serial number 99606 was stamped on April 3, 1947 and cleared final inspection on July 30 that year. The tuners are Waverly 5038…

This particular guitar has a very interesting story as it has been in the same family since 1934. The guitar is a remarkable…

Serial number 75042 was stamped on May 10, 1940 and cleared final inspection on September 6 that year. The tuners are Grover G-111…

Serial number 12915 was stamped during October/November 1917 and was shipped to William Lewis & Son in Chicago on December 26, 1917. Although…

Martin 1-28P guitars are scarce with only 19 being made. This example is the last 1-28P and the only one made as a…

Serial number 44061 was stamped on September 19, 1930 and cleared final inspection October 27 that year. The original tuners would have been…

Serial number 41999 was stamped on March 28, 1930 and cleared final inspection on April 15 that year. It is from the first…

In the late 1920s tenor guitars became a major part of Martin’s product line. Initially, Martin mostly based their tenor models on size…