1930 Martin OM-28, Serial Number 41526
This guitar is one of those rarely seen beasts, an early OM-28 with a pyramid bridge. The first belly bridges did not […]
Month: March 2019
1936 Martin 000-28, Serial number 63489
Serial number 63489 was stamped on June 9, 1936 and cleared final inspection on October 8, that year. As an earlier 14-fret […]
1935 Martin D-28, Serial Number 59395
Serial number 59395 was stamped on March 19, 1935 and cleared final inspection on August 15 that year. Being an early D-28 […]
1944 Martin D-18, Serial Number 88780
Seial number 88780 was stamped on August 22, 1944 and cleared final inspection on November 18 that year. This guitar retains the […]
1945 Martin 000-21, Serial Number 93211
Serial number 93211 was stamped on November 23, 1945 and cleared final inspection on February 11, 1946. The tuners are probably Kluson […]
1888 Martin 2-1/2-40, Dated May 1888
This guitar is a great example of an early high-grade Martin guitar. Styles 40 and 42 were the two fanciest grades of […]
1892 Martin 2-20, Dated March 1892
This guitar made before serial numbers were instituted but “3/92”, for March 1892, is written in pencil on the underside of the […]
1957 Martin D-18, Serial Number 156914
Serial number 156914 was stamped on August 21, 1957 and cleared final inspection on December 2 that year. The guitar has a […]
1941 Martin D-28
The guitar in this entry is a 1941 D-28 “herringbone”. It has rear-X bracing and the neck is 1-11/16″ wide at the […]
1939 Martin D-45, Serial Number 73128
Serial number 73128 is one of the 91 pre-war D-45 guitars made by Martin. It was stamped on August 23, 1939 and […]