1930 Martin OM-28, Serial Number 41222
This guitar can be identified as one of the earliest OM-28 guitars because it has an original pyramid bridge. A total of […]
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1938 Martin 00-21S, Serial Number 70165
Here is an example of the rare and much sought after 14-fret 00-21 from the 1930s. Almost all 00-21 guitar from the […]
1945 Martin 000-28, Serial Number 90740
Serial number 90740 was stamped on March 5, 1945 and cleared final inspection on June 6 that year. Martin appears to have […]
1930 Martin OM-28, Serial Number 45317
Serial number 45317 was stamped on December 31, 1930 and cleared final inspection on February 21, 1931. Since it was made prior […]
1930 Martin OM-28, Serial Number 43670
Serial number 43670 is a 1930 “small” pick guard OM-28 guitar. It was stamped on August 19, 1930 and cleared final inspection […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
1838 Martin & Bruno Terz Guitar, Serial Number 1231
A completely unknown style of early Martin guitar came to light in 2017. Even in a period when C. F. Martin Sr. […]