Martin

The Martin Style 00-21 Grand Concert sized guitar goes way back.  C F Martin was already making them in 1898 when they began serial numbering instruments; we know that they also made the model prior to that.  C F Martin Company produced only 24 in 1942 (it was a wartime year and few guitars were sold) and yet it was one of the finest years for beauty, tone, projection, volume and accessibility of the finest tonewoods.

This is a Grand Concert sized Martin guitar; it fits the same size case as does a classical guitar, but of course we will set it up for light gauge steel strings.   This example is in exceptional condition, not played very much and crack-free. Its top has mellowed to a deep and uniform orange; the headplate, fingerboard and bridge are all Brazilian rosewood.  It plays with great ease and is pleasing in many ways one never typically things of.  It can be your own personal philharmonic – lap sized yet strong and lyrical in performance.

This instrument captures some of the appointments and panache of the prewar version – however it is made from solid Indian rosewood on the back & sides, with the addition of the extremely welcome Adirondack “Red” spruce top.  If we cast our mind back to the grand concert sized guitar that the incomparable Sylvia Fricker played in the group Ian and Sylvia (and who could forget that?) you may envision her playing a guitar that was extremely similar to this.

One of our favorite small-bodies, this extremely wonderful sounding, yet smaller sized, instrument is part of the Martin Vintage series which means it has many appointments of the prewar, while retaining the solid Sitka spruce top of the modern era. It is made using bona fide, solid mahogany on the back & sides, and it has 1/4" scalloped braces, a modified V-neck, a bone nut and saddle

This stunning instrument has been brought back to entirely original specification by the factory that made it.  This guitar provides the experience of walking into a store in 1968 and seeing a brand new D-28 hanging up, pointing to it, and saying "I'll take that one."     This is an ideal guitar – displaying one of the most beautiful examples of straight-grained, quarter sawn Brazilian as we have recently laid our eyes upon.   This is made from wood of a level of quality it is doubtful could even be obtained today on any new guitar.  This is Now on Sale.  It WAS $8763 but is now available for less.

Following the success of their D-18A and D-28A, C F Martin then came out with the next model in this extremely high quality line, that being a short scale 000-18 made with the following features:   The construction is dovetail joint, it has fourteen frets, a solid Adirondack spruce top, old style -18 rosette around the soundhole, Golden Era style forward shifted scalloped bracing with ¼” Adirondack braces. The back and sides are solid genuine mahogany, the end piece is tortoise-color Delmar in a narrow 1937 shape.

This type of Martin guitar has already achieved the status of “legendary” in our showroom.   Its top has a perfectly parallel vertical grain pattern that consistently runs around 3mm apart.  That’s quite wide, and, in our opinion, likely to make the guitar sound rich, sonorous and rumble-ishous.  The Brazilian shows some swirl on the extremes of the back, but the sides are mostly straight-grain.

Our Discount Price is $7,211 and Our Cash Discount Price is $6,995, however a highly astute individual with foresight and discernment has placed a $100 “Right of First Refusal” deposit on it and so it cannot be ordered.

Our Discount Price is $10,305 or $9,995 at the Cash Discount Price.  This guitar is being sent back to Martin for some repair work and won't be ready for at least 4 months (around July or August).   A customer has already resreved this with a deposit, but if you would like 2nd dibs if person #1 passes, please inquire below.  

It has many times been written that there is little difference between a Martin 1947 D-28 (except for the first month or two in which a 1947 could have had herringbone top trim) and, say, a 1962 D-28. We can think of a few changes – the jigs and fixtures by the 1960s were beginning to wear and the most notable result of this is that the headstock edges got more and more curved (rounded). Prewar and wartime Martin guitars have the famous “squared” headstock that so many of us yearn to fondle between our fingers.

A bass for the performing artist. The BCPA4 features a sapele back and sides and a solid spruce top, a J-style cutaway body, and Fishman F1 Analog Electronics for deep, rich tone plugged-in or unplugged. A perfect marriage of upright and electric tone.  Martin List Price: $1,999

Early style 17 Martin models used spruce tops, Like 15M with a Spruce shaded gloss-top, Back/sides will be Mahogany, 1 Style non-scalloped braces, Tortoise color top binding, Mahogany neck, Morado fgbd/bridge, Fgbd. Inlay short pattern diamond & squares.  The Martin List Price is $1999

In the title of this model, D-16RGT, the D means Dreadnought, the 16 means mortise-and-tenon construction in all solid woods, the R means East Indian Rosewood back & sides, the GT means Gloss Sitka Spruce top.  Other accoutrements include a  modified low oval neck shape, a 1-11/16" nut width, a 25.4" scale length and a #345 hard shell case.

The Martin Style 2 is relatively modest in appointment having a two-ply top purfling, three ply soundhole rosette, and yellowed ivoroid top and back binding.  The body is all mahogany, so is the back of the neck; the fingerboard and bridge are rosewood.

Although a middle-of-the-line Martin ukulele model (Martin starts with the ubiquitous Style 0, then Style 1, Style 2, Style 3 and finally Style 5), the stately Style 3  is amazingly beautiful and handsome.  

 OUR PRICE WAS $2263 BUT NOW ON SALE FOR:

The following description is from the C F Martin website:  “Don McLean's legendary "American Pie" is one of the most famous songs of all time. Recorded in 1971, "American Pie" was issued as a double-sided single. The song immediately hit #1 on the charts and Don McLean became an instant star whose popularity has continued throughout the years.  Martin Guitars is proud to present the D-40DM Don McLean Limited Edition Signature Model." They said: "In commemoration of the year the song was written, the edition will be limited to no more than 71 instruments" [Ed: However, they actually made only 50 + 2 prototypes].

This guitar is being sent back to Martin for some warranty repairs and won't be available for a few months (at least) and is already reserved by a person who has left a deposit on it.  If you would like 2nd dibs if person #1 passes, please inquire below.  

Our Discount Price is $2,835.00 and Our Cash Discount Price is $2,750.00.

This guitar has been sent back to Martin for repairs that only Martin can perform.  If you would like to reserve it with a $100 deposit to be notified when it comes back, please inquire below or call us at 718-981-3226.

Our Discount Price is $6,181.00 and Our Cash Discount Price is $5,995

Presently on hold for a person who has provided us with a $100 deposit to be notified when the repairs are complete.  Our Discount Price is $6,445.00 and Our Cash Discount Price is $6,250.00.