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1931 Martin 00-18
Serial # 49293. From one of the most golden years of Martin’s Golden Era comes this near-mint condition twelve fret 00-18. With belly bridge and pickguard, this guitar was steel strung from day one, but its ultra light build, 12 fret neck, and bar frets speak of earlier days. This combination of features results in a truly remarkable guitar, an old-time picker’s dream instrument, and an inspiration. It’s a clean and balanced guitar, with warm and sweet mids. The harmonic overtones are lovely in all positions, but present beautifully in the middle of the neck. A remarkably well preserved Martin, there’s little argument about how seldom this one was used over the years. There is virtually no playwear, no dents, dings or scratches, no cracks or internal repairs, and no wear on the tuning machine gears. The original ebony nut has never been removed or shimmed, and the unslotted bridge pins are just about unworn. The neck has been reset exceptionally well, and an exact-match replica bridge has been installed with fossil ivory saddle. (The original bridge is provided with the guitar, but had broken through the saddle slot and is unusable as a result.) The neck has a soft V profile and a nut width shy of 1-7/8”. The original bar frets have been dressed somewhat and play acceptably, although a heavier attack will bring out some buzzes in the middle of the neck as the set-up is low and easy. Red spruce top, mahogany back and sides, ebony fingerboard and bridge, scalloped braces, brass Waverly tuning machines with ivoroid buttons.
With new hard shell case
On consignment
US $13,500
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2002 Martin OM-42 Deluxe Custom
Serial # 847208. This guitar began its life as a standard Martin OM-42: top-grade Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce, scalloped braces, long scale, 1-3/4” nut, pearl bordered top and fingerboard extension, and – most importantly – big OM tone. It was then sent to Dave Nichols in upstate New York for some heavy duty customization: Dave replaced the original head veneer with a choice piece of Brazilian rosewood which he expertly inlayed and bordered with abalone and pearl, and bound with ivoroid to match the fingerboard. The fingerboard received new inlays, as did the bridge wings. Further, the bridge was slotted for a through-saddle, the nut, saddle, were replaced with bone, the pins with fossil walrus ivory, and the tuners swapped out for engraved gold Waverlys. Finally, the stock Martin pickguard was replaced with an OM-45 Deluxe style replacement, again hand inlayed by Dave in attractive celluloid. All told, a very labour intensive and expensive customization. The guitar’s dramatic looks compliment its fine tone, appropriately enough. This is a wide-open OM, with depth, darkness, and rich overtones. A mature and complex tone. And a fingerstylist’s dream. Nicely set up, and in excellent condition. Frets show some very light devoting, but are in very good shape.
With Geib style Martin hard shell case
On consignment
US $5665
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2004 Martin UMGF Custom 00-18VS
Serial # 995297. A highly customized Martin UMGF 00-18VS. Quilted mahogany back and sides, master-grade Sitka top, 12 fret neck with ebony fingerboard and bridge and solid 1930’s style peghead with old-style logo and C.F. Martin stamp on headstock rear. Greven Tortis pickguard, bone nut and saddle, fossil walrus ivory pins, gold Waverly tuners. Scallop braced top with herringbone purfling and rosette and “vintage-toned” lacquer. Modified V neck with 1-3/4” nut and short scale, bridge string spacing a 2-5/16”. A lovely sounding guitar, currently set up with a very low fingerstyle action. The original label signed by C.F. Martin IV has been removed from the guitar but is included.
With Geib style Martin hard shell case
On Consignment
US $2999
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1952 Martin 000-18
Serial # 125297. Post war 000-18s really don’t come much better than this 1952 issue. It has a wide-open voice with breathy mids and a lively response, and a sweet array of overtones and embellishments that will please any fingerstylist. Neck reset, aged replica Brazilian rosewood bridge with compensated saddle, refret, and B-string pickguard crack repair by Folkway six or seven years ago. Original tuners, nut, bridge and end pins. Original finish shows little playwear, but does have minor scratches and dings as visible in the photos provided. There is some light vinyl strap finish corrosion on the back that isn’t terribly visible in the back detail photo below. Excellent fingerstyle setup with low action (5 to 6 64ths), and comfortable 50’s C to soft V neck profile with a nut width of 1-21/32”. Beautifully aged finish, nicely hued pickguard and binding. Quite a lovely guitar.
With Martin/Geib Deluxe hard shell case
US $5425
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1953 Martin D-28
Serial # 130328. A crack-free ’53 D-28 with a Red Spruce top, warm tone, excellent playability, and great looks. Gorgeous Brazilian back and sides, original finish throughout, original tuners and nut. Bridge, bridge plate and pins have been replaced by our shop. The bridge is a hair oversized to match the footprint of the non-original part we replaced, the bridge plate is an exact duplicate of the original and some top restoration was needed under the bridge to correct an old repair. Refret and set-up by our shop as well. The guitar plays perfectly with standard 5 to 7 action and a full height saddle; even without ever having had a neck reset. No pickguard crack on this one, but there is a brace added under the pickguard presumably to help keep things flat. It’s old and solid, so we left it alone. The instrument has a warm and rich voice with good balance and a particular affinity for good sounding trebles up the neck. It’s not the loudest D-28 we’ve encountered, but it’s richness easily makes up for a few less decibels than your average Red Spruce D-28. Original finish is showing its age with dings, scratches, and some playwear. Some lacquer has flaked away in sections as shown in the finish detail photo below. Quite a lovely D-28 overall, and from one of the best post-war years.
With 1930’s hardshell case
US $9495 ON HOLD
US $9795 with credit card
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1940 Martin 000-18
Serial # 76708. Pre-war 000-18’s continue to be the best value in the vintage guitar marketplace, and this 1940 beauty clearly exemplifies why. With warm and sweet mids, a grand response, lingering overtones and rolling basses, any tone aficionado would find solace in this instrument. It’s simply a pleasure to play and a joy to listen to. A very lightweight guitar, it responds well to a gentle touch - but like the best of them has more than enough headroom to handle a heavy pick. It’s in excellent condition and original down to the endpin; its only repairs are an invisibly small pickguard crack and an equally minor 1” section of reglued center-seam. Very professional neck reset, original nut, saddle, and frets, excellent set-up with action of 5 to 7 64ths. Scallop-braced Red spruce top, mahogany back, sides and neck. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge, steel neck reinforcement, and original Waverly tuners in perfect working order. Modern neck profile with 1-11/16” nut and 2-1/8” string spacing at the bridge. This one is a real gem.
With 1930’s hardshell case
US $15,500
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1941 Martin 000-42
Serial # 78685. Pearly pre-war Martins are as rare as hen’s teeth, and are some of the best sounding guitars the world has ever seen. C.F. Martin built some 113 fourteen-fret 000-42 guitars before discontinuing the model in 1943. One of these ended up in the hands of Eric Clapton, who performed and recorded his Grammy winning MTV Unplugged album with it in 1992, and pretty much kick-started an acoustic guitar renaissance that we are still enjoying today. The 000-42 offered here is a 1941 model, and features back and sides of the finest quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood, a gorgeous quarter-sawn Red spruce top, scalloped braces, and pearl bordering around the top, fingerboard extension, and soundhole. It is a deep and mature guitar, with a Cabernet-like fullness and much character. No top or side cracks, one repaired back crack; back and side finish appears to have been rejuvenated or lightly oversprayed and buffed out a long time ago. There is finish touch-up associated with the back crack and overspray on the neck, but black-lighting reveals no other significant new finish on the instrument. Top finish is original and intact but buffed. We can’t say for certain that there is no overspray on the top, but we suspect there isn’t. Neck reset, replacement bridge, fingerboard, and nut by our shop a couple of years ago corrected previous poor repairwork; the guitar now plays perfectly, and looks good. No internal repairs other than a micro-veneer on the bridgeplate to reinforce worn holes. 1-5/8” nut, 24.9” scale. Original tuners work well.
With possibly original hardshell case that’s been tastefully wall-papered.
US $34,950
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1961 Martin T-28 Tiple
Serial # 180999. Here's a brand-new 50 year old Tiple. No joke. This instrument came to Folkway from a retired music store owner. Back in the 1960's he stowed away this T-28 Tiple and a number of other instruments only to unearth them half a century later (and sell them for a lot more than he would have in 1961!). The T-28 is new-old-stock. It was never owned, never played, and never displayed. The case is in as-new condition, too; and the instrument arrived in its original factory packaging material! Original warranty card in the case, along with the never-installed strap-button and case key. The finish is shiny-new, there is no sign of it ever being played, no cracks, perfect action and set up, and the original strings (of course). We have never, ever, seen a time capsule anything like this; a finer T-28 you simply won't find. Perfectly quartered Brazilian rosewood back and sides, spruce top, ebony fingerboard and bridge, slotted headstock, and 10 strings in four courses. Martin brought the Central American Tiple (pronounced TEE-play) to the USA in 1919 during the Ukulele craze of that era. Although not a Hawaiian instrument, the Tiple is tuned like a ukulele and sold well enough to remain listed in Martin's catalogs into the 1970's.
With original hardshell case
US $2995 ON HOLD
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1968 Martin D-28
Serial # 233287. With perfectly quartersawn Brazilian Rosewood, even-grained Sitka spruce, and a solid amount of playwear this guitar looks like it sounds good. And, well, it does. It’s an early ’68 model, and among the last of the small maple bridge plate D’s; and, despite the playwear is actually in pretty nice shape. No internal repairs, no back or side cracks; top has a repaired crack in the upper treble bout, a repaired pickguard crack, and another repaired crack along the bass side of the fingerboard extension. When the guitar arrived at Folkway it had an unattractive replacement pickguard and an equally unattractive and slightly oversized replacement bridge. We’ve replaced both of these; the bridge is still oversized, but it’s nicely made and features a pre-1965 style through-saddle; the pickguard is bevel-edge tortoise celluloid. We’re quite aware that guitars from ’68 should have black pickguards and drop-in saddle bridges, but this looks so much better… don’t you think? The neck needed a reset (it’s second) and we were able to clean up the last guy’s work quite well. The only evidence that remains of the previous neck set is a tiny repaired chip in the heel (see photos). It’s close to insignificant, but we like pointing out the minor stuff. There is drop-fill style touch-up sealing much of the playwear on the top, but no refinish work or overspray to speak of. Refret and set up by our shop, as well. Original tuners, nut, bridge pins and endpin. Smallish neck with a 1-5/8” nutwidth and a low C profile. High-quality tone, gorgeous woods, nice repairs, and an original Blue Martin HSC. All that at the quite reasonable price below.
US $5349
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Calton Cases
There is no commercially available case that will protect your instrument better than a Calton. They cost an awful lot, and they're worth every penny. They also can now be ordered directly through Folkway Music. We usually have standard model cases in stock (Martin D or OM, for example), but are happy to help ease the process of ordering a custom-fitted Calton for your instrument. Many color choices and combinations are available, and any instrument - no matter how bizarre - can be successfully fitted. Please call for a quote.
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1930 Martin 0-28K
Serial # 42255. Figured Koa, Herringbone, no cracks, excellent tone, and a perfect in-shop conversion to Spanish-style. That’s the abridged version. This 0-28K is a stunning beauty from Martin’s early “Golden Era.” Originally a flush-fret steel string Hawaiian guitar, the instrument has just emerged from our repair shop after having been converted for standard playing. The conversion involved resetting the neck, radiussing the fingerboard and replacing the bar frets; replacing the bridge to accommodate a radiused fingerboard and intonation compensated saddle placement, modifying the original nut, and installing period-correct ivoroid side dots. The bridge is a perfect early 30’s replica in dimension and look, and the new saddle is pre-CITES ivory. This guitar would easily pass for an 0-28K with an original Spanish set-up, if such an instrument were ever built. Apart from the aforementioned modifications and a new replica endpin the guitar is in near-mint condition and unaltered. Its finish is intact, original and unworn, there are no internal repairs or modifications, and the guitar’s bridge pins, ivory nut, fingerboard inlays and engraved Waverly tuners are factory stock. They simply don’t come any nicer than this one. Set up with light-gauge strings and fingerstyle action this guitar is as wonderful to play as it is to behold. It has a focused midrange that doesn’t overpower, very even string balance, dry and opened voice, and a wry-tinged Koa snap. With the power, headroom and volume this guitar offers in combination with its resonance, sustain and complex harmonics you might consider this an 0-sized baby grand piano of sorts. And it’s only just been strung up. An incredible find. 24.9” scale, 1-7/8” nut, full neck with a pronounced but soft V carve.
With original case and collection of vintage strings.
SOLD
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