Ads
related to: martin d35 1974 series
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Martin D-45 is a steel-string acoustic guitar model made by C. F. Martin & Company. The model was manufactured from 1933 to 1942, and in a second production series since 1968. The model was manufactured from 1933 to 1942, and in a second production series since 1968.
This is a list of the 91 original (pre-war) Martin D-45s made by C.F. Martin & Co. between the years 1933 and 1942, generally recognized to be the most desired, and highly valued, acoustic guitars ever made; in American Guitars - An Illustrated History, author Tom Wheeler describes them as "among American guitar's irreplaceable treasures". [1]
In the years of 1981 and 1982, Martin imported partially assembled Sigma guitars from Japan and the assembly was completed in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. There were only two models, labeled "Sigma Martin USA DR-28N" and "DR-35N", 'N' for "Nazareth". A Martin factory sales brochure shows the DR-28N retailed at $600.00 and the DR-35N retailed at $650.00.
Penco made Martin- and Gibson-style acoustic guitars. Reverse engineered and built to spec, some of the closest replicas of the Martin D-28, D-35, D-41, D-45, and D-45 12 models in existence today were made by Penco, as well as bolt-neck copies of Gibson's Les Paul and SG guitars and basses, Rickenbacker 4001 basses, Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars, Fender Jazz bass guitars, 12 ...
In October 2009, a Martin D-28 that was played by Elvis Presley in his last concert was purchased at auction for $106,200. [11] In an effort to attract customers from the growing mid-level guitar market Martin introduced their first guitar constructed with laminated wood in 1993 with the D1 series that had laminated wood sides and a solid wood ...
Gene Autry (with Smiley Burnette, right) performs in a 1934 movie using his special order 1933 Martin D-45 style dreadnought guitar, the first one ever made Popular folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary in 1963; Peter Yarrow (right) was a well-known user of the Martin D-28 in its 12-fret variant (in his case, a custom order 1962 D-28S) Crosby Stills ...