With its short scale, modified V neck and 1-3/4” nut width, the vintage-styled 000-28EC is unique among Martin’s current line up. Most of Martin’s 000/OM bodied guitar guitars feature a long 25.4” scale neck. The shorter 24.9” scale, wider 2-1/4” bridge pin spacing, and rear-shifted vintage-style scalloped bracing make the 000-28EC a particularly rich, warm, and open instrument.
Sitka spruce and beautifully quartered Indian rosewood with parchment bindings and vintage appointments. Herringbone and zigzag trimmings, bone nut and saddle, ebony board and bridge, bevel-edged tortoise pickguard. High gloss lacquer finished body and neck, including the headstock’s front and rear. Vintage style tuners, old-style headstock logo.
With deluxe hardshell case
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The Martin CF-1 was produced between 2004 and 2007 in very limited numbers. The model was designed by Dale Unger, whose American Archtop line of guitars are also made in Nazareth, PA, and it was Dale who supervised production of the CF-1 and CF-2 archtops at the Martin factory. All Martin CF-1 archtops have paper labels signed by both Dale Unger and C.F. Martin IV. Unger apprenticed with Bob Benedetto and incorporated Benedetto design elements and aesthetics into his own archtop designs. The Unger/Martin relationship was fairly short lived, with records suggesting that only 260 CF-1 archtops were completed. Today these guitars are widely considered to be among the biggest bargains of the Jazz guitar world thanks to their combination of tone, workmanship, playability, and price.
The CF-1 is a 17” X braced archtop with full depth, venetian cutaway, ebony fretboard and fittings, and a floating Kent Armstrong humbucker with pickguard-mounted volume control. The body is made with a formed three-layer laminate European spruce top and figured maple three-layer laminate back and sides. The fit and finish is top notch, and the workmanship is clearly that of Martin’s Nazareth workforce.
Three-piece maple neck with a soft D carve and bound ebony fretboard. 25” scale. The nut width measures 1-3/4” and the depth at the 2nd fret is .884”. The neck thickness is very consistent, tapering just .030” thicker by the 9th fret. String spread at the bridge is 2-1/16”.
The guitar’s acoustic tone is wonderful, which might come as a surprise given the laminate body. Whatever the secret sauce was used in the design of this model, the Unger/Martin team hit a home run and built an affordable archtop that sounds like a guitar that’s 10 times the price. Acoustic archtop tone is famously hard to describe, but expect a guitar that is warm, full, defined, clear, and responsive. With 11-50 flatwounds the guitar offers an incredibly full tone that most other archtops can’t achieve with 13s. Plugged in, the Humbucking Kent Armstrong delivers exactly what you expect. String balance is excellent, and the warmth and character of the guitar carries through the pickup nicely.
In excellent condition with very little playwear and recently set up in our shop.
With original hardshell case
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A very unique creation built by Martin’s Custom Shop about eight years back, this OM-scale 000 features straight grained Cambodian Rosewood back and sides and a VTS-processed high altitude Swiss Spruce bearclaw-figured top with forward positioned Sitka scalloped X bracing. The body is bound in walnut and features herringbone top trim, multi-layered wooden purflings, zigzag back strip and a distinctive inlaid walnut rosette. The guitar’s neck is a three-piece lamination of mahogany and walnut with a Modified Low Oval carve, ebony fretboard, and 1-3/4” nut. Bone nut and saddle, 2-1/4” string spacing at the bridge, and vintage-style tuning machines are well thought out finishing touches.
Despite what this guitar’s appearance might suggest, under the hood it’s 100% traditional Martin, with the same X bracing layout that the company’s standard series OMs feature. The Cambodian rosewood and European spruce top are sonically akin to Madagascar rosewood and Adirondack spruce, so this guitar can be thought of as something like an OM-28 Marquis with different appointments. It’s a dry and forward sounding guitar with plenty of headroom, excellent note separation, bass power, and a little bit of sparkle on top, and it’s an excellent fingerstyle guitar or flat-picker.
In near-mint condition and perfectly set up, this Custom Shop Martin OM presents and plays beautifully.
With original hardshell case
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A custom ordered Dreadnought built by Martin’s Custom Shop in 2016, this Martin D-14 features back and sides of Guatemalan rosewood and an Adirondack red spruce top with Golden Era forward-shifted scalloped bracing. Appointed with vintage Style 21 accents, this is a great looking guitar, and one that’s not quite a vintage reissue but is most certainly vintage inspired.
The guitar features tortoise bindings, and wooden Style 18 purflings and rosette. The bevelled-edge pickguard is a thing of beauty. Ebony fretboard with style 18/21 dot inlays, ebony 30’s style belly bridge with drop-in bone saddle and ebony-pearl-dot pins. The square headstock features a Guatemalan rosewood overlay, old-style logo, bone flat-bottomed nut, and Gotoh vintage style tuning machines. The neck is built with Martin’s popular Modified Low Oval carve / Performing Artist taper, which translates to a 1-3/4” nut width, 1st fret depth of .821”, 2-3/16” string spread at the saddle, and 25.4” scale.
In remarkably clean condition, this Martin D-14 Custom Shop Dreadnought presents beautifully. The first few frets show very light wear, and the guitar’s finish shows just about no playwear. The waist sections of binding were cleanly repaired in our shop, and we’ve set it up with mediums and standard 5-6 action.
A bold guitar with a darkly hued voice, this vintage-braced Martin D-14 is a strong flatpicker and strummer. It was ordered with ¼” wide tonebars, which, along with the forward positioned scalloped bracing, opens up the low-end and adds to overtone development.
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About this Martin D-15E
Martin’s D-15E looks a lot like the D-15M on first glimpse, but the two models have some notable differences which allow Martin to price the Mexican-made, pickup-equipped 15E some $500 lower than the USA-made non-electrified D-15M. To say the D-15E is a great deal is the understatement of Martin’s guitar lineup.
The D-15E is built with a plantation-grown mahogany top and X bracing, sapele back and sides, and a mortise and tenon neck joint. The fretboard and bridge are Katalox, and the neck dimensions and finish are consistent with most other Martins currently being made, with a 1-3/4” nut width, 2-5/32 bridge string spread, and a low oval carve. Scale is 25.4”. The pickup is a Martin E1 system, with onboard volume and tone controls and a chromatic tuner.
With padded gigbag
About Folkway Music
Folkway Music is a different kind of guitar store. Owing largely to the fact that its owner, Mark Stutman, has a relentless obsession for quality in every aspect of the store. Consequently, Folkway Music is wholeheartedly committed to offering our clients the absolute best. Our instrument quality and genuine care for our customer’s experience are unrivalled. Have a look at our client testimonials, they say it better than we can, without a doubt!
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About this Martin D-18 Authentic 1937 VTS
Martin’s new D-18 Authentic 1937 offers the tone of a forward-braced pre-war D-18 with a T-bar reinforced wide-nut neck and ebony board and bridge. There’s nothing else that sounds more like a Pre-War D-18 than Martin’s 1937 Authentic model. With its scalloped bracing, VTS Adirondack spruce top, and hide glue construction, the D18 Authentic has power a-plenty, with huge headroom and an incredible mid-range. It’s a wonderful flat-picker that will leave most other guitars in its wake.
1937 Features include the vintage-accurate T-bar neck reinforcement, low-gloss lacquer finish, and Authentic neck carve. Waverly tuning machines, bone nut and through-cut saddle, under-the-finish tortoise-celluloid pickguard and tortoise bindings.
Soft V neck carve with 1-3/4” nut width and neck depth of .875” at the 1st fret. Scale length is 25.4” and the strings spread to 2-5/16” at the bridge. We set up this Martin D-18 Authentic 1937 VTS in shop with 13-56 strings and medium action.
A lightweight powerhouse with headroom aplenty, focussed midrange, and a perfect mix of low end articulation and warmth, mid-range throttle, and treble roundness.
With Authentic series hardshell case and hang tag.
About Folkway Music
Folkway Music is a different kind of guitar store. Owing largely to the fact that its owner, Mark Stutman, has a relentless obsession for quality in every aspect of the store. Consequently, Folkway Music is wholeheartedly committed to offering our clients the absolute best. Our instrument quality and genuine care for our customer’s experience are unrivalled. Have a look at our client testimonials, they say it better than we can, without a doubt!
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