1938 Martin 00-18

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1938 Martin 00-18

About 3 months ago an older gentleman, in his eighties and aided by hisdaughter, visited our shop with his old guitar. The guitar was gettinghard to play he said... no kidding! This one needed a neck reset since atleast 1952! The Gentleman bought this instrument new in '39 and it wasgoing to be the oldest warranty neck-reset we've yet had. But Martin, ofcourse, didn't have his name associated with this guitar's serial number intheir files. A signed affitdavit was all that would have been needed to dothe restoration of this guitar at Martin's expense, but our original ownerwas not able to recall the name of the store where the instrument waspurchased, and was very uncomfortable about having Martin pay for the workwithout having absolute certainty that he was infact the original owner.Call it old-world morality - a rare, rare thing these days.So we gave this 00-18 a neck reset, a new exact replica ebony bridge (theoriginal was glued down perfectly, but was shaved quite thin), a new bonecompensated saddle, a refret, and a set-up. It now plays flawlessly, and asyou'd expect, sounds incredible. There are no cracks, no excessive wear, noabuse, nothing bad to report at all. Pefect Adirondack Red spruce top,scalloped bracing, ebony fingerboard and bridge, 1 3/4" original ivory nut,original Grover tuners, and original bridge pins and end pin. It's allthere, and then some.
New deluxe TKL case included
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1938 Martin 00-18
  • 1938 Martin 00-18
  • 1938 Martin 00-18
  • 1938 Martin 00-18
  • 1938 Martin 00-18
  • 1938 Martin 00-18
  • 1938 Martin 00-18
  • 1938 Martin 00-18
  • 1938 Martin 00-18
  • 1938 Martin 00-18
  • 1938 Martin 00-18

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