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1940 Martin D-28
Original finish throughout, although the pickwear around the guard and soundhole have been sealed. Gorgeous straight-grained Brazilian rosewood with moderate saw-markings on the back and rich chocolatety colour. Back and sides are free of cracks and show only light finish wear. Adirondack spruce top is evenly grained and in excellent condition despite the guitar's obvious pick wear and years of grime. One very ancient top crack, about 3" long, is located a pick's length away from the center-seam. This crack is not, and has never been, repaired - and as far as we can tell, there's no reason to change that. There is no movement in the top on either side of this crack, and we just couldn't find a reason to cleat it. There are very old repaired racks on the guitar's top at either-side of the fingerboard (as pictured), and it appears that a few neck-resets have been done on the guitar; leaving a minor partial hair-line crack on the neck's heel and some damaged finish likely caused in the neck removal process (note that no neck work was done in our repair-shop, and that no finish touch-ups have been made). The bridge is a replacement of a replacement that we made and installed, and is accurately sized and foot-printed; the bone saddle is new, and the original bridge-pins were fitted to the new bridge. Inside the guitar, the original bridge plate and all braces are intact and free from repairs or modifications. The top is not warped or bellied in any way. Original ivory nut; fairly recent replacement frets, and 5 out of 6 original Grover sealed-back tuning machines. The 6th tuner is a 30's Grover G-98. Original pickguard, and all bindings; newer end-pin. 1-11/16" wide nut, 25.4" scale length.
With original well-traveled hard shell case, and high-quality new hard shell.
On Consignment
SOLD
