Description
Exc (-) condition. 25.4″ scale. 1 23/32″ width at nut. SN: 56652. Like all 000’s of this era, this guitar is joined at the 14th fret.
Appears to be Adirondack Red Spruce top. Cuban Mahogany back, sides, and neck. Neck has beautiful slightly rounded “V” profile. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay and endwedge. Body has tortoise outer bindings with multiple wood purflings on top edge. Original tortoise pickguard. True to original, bar frets are in great shape. Ivory nut. Original Grover G-98 open-back Pre-War tuners. Gabon ebony fingerboard and bridge. Ebony heelcap. Peghead has old Martin logo and C F Martin & Co stamped on the back of the peghead.
Moderate amount of player wear above and below pickguard and at treble side of soundhole. Some finish worn at edge of back, center of back, and edge of sides. Light handwear through finish on neck, but neck is very smooth and has no unnevenness or dings. No strap button ever installed on neck. There are no major cracks and no signs of prior repairs, other than a jack hole professionally plugged in lower treble side. It’s possible that the bridge has been replaced, but if so, the job was so good that it is indistinguishable. There is the very slightest hint of a light pickguard crack beside the fingerboard, barely visible.
Comes with rare Aengus flight case, serial number 2, with aquamarine exterior. This is an excellently-made flight case that fits the instrument well.
Here are some audio clips of our friend and vintage Martin aficionado Richie Reinholdt playing this very special instrument.
