Description
Exc(-) Condition / SN:189011
Quartersawn Brazilian RW
Bargain Priced !
This 1959 Martin D-28 is a nice playing guitar. Plenty of presence and power. Mature depth in the wound strings, and plenty of singing trebles for soloing. While it has a couple of cracks repaired and also a very well-repaired slant peghead crack repaired, it is in wonderful playing condition. It is set-up for flatpicking and sounds great!
Repairs:
* Peghead slant crack – please see photos. Very tight repair with no uneven edges. Does not have to be re-repaired!
* One back crack – near waist on treble side of the back. Repaired cleanly and evenly.
* One top pickguard crack – this one is running along the outside edge of the pickguard. Repaired cleanly and evenly.
* Action is a bit high – good candidate for a neck reset. This is main reason for the nice low price on this guitar. If you buy it and opt for our repair shop to do the work, it will cost: $550 – neck reset and fret milling, $150-$180 for new bone nut and intonated saddle = Est $700-$750 for everything. This guitar was recently priced above $10,000.
Typical of Martin D-28’s of this era, this guitar is built with fine Quarter-Sawn Brazilian Rosewood back and sides and choice Spruce top. Cuban Mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard and bridge.
The bracing is non-scalloped, non-advanced. The sound is great. You can solo into a mic with it and be heard; You can play in a jam and be heard; It also has great presence as a rhythm guitar that doesn’t “cover-up” your voice.
The Brazilian Rosewood peghead veneer shows the gold Martin Decal at top. Original nickel Grover Rotomatic “patent pending” tuners. Bone nut. Ebony fingerboard with graduated pearl dot inlays.
The Spruce top is in fine shape with just one 7″ pickguard crack (mentioned above), and some wear areas. Mostly its normal wear around the fingerboard extension, the soundhole and between the strings.
These is one area that appears to be from a microphone screen rubbing on the guitar while playing the guitar.
The top is bound with multiple ivoroid/blk/white bindings. The top edge has 6-ply around the top edge and 3-ply around the back edge. Ivoroid heel cap and multiple bound ivoroid end wedge.
Original excellent tortoise celluloid pickguard with no problems. The Ebony bridge appears to be a newer copy. Cut-thru bone saddle.
The Brazilian Rosewood back and sides should be pointed out, as they show off the highest grade of quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood. The back AND the sides exhibit this quarter-sawn grain. There is one repaired crack near the waist on the treble side of the back (previously mentioned). Wooden marquetry strip inlaid along the center of the back.
This is a guitar that any guitar player would be proud to own. Comes with hard case.
