Description
Exc- condition / #209532
1-11/16″ Nut / 2-1/8″ Pins
Brazilian R.W. / Englemann Bear Claw Spruce
Recent Professional Neck Reset
This 1966 Martin D-35 with Brazilian Rosewood and Engelmann Spruce top, is a dandy guitar! It resided at the home of dedicated Montana Old-Time musicians for many years until recently traded in to us. The condition is great! It has just returned from Lutherie shop after having a couple top cracks re-repaired, neck reset, Full Fret Job, new Brazilian bridge, etc.
This guitar is from very early in 1966 and has the more desirable Maple Bridge Plate and the rare tortoise celluloid pickguard. Except for the newer Brazilian R.W. bridge, this guitar is very original.
The lacquer is 100% original except for small basic touch-ups along a few repaired top cracks (which are not glaringly popping out at you) and one small side crack.
This beautiful guitar is bound with multiple white (cream), outer bindings with multiple thin black accent purfling lines seen all along the top and back faces and along the sides and heelcap and end wedge.
The Brazilian Rosewood peghead veneer has the Martin & Co decal logo at top. Tuners are the original Nickel Grover Rotomatic Patent Pending closed back tuners. Top end of peghead has slight bumps in lacquer. The Honduran Mahogany neck has full modified U profile. New Bone Nut. Ebony fretboard has been milled and trued-up. Graduated pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Bass side of F.B. has side dots in the binding for position markers.
The Spruce top is quite nice. First, the beauty of it… The grain is fairly even spacing, but gets very tight near widest part of lower bouts. Prominent “bear claw” figure on both sides below bridge.
The top is very nice and flat – even the tortoise pickguard shows no signs of cupping at the edges like so many do. No “belly-ing” up below the bridge; no sinking in front of the bridge. Very little wear around the bridge, the pickguard or the soundhole.
Comes with fresh frets, fresh set-up and with a period hard case that has black duct tape on the edges.
