I just got a neck set done on it for the same price I paid for it. The guitar was sold by the original family in April 2020.ġ-3/4" 1934 Brazilian rosewood C. I bought it for 450 from a newspaper ad just after I graduated from college in 1971. Because Martin had estimated that in 1898 around 8000 instruments had been built, the series numbering starts in 1898 with 8000. With the exception of the electric models. All Martin Guitars are numbered in sequential order since 1898.
The model was introduced in 2007 and Im fairly certain some were completed and shipped that year. If it was in production during that year it got the hot stamp.
#Martin guitar serial numbers year serial number#
Slotted squares and diamonds pearl fingerboard inlays The number in the left-side column is the year, and the number following the year is the last serial number used in that given year.Serial number 8349 for example, would be the first guitar built in 1899. Since end-19th century, Martin make one of the best flat top acoustic guitars. Buck 44K 22,388 83 Administrator 6 Thats a very late 2007 number, so its likely the guitar was started in 2007 and completed in 2008. The tuners are Grover G-98 clipped plate machines. The guitar was sold by a Martin dealer in Austin, Texas and spent all its life in a town called Dripping Springs, Texas, about 20 miles west of Austin, so it never went too far from where is was first sold. Shenandoah guitars can be dated by the 6 digit serial number stamped on the neck block inside of the instrument. The grandfather of the most recent owner received the guitar as a high school graduation present in 1934 and passed it on to his grandson when he graduated high school in 1993. It was the Depression after all! A D-28 had a wholesale price of $50 in 1934, more than triple Martin's average wholesale guitar price. However, Martin had an order so rushed one of the guitars through inspection and shipped it. It will be noted it was shipped before the rest of the batch of 12 cleared final inspection. It was stamped on Septemand cleared final inspection on November 22 that year.
The model designations can be broken down into two parts.
#Martin guitar serial numbers year code#
Subsequently, question is, what do Martin guitar model numbers mean Deciphering the Martin guitar code is simple.
Look in the soundhole toward the neck to see where this is etched. It is about as nice an early D-28 as you are likely to see. A Martin Guitar will have the model designation and the serial number etched on the neck block. Serial number 57801 comes from the first batch of D-28 guitars with a steel T-bar and T-frets, earlier 1934 D-28's having an ebony bar neck reinforcement and bar frets. The guitar is a remarkable survivor and, based on the photographs supplied by the owner, is in original condition excepting some minor wear. This particular guitar has a very interesting story as it has been in the same family since 1934.
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