Dub-T-123 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Just picked this up off Craigslist last night. I wouldn’t be surprised if the seller is a member here because he was a pretty hardcore Gibson fan and he was showing me his R9s and telling me about his 1928 L5 etc Anyway I got this pretty cheap, under $1K. It is by all means a players Guitar and not collector grade but it has absolutely beautiful action all the way up the neck, beautiful intonation, and sounds... BEAUTIFUL The main reason I got it cheap is that it has 2 cracks near the outer edge of the “hips”. I really believe that these cracks do not pose a problem to the playability of the guitar and suspect that they have been glued already. The back of the headstock has an old drivers license number scratched into it The seller said this was made in 1951 though I haven’t looked up the serial number or anything like that What I know for sure is that it is a 00-18G and I love it. Super thin spruce top, mahogany back, sides, and neck, and a Brazilian rosewood fretboard (2” wide at the nut, 2 1/2” at the 19th fret, no radius) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Oh My Word that is Stunning! Absolutely perfect.....imperfections and all.....if that makes sense? Heartiest Congrats and enjoy the Hell out of her! Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Congratulations, nice Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 . Wow, beautiful 00. . Really nice get! Congrats & enjoy. . B) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Cool.. Built in original mojo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Very very nice and congratulations, Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Thanks guys! I am beside myself with excitement right now. Frankly I’m having a hard time writing a post because I keep playing the guitar Just imagine I wrote a long post swooning about how nice the guitar feels and all that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Sweet guitar! My first guitar I bought for myself was a 00-18. The voice of these guitars is exceptional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Looks great I never knew Martin's used to have the logo on the back of the headstock. Was that just with this model or was it common back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 ...I never knew Martin's used to have the logo on the back of the headstock. Was that just with this model or was it common back then?... I'd never seen that before either. At a guess it might be to be in keeping with the typically unadorned nature of the peg-heads of Classical / Spanish gut-strung / nylon-strung instruments?............ Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Wow that looks great, a guitar that's had a lifetime of playing, that's how an old instrument should be Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 uh...scuse me... Back of headstock pre-dates 1935. Earliest Martins were made in NYC I believe, back of the stock logo changed somewhere in the early 30's when they moved to PA. I think I have that right. There isn't really anything like a Martin, and one that's been played that long is even warmer. Very nice 00, I wish you long life and good health playing that thing! rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 uh...scuse me... Back of headstock pre-dates 1935. Earliest Martins were made in NYC I believe, back of the stock logo changed somewhere in the early 30's when they moved to PA. I think I have that right. There isn't really anything like a Martin, and one that's been played that long is even warmer. Very nice 00, I wish you long life and good health playing that thing! rct Thanks guys!! I just briefly looked into this to answer Krock and Pippy and I think you are correct although apparently they continued to produce classical guitars with the logo on the back while the steel string models had the logo moved to the front Martin seems to have a reliable serial number system. I checked mine and it should be 1951 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Thanks guys!! I just briefly looked into this to answer Krock and Pippy and I think you are correct although apparently they continued to produce classical guitars with the logo on the back while the steel string models had the logo moved to the front Martin seems to have a reliable serial number system. I checked mine and it should be 1951 Yes, if they say 51 it's a 51. One guitar company has managed to maintain a sequential number line! rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Yes, if they say 51 it's a 51. One guitar company has managed to maintain a sequential number line! rct Kindof interesting to think this was built a year before anyone saw a Gibson Les Paul, and a year before my father was born All in all I’m just stoked to have a 00 regardless of the age. This is really a great instrument to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Who? Martin. Serial Number this...Serial Number that is a year. Serial Number that +1...Serial Number this is the next year. etc. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Very nice too, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 What a stunning find! I'd love to hear it. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocdman Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Congratulations that looks like a nice guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-28 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Love me a Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 What a stunning find! I'd love to hear it. Congrats Thanks everybody! ME I will be working on recording a clip for you this weekend. I am very new to recording and haven’t done an acoustic guitar yet. Also not a great acoustic player since I have only played electric for 99.9999999% of the time until now If you want I can email you a quick iPhone mic “voice memo” recording in the meantime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Forrest Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 That's a wonderful guitar. Like Pip said, she is perfect with her imperfections! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Great find. Congratz. I keep mistaking the exclamation point at the end of your Title for a letter I. Looks like you tasted your first Martini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Hey Merciful Evans and everyone else, I recorded you a quick little clip. I had the air conditioner on so that kinda added a lot of noise sorry. Like I said I have never really played much acoustic at all so I still need a lot of improvement, but here is a quick idea of what it sounds like, with my flubs and all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Sounds just like id imagine it would.. AWESOME :) Authentic is a word that comes too mind. The sort of guitar that will actually inspire you to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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