but i still wouldn't get remotely close to over $2K for a D-28 or D-35 from that era, even with a clean no-worries example. and, the lacquer was put on top of the pickguard, so as the guard shrunk, you got cracks around the pickguard.Ĭlean all that up, and you have a nice solid guitar. plus, some folks don't like the huge rosewood bridgeplates in these martins of that era, and the trussrod in the neck was non adjustable - not a problem if you didn't need an adjustment, BIG problem if you did. The biggest thing to watch out for in early 70's martins is that a fair number of them had misaligned bridges, totally messing up intonation. And the SOM-45s they made starting 1977 were also reputed to be good.There are individual examples of "regular" models from the 70s that are also good I'm sure, it's just a bit more hit or miss. Personally I think that's a little strong for one thing, a relative of mine has a great-sounding 70s 000 guitar. I' ve read posts where people said these were the only 70s Martin models they would consider buying. Martin followed that model up with an HD-35 with similar features. Keep in mind though, these may have addressed the bridge plate issue, but still might have some of the other issues of the era: possibly overbuilt, intonation problems, non-adjustable hollow truss rod, etc. They were supposedly very good guitars, for the time at least. These were, innovative for the time, "retro" features taken from their pre-war guitars. The HD28s were made with a small maple bridgeplate instead of the large rosewood bridge plates that their other guitars were/had been using, and also had scalloped top braces. In spite of all this, there are 70s guitars that sound just great. There were problems with some molds deforming, or something, IIRC, that caused some of these issues I could have that wrong though. Intonation, particularly up the neck, on a noticable number of instruments. faulty bridge alignment and/or saddle placement resulted in less-than desirable
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pickguard installation method frequently resulted in a crack in the top adjacent to the pickguard change to Indian rosewood from brazilian rosewood (1969) Institution of a square, hollow tube truss rod design (1967) which is less rigid and transmits sound less well than the prior "T-bar" rod system, or the adjustable truss rod system they started using in 1985. Institution of huge rosewood bridge plate (1968, till about 1988), which many feel robs tone Good for physical integrity, bad for sound. corporate beancounter mentalities caused overall emphasis shift away from optimal sound production in preference for reduction of warranty repairs. greater expansion of production made for less experienced hands making more guitars, and strains on quality control Some of the issues relating to guitars of this era generally were: There are definitely guitars from the 70s that sound really good, but they have more things working against them than the examples from other eras do. In some cases this might have to do with things that have been done to the guitars over the years, vs. The letter of appraisal is provided with the instrument.You'll undoubtedly find "more good" and "less good" examples from every era. Comes with 2 cases: the original one and a Calton. Doesn’t get much better than this for that late 20’s Martin sound.
Pure, honest, clear and any other pretty much worthless adjective you can think of and associate with the best vintage tone you can imagine coming from a 12 fret, brazilian rosewood box. It sounds fabulous! I’ll repeat this: it really does sound fabulous.
Plays very comfortably thanks to a recent neck reset and refret (performed by Gruhn Guitars of Nashville, TN). As mentioned, there’s not much else to say about this guitar: it is in exceptionally fine condition and with no issues of sort. SOLD | What an a-ma-zing instrument! This is as close to MINT as we’ve seen a 85-years old guitar! 2 piece adirondak top, finest grade, straight grained, quartersawn, old growth brazilian rosewood back and sides, 12 frets to the body, mahogany neck with slotted headstock, ebony fingerboard and bridge, bar frets. Posted by admin on sabato, Gennaio 31, 2015
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