Martin D-28

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This is a C.F. Martin guitar.

The C.F. Martin guitar started in New York City in 1833.

By the time this guitar was made, they had moved to Nazareth, Pennsylvania, where they are today.

It's a 42 style.

It's also called a triple O. That's the body size.

This guitar was made in 1941. nineteen forty two they quit making fancy things for a while so nineteen forty two was the last year that they made this model they did make a fancier model they made a triple o forty five but for some reason the triple o forty two has become the rarest and hardest to find of the pearl guitars it was kind of the poor man's pearl guitar it was an inexpensive guitar from day one but it only had the pearl on the front In the back we can see that it's Brazilian rosewood, has standard ivory trim, but no pearl.

The tuners that they used back in the 30s, which was kind of the golden era of Martin guitars, weren't available during the war, so they used a lower grade tuner.

Do you already know in your mind what guitar or guitars you're bringing?

If I know that it's kind of more of a flatpicking centered sort of job, then that is the 1936 Martin D-28, and has been for a while.

Uh, but even if it's not that s- for, you know, if I'm playing on a, you know, more of a commercial, Top 40 intended country record, the Martin still leaves the house.

It's a really wonderful guitar as far as like, uh, its ability to sort of find a home with a set of drums and electric guitars and keyboards as well as a bluegrass band.

And that is really interesting looking, but it really didn't play and sound all that great.

But all the kids, what they really wanted was a Martin D-28.

But when everybody has a D-28, I'm pretty much contrarian.

If everybody has one, I want something different.