These guitars were similar to today’s Style 15, which only existed as the 0-15 starting in 1940. Some Limited Edition/Custom Artist OMs, like the John Mayer and Paul Simon models have necks narrower than 1-3/4” and so on. As it turns out, this model had a Spanish cedar neck, which should help to lighten the overall weight and was probably used to compensate for the rather massive preamp and fancy controls for the pickup system. They invented the modern, flat top acoustic guitar. Martin – click here for ALL Martin reviews, Howard Emerson: The Wall Talks – CD Review, George Barnes – the first electric guitarist, Review with Video of Modern Deluxe Models Here, https://reverb.com/item/717915-martin-sp-000-16-c16re-acoustic-guitar-w-pickup-2004-aged-amber, Limited to D-18 MD and D-18E MD (acoustic-electric version with Fishman Aura HD Blend pickup system.). On this page you touch on the “S” designation as meaning “standard” body style from when 12 fret, slop shoulder was the standard for a dread. In later years it was traditional Blues soloists, and eventually New Age fingerstyle guitarists who took the OM into ever expanding genre of guitar music. , But one never knows where the modern-day Martin thinking might go. Therefore 12 now has yet another meaning where Road Series models are concerned. Vintage Series styling, add highest grade Adirondack spruce top, 1-3/4" Modified V neck with '30s style heel, wood fiber purfling around the pearl trim instead of plastic, Golden Era scalloped bracing (see Style 18 GE above.). [CDATA[ (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); // ]]> Introduced in 2019, the Modern Deluxe Series models are upscale versions of select Standard Series Martins with significant alterations in styling and engineering. To confuse matters more, as of 2018 most all OMs and 000s have been converted to the modern High Performance neck. Q: Why are there many numbers missing among the Martin Style names? This guitar is a 12-fret D-45 with a solid peghead and extra abalone trim along fretboard and headstock, etc. Size 0 was originally made in the 1800s as a 12-fret guitar, and was considered large enough to perform a public concert. It returned again as a fancier version of modern Style 15, with white purfling and a high-gloss finish, etc. Yes all three designate a non-steel string guitar. Each Authentic model is an as-close-as-possible recreation of a specific Martin guitar from a specific year. These days this is usually placed next to the 000 in the model name. While not exactly the same shape, they have a wider soundboard and less of a waist than the G or C models, with a mosaic rosette more Spanish in style than typical for a Martin. Martin first offered a dreadnought sold under their own brand name in 1931, and three years later, a 14-fret version was released as well, which became the most popular steel-string guitar design in history. Currency: In 1929, the original 14-fret Martins were made for a NYC dealer, the Carl Fischer Company, as a four-string tenor guitar with a small upper bout, to attract banjoists who were adapting to guitars now that they had steel strings. If they do not know, they can look it up. Solid wood construction, back and sides of mahogany (typically African sapele/sipo,) Sitka spruce top, with thin satin finish, full compliment of scalloped braces (Size SSD forward-shifted,) High Performance Neck with Simple Dovetail neck joint, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, open-back tuners with white buttons. Hi Spoon. Find a dealer near you! My question is: my quite ordinary but lovely D1 has a 947260 serial number which doesn’t show-up on the Martin list. I tried to reach out to him via the email address he listed, but it comes back undeliverable. It has a Mortise and Tenon neck joint and I believe Hybrid X bracing. But having the R is a quick way for people to know a guitar is one of the first Vintage Series instruments made between 1996 and 1998.