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Martin Guitars
Serial Number: #331898
It's not every day you get to start your morning by taking a vintage Martin for spin, and this '71 D-28 is a particularly impressive example of Martin craftsmanship! It's a dread that can do it all. It's hyper-responsive, and it responds beautifully to a light touch--you barely have to kiss the strings to make it sing. However, it also can take a flogging! While it's not quite a banjo killer, it's definitely a banjo assaulter with plenty of volume and po... Read More...
Martin Guitars
Gloss Lacquer
.840 1st - .970 9th
It's not every day you get to start your morning by taking a vintage Martin for spin, and this '71 D-28 is a particularly impressive example of Martin craftsmanship! It's a dread that can do it all. It's hyper-responsive, and it responds beautifully to a light touch--you barely have to kiss the strings to make it sing. However, it also can take a flogging! While it's not quite a banjo killer, it's definitely a banjo assaulter with plenty of volume and power on tap. It's a Martin in the mold of Tony Rice and Clarence White's D-28, a dread with superior dynamics and touch-sensitivity.
Frequency response-wise, it has deep, rich, piano-like low-end to go with sweet, sparkling, glassy trebles, and it is laden with rich overtones across the board. This guitar also has that "broken-in" vintage sound and has aged beautifully, with a powerful woody fundamental to go with its resplendent overtones. The attack is also quite articulate, and the notes announce themselves with a woody thoonk before blooming into full resonance.
If you're looking for a responsive Martin dread, this '73 D-41 is your ticket to ride!
This Martin D-41 is quite clean for a guitar that was around for Watergate! It shows some tiny dings, pick marks, and scratches, but they are few and far between. Under a blacklight, it shows a rectangular area on the center of the top near the butt, but the lacquer does not appear disturbed there, so we think there was a sticker there that another owner removed. There's so light checking in the typical areas of the binding, but no real separations, and some lacquer disruption by the tuner posts on the headstock and around the bridge. Also, we noted some very slight cracks in the fingerboard and bridge.
As far as surgeries go, it has undergone a few typical procedures for a guitar of its vintage. At some point, a previous owner added an oversized rosewood bridge plate, and the bridge itself has been reglued. It also look like it has had a refret, and the current frets measure .070" by .030" with light wear. It doesn't have a truss rod, and the neck relief is .006" inches with 12s. Given the neck angle (which looks great), it has likely had a neck reset, but it doesn't have the typical drill holes, so perhaps a luthier used a different method. Finally, it looks like a previous owner installed and removed a Barcus Barry Hot Dot preamp in the bridge.
It comes with its original hardshell case, which is also quite clean!
Martin Guitars
Vintage Martin Guitars 1973 D-41
Gloss Lacquer
Spruce
East Indian Rosewood
.840 1st - .970 9th
Mahogany
Ebony
16"
Abalone Hexagons
20
25.4” Martin Long-Scale
Bone
1.695”
Fishman Soundhole
Bone
2.107”
Gold
Gold Grover
Ebony
Black
Original Hardshell Case
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It's not every day you get to start your morning by taking a vintage Martin for spin, and this '71 D-28 is a particularly impressive example of Martin craftsmanship! It's a dread that can do it all. It's hyper-responsive, and it responds beautifully to a light touch--you barely have to kiss the strings to make it sing. However, it also can take a flogging! While it's not quite a banjo killer, it's definitely a banjo assaulter with plenty of volume and power on tap. It's a Martin in the mold of Tony Rice and Clarence White's D-28, a dread with superior dynamics and touch-sensitivity.
Frequency response-wise, it has deep, rich, piano-like low-end to go with sweet, sparkling, glassy trebles, and it is laden with rich overtones across the board. This guitar also has that "broken-in" vintage sound and has aged beautifully, with a powerful woody fundamental to go with its resplendent overtones. The attack is also quite articulate, and the notes announce themselves with a woody thoonk before blooming into full resonance.
If you're looking for a responsive Martin dread, this '73 D-41 is your ticket to ride!
This Martin D-41 is quite clean for a guitar that was around for Watergate! It shows some tiny dings, pick marks, and scratches, but they are few and far between. Under a blacklight, it shows a rectangular area on the center of the top near the butt, but the lacquer does not appear disturbed there, so we think there was a sticker there that another owner removed. There's so light checking in the typical areas of the binding, but no real separations, and some lacquer disruption by the tuner posts on the headstock and around the bridge. Also, we noted some very slight cracks in the fingerboard and bridge.
As far as surgeries go, it has undergone a few typical procedures for a guitar of its vintage. At some point, a previous owner added an oversized rosewood bridge plate, and the bridge itself has been reglued. It also look like it has had a refret, and the current frets measure .070" by .030" with light wear. It doesn't have a truss rod, and the neck relief is .006" inches with 12s. Given the neck angle (which looks great), it has likely had a neck reset, but it doesn't have the typical drill holes, so perhaps a luthier used a different method. Finally, it looks like a previous owner installed and removed a Barcus Barry Hot Dot preamp in the bridge.
It comes with its original hardshell case, which is also quite clean!
331898
Martin Guitars
Vintage Martin Guitars 1973 D-41
Gloss Lacquer
Spruce
East Indian Rosewood
.840 1st - .970 9th
Mahogany
Ebony
16"
Abalone Hexagons
20
25.4” Martin Long-Scale
Bone
1.695”
Fishman Soundhole
Bone
2.107”
Gold
Gold Grover
Ebony
Black
Original Hardshell Case
