Martin D-28 anno 1938!

.....Davvero Strepitosa...mai sentito niente del genere...

Sorry, Brazilian, not Beazilian...  gottta go ride the Hayabusa and clear my head...

Martins were ALWAYS the gold standard of flat top steel string guitars and priced accordingly. To say they were cheap workingman's instruments is nuts.

And of course it has Beazilian back and sides, the same as virtually all solid-rosewood American guitars of that era.

Put some PB mediums on it and it will rock the house. Nothing sounds like a pre-war D-28... Thanks for the video!

Tq

Light guage strings? :- )

no but I would imagine the fretboard is. Braz is rarely used on backs except for VERY high end guitars, of which Martin's never were. They were always more of a working-mans guitar. That's why they were so popular in Americana music, they were cheap back in the day.

The back and sides on this one IS DEFINITELY BRAZILIAN. Martin used that as a standard on the rosewood guitars till 1969. The East Indian rosewood is the present standard. The bridge and fretboard on this one is black ebony.

fine, put up a vid of the back in good light.

Less

Due to the fan bracing design they don't sound anywhere near as good.

shannonundery:
Okay, on the Ditson's...The Martins DO have that unduplicated sound that is all their own. The Martin D-28 and the Gibson J-200 are two of my favorite guitars in the world...unfortunately I can't afford either....but I can always dream.

But what about those two Antonio Stradivari guitars? Only two exist in the world, both from the early 1700's, when Stradivari was at the peak of his craft. I wonder if he used his same genius on his guitars? How much are THEY worth now??

Don't have an idea with the Stradivarius.

They aren't like a typical modern guitar.They are a five course guitar meaning they have 10 strings seperated into five lines, kinda like a twelve string but less strings.Not very practical in terms of playing use which is generally what makes a guitar start becoming collectable.

Instruments are only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for one.I've never heard of one for sale so we'd have to wait and see.