Vintage Instruments – Martin Guitars – Overview
Most Martin guitars made are “flat top” models. That is, they have a round sound hole in approximately the center of the flat top of the guitar, with a “pin”…
Best Fingerpicking Guitar Songs: Finger-style Guitar Songs
This article looks at some of the best finger-picking guitar songs and the people who played them. However, this is not the only genre of music we cover in our…
Easiest Way To Learn Guitar
Learning to play the guitar is lots of fun, but it can be a challenge, especially without a guitar teacher. It is possible to teach yourself the fundamentals of guitar…
Martin Guitars – History and Overview
C.F. Martin & Company is one of the oldest, if not the oldest guitar company in the United States. Christian Frederick Martin founded the company in 1833. After years of…
Martin D-35 Dreadnought
I think the heart of every guitarist falls in love instantly upon seeing a Martin 1833 logo decal upon an acoustic guitar’s headstock, no matter how it looks there’s something…
Percussion Instruments | Vintage Gretsch History
Percussion Instruments | Vintage Gretsch Drums | History of Gretsch Drums That’s the sound, the anthem that began when Friedrich Gretsch, an immigrant from Mannheim Germany, founded a small shop…
Martin Arch Top C-2
The size of the Martin Arch Top C-2 body is equal to the 000 size of the flat top type and it is 15” wide. The top is carved but…
Martin Flat Top Style 28
The Style 28 Martin guitar includes the D-28, 000-28, OM-18, 0-28, 00-28 models which have a spruce top and a rosewood body. This theme has been the most popular line…
Martin Guitars | Purchasing Vintage Martin Guitars
Purchasing a Vintage Martin Guitar If like millions others, you too are a fan of the vintage Martin guitars and are planning to buy one for yourself, then you need…
Martin Made other brands
Martin Guitar’s Other Brands Since 1900, Martin did make guitars, mandolins and ukes for other brands and guitar studios. No, this was not “common”. Just because your guitar looks like…
Martin Mandolin Serial Numbers | Date your Martin Mandolin
Martin Mandolin Serial Numbers | Date your Martin Mandolin Year Last Serial No. 1895 23 1896 112 1897 153 1898 359 1899 577 1900 800 1901 881 1902 1171 1903…