What did the purchaser get for his extra $100? A lot of bling. Its structural features are familiar to guitar geeks everywhere: scalloped and forward-shifted x-bracing, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, Adirondack (red) spruce top, ebony bridge with ivory saddle, and a 12-fret neck with a slotted headstock.īut that description also applies to Martin's D-28, which was far more numerous in that era and only cost $100.
A few months later, he had the fanciest dreadnought Martin had ever built-the first D-45, serial #53177. In 1933, a singing cowboy from Oklahoma plunked down $200 and ordered a new guitar from the Chicago Musical Instrument Company.
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