Vintage Talk

Help ID this Martin

feeds@yuku.com (predeterminator) — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:40:16 PST

My wife recently inherited this guitar. There are no serial numbers in or on the guitar just the martin logo stamps inside the body. To my untrained eyes the body is smaller than a normal sized guitar (womans? childs?). I know next to nothing about vintage guitars so any help would be appreciated.

Vintage Martins . . Any Of These Catch Your Eye

feeds@yuku.com (Tricone) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:24:10 PST

Hey Gary, et al . . . I've been offered a trade for my Triolian (plus or minus cash) from a Bay Area dealer. Any of these catch your eye??

Bear Paw - Vintage Guitars

Mr. Divideman: 1910 Martin 0-18

feeds@yuku.com (Tricone) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:39:12 PST

Gary,

Have you seen this one before on CL?

1910 Martin 0-18, Take Deux

Martin: Bridge Pins & End Pins

feeds@yuku.com (Tricone) — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:23:13 PST

I've never had to replace any of my acoustics' bridge pins or end pins. However, I did recently pick-up a pre-war 0-17 which is missing it's end pin. In looking for a replacement, the first thing I noticed is that it was darn near impossible to find someone selling just an end pin. Having to purchase an entire bridge pin set to get the endpin, I then noticed that there were a number of different materials (plastic, wood, bone, ivory). It got me thinking . . . I keep hearing about bone saddles and bone nuts, and noticed there were a few bridge pins made of bone. The pins on my Martin are made of black plastic. I wonder how a set of bone pins will effect the sound. (Of course, I'll save the originals).

Oh Mr. Tricone

feeds@yuku.com (divideman) — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:53:33 PST

A little unconventional pickguard, but otherwise this could be very interesting.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180361109352&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:us#ebayphotohosting

Gary

Pre-War Martin D-18 . . . How About A Sister?

feeds@yuku.com (Tricone) — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:44:09 PST

Hey Gary, what do you think? A sister for your D-18??

Pre-War D-18 on CL

Let's talk vintage amps- non-Fender oddities and rarities! Watcha got?

feeds@yuku.com (babow2) — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:42:35 PST

I'm trying to stimulate some lively posts here. Back in the 50's, Fender was just one of dozens of new companies trying to find a market in the fledgling world of electric music. There were lots of amp companies, many using the same, or similar, circuitry. Most failed or limped along as the industry became more robust. As we all know, Fender emerged as the big dog in the US, and those vintage Fenders have become collectable and carry high price tags. However, there are also many amps from the 50's by forgotten companies that probably sound just as good as their Fender counterparts. Oh, and they are so much cheaper to buy now, but don't have the "brand cache".

So, let's see what kind of vintage amps we all have from this "oddball and rarity" perspective.

I'll start. I have an early 50's Alamo model 6A. This is built on the same circuitry as the comparable Fender Bassman. It has four inputs with two volume...

Shipping Valuable & Vintage Instruments

feeds@yuku.com (Tricone) — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:30:29 PST

This post was submitted at the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum (UMGF), and is something that I thought should be passed along here. I was a recent victim of a high-dollar vintage instrument being returned to the dealer which was damaged during shipment. Although it was insured for the full purchase price, there's no guarantee that FedEx's inspectors (who work for FedEx) will find in my favor. Only time will tell. In the mean time, take note:

Shipping valuable instruments--the insurer's perspective:

Those of us who insure with Heritage got an email newsletter from them this week. Here's advice they had about shipping musical instruments. They want to cut claims, but we want to avoid having to make them ourselves and avoid having our premiums go up to pay others' claims, so I think that the company's and our interests line up pretty well. Sorry for the spacing and formatting:

LA Times: Vintage Guitar Market Strikes A Nostalgic Chord

feeds@yuku.com (Tricone) — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:19:49 PST

Monty Python's Eric Idle picks up a guitar at Norman's Rare Guitars in Tarzana.

Christina House / For The Times

Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters. Flame-topped Gibson Les Pauls. In one upside to a down economy, collectors are finding there's a string of vintage options on the market -- and some lower prices

By Michael Albo
May 2, 2009

Signature guitars of the rock 'n' roll era -- candy-colored Fender Stratocasters, slab-bodied Fender Telecasters,...

Vintage refinisher?

feeds@yuku.com (66tele) — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:54:28 PST

Anyone know where I can get a stripped but otherwise original '57 strat restored/refined and aged in the bay area? Thanks.

Pre-1963 Martins --> The Micro UMGF (Let's Talk Martins)

feeds@yuku.com (Tricone) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:45:23 PST

It's all about the hide glue. Discuss. ;)