Instrument Details
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- Specs
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- Status
- In Stock
- Brand
- Martin Guitars
- Product Year
- 2007
- Model
- 00-45
- Serial #
- 176340
- New/Preowned
- Preowned
- SKU
- TMP3179
- Condition
- Only a few minute marks, otherwise very clean.
- Body Type(s)
- Small, 00
- Back & Sides
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Top
- Spruce - Adirondack (Red)
- Neck Wood
- Mahogany
- Neck Profile
- V - Soft
- Bridge
- Ebony
- Rosette
- 45 Style
- Top Trim
- 45 Style Abalone
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- Ivoroid
- Fret Markers
- Diamonds and Snowflakes
- Frets to Body
- 14
- Headplate
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Headstock Bindings
- Ivoroid
- Headstock Inlay
- Torch
- Instrument Finish
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Bindings
- Abalone and Ivoroid
- Tuners
- Waverly
- Tuner Finish
- Gold
- Cutaway
- None
- Pickguard
- Tortoise Style
- Pickup
- None, we can install one, ask about options
- Body Length
- 19.875 in
- Upper Bout
- 11.063 in
- Lower Bout
- 14.438 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 3.313 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 4.125 in
- Scale Length
- 25.4 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 645 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.75 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 45.45 mm
- String Spacing
- 2.25 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 57.15 mm
- Neck Depth First Fret
- 0.91 in
- Neck Depth Seventh Fret
- 0.94 in
- Weight
- 3 lb. 14 oz.
- Case
- Hardshell - Alligator
- Audio File
- Description
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Martin's Director of Research and Development, Tim Teel, brings us a fantastic example of top shelf conversion work in this 2007 00-45, previously a 00-28G from 1961. Perfect Brazilian Rosewood is finely quartersawn with some spiderweb figuring, against an Adirondack Spruce top that was harvested from the Smoky Mountain National Park after it fell during Hurricane Opal in 1995. Tonewood maestro John Arnold acquired the salvaged Red Spruce and processed some incredible sets, like the exceedingly tight-grained one used here. The original 28-style appointments have been eschewed in favor of the full 45 treatment, complete with Abalone along the top, back, and sides, snowflakes & diamonds position markers, and headstock torch (cut by well-known mandolin builder and inlay artist Tom Ellis of Precision Pearl Inlay fame). A light-chocolate, full-size pickguard completes the picture. One final note, this conversion includes a new 14-fret neck with modified V profile, and a particularly thin Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish.
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It's a common practice to take some of the 1960 Martin guitars and retop them to take advantage of the premium Brazilian Rosewood that was available back in that time. Tim Teel has Martin in his blood. His grandfather worked at Martin for years, and these days Tim is the Director of Instrument Design for Martin and co. Who better to update a vintage Martin? Here's a chance at a 00-45 with premium Brazilian at a fraction of the cost.
Transparent, clear, balanced across the registers. The 14 fret neck adds a touch of crispness to the notes that separates this from other 00s, and then there's the gorgeous 45-style treatment. - Accessories
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