This guitar is the stuff of legends, the original Holy Grail against which contemporary guitars are measured. A 1930 Martin 000-45: the tone, playability, and appointments that made Martin Guitars the industry standard are here represented in an amazingly well-preserved form. This 000-45 is all original (down to the cast iron key for the case)–really, the odds of you coming across another 1930 000-45 in this condition are incredibly small. After all only 21 were made in 1930. This particular 000-45 is historically significant also as it’s a 12-fret that has the belly bridge. Both are design features that offer optimum tone, this one just about jumps out of your lap.
Moreover, this Martin plays as easy as glass, after a neck reset performed by our repair gurus, so it’s as easy as breathing to excite these strings and let the past 86 years of good vibrations come pouring out of the soundhole. How such a guitar could still be in such excellent condition, we don’t know–but we’re glad this piece of history has been spared the vagaries of time, and continues to sing as easily as in 1930.
Other keywords/misspellings: Luthier, lutherie, fingerstyle, brazilian rosewood, adirondack spruce, vintage
When I die, I hope heaven is full of 1930 Martin 000-45s. This guitar is without a doubt one of the greatest pre war Martins on the planet today, and in better shape than I'd have imagined a 93-year-old guitar could hope to be in! The voice is everything you'd expect from a guitar of this vintage, and more. I don't know the next time will be when I'll see such an iconic Martin, in such condition, that's not on display at the Martin museum! 
This is one of only a few 000-45s ever built in the 30s, and such a well-preserved example at that. I'm humbled by the history in my hands when I sit down to play. 
Needless to say, this is the ultimate dream guitar. I've always felt that the early 1930s were when the Martin guitar company was making its best guitars. Very few of these were made since the Depression prevented people from buying the higher-end Martins. This one is not only in incredible original condition for a guitar this age, but it also sounds perfect. The balance is exactly what you want to hear in a fingerstyle guitar. The necks they were building in 1930 had the perfect shape, in my opinion. In fact, I have two guitars that have that exact neck profile and they are still my favorites to play. There is a very slight "V" in the shape, but not enough to make it feel strange to a modern guitarist. Because this was the biggest guitar they were building at the time, it has lots of very well-controlled bass response that is still compelling after 86 years of age. Just amazing and in this condition, the perfect collectible. | Scale Length | 25.4 in |
|---|---|
| Nut Width | 1.81 in |
| String Spacing | 2.31 in |
| Woods | Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian |
This guitar is the stuff of legends, the original Holy Grail against which contemporary guitars are measured. A 1930 Martin 000-45: the tone, playability, and appointments that made Martin Guitars the industry standard are here represented in an amazingly well-preserved form
When I die, I hope heaven is full of 1930 Martin 000-45s. This guitar is without a doubt one of the greatest pre war Martins on the planet today, and in better shape than I'd have imagined a 93-year-old guitar could hope to be in
This is one of only a few 000-45s ever built in the 30s, and such a well-preserved example at that. I'm humbled by the history in my hands when I sit down to play.
Needless to say, this is the ultimate dream guitar. I've always felt that the early 1930s were when the Martin guitar company was making its best guitars 