The original hardshell case that I purchase for it is included, needs a hinge fixed and scratches etc but it fully functional. Also please look at the photo of the TOP which I've included indicating what I think is a finish crack. I've include a picture of the back that shows some light scratches, probably can be buffed out. TOP AND BACK BINDING BLACK AND WHITE LAQUER FINISHĪ wonderful sounding guitar which aged very nicely. MODEL CR-7 "C" MEANING "CLASSICAL", "R" INDICATING IT IS MADE OF "ROSEWOOD"ĬARVED PEGHEAD.WHAT APPEARS TO BE MOTHER OF PEARL TURNS & BRASS PLATING. I'm not a classical player, just an old rocker who studied some. This was then converted to cassette, then copied to cassette, then 30 years later convert to digital and exported to MP3, so the resonance and overall quality of recording is not fair to this beautiful guitar's tone. The recording was done in 1981 on my Teac Real to Real, with and SM57 mic through a cheap Biamp Mixer. The guitar being played in the linked Youtube video 'is' the Sigma, the picture on the video is not the Sigma. Note the beautiful closed grained spruce top, rosewood back which is a work of art (see the photos) and sides. The orange labels inside hollow bodied instruments were discontinued in 1970 and replaced by white and orange rectangle labels on the acoustics and small black, purple and white rectangle labels were used on electric models.Martin Sigma CR-7 (1972 but not sure?) 1972-79) #22311 See the label photo. There are many exceptions and sometimes letter prefixes were used. This would also explain why the occasional pre-1932 Martin guitar appears with a decal.įrom 1970-1975 all numbers were stamped into wood and assigned a six digit number. This implies that a number of ukuleles built in 1930 remained in the factory until being sold in 1932. Interestingly, the original order for Martin decals was placed in June of 1932. The Martin logo decal on the front of the headstock. The Martin brand stamped on the back of the headstock. Ukuleles did not carry serial numbers but can be roughly identified and dated by the headstock: 1895 to 1932 Fortunately, they are often signed by the builder.
Many of these unique instruments pop-up today and don’t fit any clear category.
Ukuleles, taropatches, tiples and Hawaiian guitars were introducedĪfter workers at the Nazareth factory had been employed for a period of years they were permitted to fashion an instrument for themselves at the plant. Some pre-1898 guitars have the date penciled on the top just inside the sound hole.īefore 1929, the model size and style designation was generally written on a paper label and glued inside the top of the instrument case. Model numbers were marked on the neck block, inside the body. Zoebisch & Sons” (Zoebisch was the sole distributor of Martin at the time). The original instruments had a paper label that read: “Martin and Coupa” 1833 to 1867 Prior to serial numbers, the different instruments were identified by the Martin brand which was stamped into the back of the headstock, the upper portion of the back or on the back binding strut visible through the soundhole (the eased blocking reinforcing the center joint between the 2 back pieces).
Martin began producing instruments in 1833.
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