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I Copyright © 2005 Balafon . Copyright © 2005 in the tex t and musica l examples belongs t o t he authors of the Individuill sections. as detai led on the conten ts page. All rights reserved. No part of th is book. covered by the copyrights hereon may be reprod uced or copied in any manner whatsoever w ithout written perm ission, except in the case of brief qUatI'l'OSlrE P.. GI! l£Ff TO " ...1fT Thr" early

Martins ; a 1-28 from c1820; 0-42 from (1898; and a mahQga ny 2-17 from (1930, the first Martin to bll offered w ith steel strings. un The Mound City Blues Blowers. f eatu ring Eddie lang on a Martin /I

guitar. roou m the gemkr 1'\11 1 of IIllf, ,n th" fo rm of a subtle archi n;; , or ' beJl ying ', Hound the of t he top illst be hmd th(" hndll" Many newe r g tl itars will

~"hlb , t

the same

ar~J

symp l om~.

I"SptcialJy those wll h PM(lClllarly th In tops a nd light braCln).! - but J( 's not n("(:es\.udy a CauSl' for co ncern. As N or man Blak" put It , "N('"e[ tr USt a g u itar WIthout a belly, " An.1 whl lt' thoSl' slom of (hI." 1928-4 2 (>rll od, M:m lO

w~ a t

rha.

con tln ll~d to

(a toSllIo n as rhyt h m g Ullar ma Ins tay c" . riecl ove r 1010 roc k'n'ro ll (hrnugllOut t he 19, Os. than ks in no small p:on to El\'l s Prtslt'Y 's .,arl y !.l_S(· of a 0 - 18 a nd D-2 H. The fol k boo m of rhl' boo,lt d d'l'

s~lcs

ma k n , a nd t he

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1950s and earl y 1960s f,mh.,r

of l\m e n ca's pr.,-.,m in .. m ,"eousti, tlui tarincrc ~s('d

nlls on r,s htlpcd Martin w

t''Il HlI md uc tlon of the rou nd -shoul dt'Td G rbso n's prod uct io n. bu t dldn 't hair It .. ntm·ly ~ ..;

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d id l1uII of

, o m.. ", h.. r mak .." . St...,l , hm tug ... s t(''-! u, red g Uit arS to ht- hU llt WIt ho ut (tu., ,-rtx!s. bUI G lh$o n ,nIrW uI ... d , .." .. r. 1 """, m"d d s Il onelhdess . notably rhc ) -4 5. ) -50, dnd Sc ,ul hc rn J umbo Wor h WlI rn r a m rl lfo( ~ t " l11 " " '" Ilf lll ly ent renched as t he ./-:1t:./-:mJ: J:1" r--. \",(, ' J" lour. t he er:l o{ Ihe g t('a, ", hoJ>J> I n~

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acOUSltC arch ro p,~ was "v~r ( n"

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Sup(' r -100 In t h... com pany's

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jllCI.. UpS Th e:- COlll pany ha(1 "'gut'son archtops wet(' made

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glo'''''' ....... n g tew ,",mfidt',,! .. nuug h to IIlduJ e til { Ane! althou", h no d Sum.. collenors coday get exci too about hi ).: hly dt'Cora mf Cil rl y WJ,~h b u' n ' m( h a5 th .. G ra nd Conce n modd 309, with d al>orat.. fingerboa rd 1I1l.lyS

(,I' pt'~ , 1 a nd s olvrr, blll (he "',lS[ m ajor it y of the

mak .. r's insuu mcflt s werc s Lrn pl~, alf" ITS t har (0111.1 bc sold ~c ro,.s th~ u)(I ntry '" ,l;tnl'tal stores, musi c ,I h" t'" Itac h' ll,l; sl\ld,os and vi a ('m:llog ue hou , .. , for far Itss thall th e 309'5 lofty Mod d s

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pro,t,

fami l,ar p laln " r S(yies and slll.lil

to ", ~dJU'"

S'Zt'S were W as h bu rn 's

st oc k in (fadt' th rOU,I; h rht hmn d 's fin e e ra, uml w" r.. al." th .. main offecltlp of ot h." Lyo n & Ht'aly hm nds su ch as College Lm", J upit er, u..keside and American Con,,, r ... a ru rr. a lt hou gh n fe w for ward -loo k l!!!; lar!;t'r IIlstrumems wl're ("'(:a, ion al ly offtrt... I, such

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Wid .. Washhu rn Con{ra Bass of l889

(With a 27 '1/ scsk-kngt h ), or , h .. jum ho-s.z.,.-j La kemlc Bass GU lIar of 19 12 , wh.ch /xS t the Man ln D,t"'on Dr""d noug h (

to

( he ma rket by filUT

years, aod ... a$ a Ill tic I~rgt'r IloJd., w~r",

add..d to t he lIne In 1963. IIldudlllg rht' n-4o and D-50 D f!ne t he mosl popu lar of t h., ir type " " t he- mark(',

I )r~adn"ug ht" ur fl~ OO In mar k~ 1

fur thU I

the 19 70s. whlk

h r~O'd. LlfI t~

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1980s, and w:_sn' t ulcird by

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ar~hwps d l ~p1>rdu\'e aod "ersallk CPX Compa" s.,,,t"s, and CSF parlour t:ul(ars havt· won lots of ta", Mt:anwhile, Korcan mak er Sam .(" k has pu t !o:u.tar., frt'fjl1t:ntl y

lJnd~r mh~t

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almo.' t as m ,my pl;ly"cs· hand s as any of Its Japant"w n"als , {hough

n.lInts, such Tw n

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I'.feht: mpt"t.t u", 1m any upmark('t mod('1 Iha! (; .h"'>II, (, OIld or Martm can prod ucl.", '" rl'r ms " f "mnd and bUl iJ lj uJI,ty, If not 10 numht-oc

WESTERN PROMISE E~eo

for prod uc tion volum .. , how .." .. r, " "" US make r hJS put up ao

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d~y

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