C. F. Martin 0-18T Flat Top Tenor Guitar (1962)
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C. F. Martin 0-18T Model Flat Top Tenor Guitar (1962), made in Nazareth, PA, serial # 181637, natural lacquer finish, mahogany back, sides and neck, spruce top, rosewood fingerboard, period black chipboard case.
The Martin 0-18T is likely the most popular tenor guitar ever made, and this is a good playing example from the "folk" era. It dates to early 1962, still hand-built in the original North Street factory prior to the company's 1964 move. Typical features include a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, rosewood belly bridge and fingerboard, teardrop celluloid pickguard, and 14 fret 23" scale neck. The Brazilian rosewood-faced headstock has a small "C. F. Martin" decal logo and open back Grover Sta-Tite tuners.
While designed in the late 1920s for tenor banjoists getting pushed out of work by the preference for the guitar's mellower tone, tenor guitars have a range of possibilities still not fully explored. Rabon Delmore used small tenor Martin models including the 0-18T to play the deftly picked leads that characterize the Delmore Brothers' music, and many others have explored them since. The Martin tenor was recently enjoying a big upswing in popularity when this one was built in the early '60s due to the influence of the Kingston Trio, who used this model extensively.
Overall length is 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm.), 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 23 in. (584 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1/4 in. (32 mm.).
This lovely 1960's Martin tenor guitar shows some wear but remains all original with no major repairs or alterations. The top finish shows a collection of mostly minor scratches, scuffs and dings and some light checking. The back and sides show scrapes, scuffs and dings as well. The neck finish is relatively clean, as is the headstock. The interior, including the original small maple bridge plate, is clean and shows no signs of any repair. The saddle has been lowered on the otherwise un-modified original bridge.
There are no cracks or structural repairs. The original frets have been crowned down a bit of wear but have plenty of life left in them. Overall this a very easy playing and good-sounding example of Martin's -- and the world's -- most perennially popular tenor guitar. It includes a still-solid example of an original 1960s 0-sized chipboard case that is sized for a 6-string guitar. Overall Very Good + Condition.
The Martin 0-18T is likely the most popular tenor guitar ever made, and this is a good playing example from the "folk" era. It dates to early 1962, still hand-built in the original North Street factory prior to the company's 1964 move. Typical features include a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, rosewood belly bridge and fingerboard, teardrop celluloid pickguard, and 14 fret 23" scale neck. The Brazilian rosewood-faced headstock has a small "C. F. Martin" decal logo and open back Grover Sta-Tite tuners.
While designed in the late 1920s for tenor banjoists getting pushed out of work by the preference for the guitar's mellower tone, tenor guitars have a range of possibilities still not fully explored. Rabon Delmore used small tenor Martin models including the 0-18T to play the deftly picked leads that characterize the Delmore Brothers' music, and many others have explored them since. The Martin tenor was recently enjoying a big upswing in popularity when this one was built in the early '60s due to the influence of the Kingston Trio, who used this model extensively.
Overall length is 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm.), 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 23 in. (584 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1/4 in. (32 mm.).
This lovely 1960's Martin tenor guitar shows some wear but remains all original with no major repairs or alterations. The top finish shows a collection of mostly minor scratches, scuffs and dings and some light checking. The back and sides show scrapes, scuffs and dings as well. The neck finish is relatively clean, as is the headstock. The interior, including the original small maple bridge plate, is clean and shows no signs of any repair. The saddle has been lowered on the otherwise un-modified original bridge.
There are no cracks or structural repairs. The original frets have been crowned down a bit of wear but have plenty of life left in them. Overall this a very easy playing and good-sounding example of Martin's -- and the world's -- most perennially popular tenor guitar. It includes a still-solid example of an original 1960s 0-sized chipboard case that is sized for a 6-string guitar. Overall Very Good + Condition.