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C.F. Martin & Company (often referred to as Martin) is an American guitar manufacturer established in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin. [1] It is highly respected for its acoustic guitars and is a leading manufacturer of flat top guitars and ukuleles .
Takamine then built a batch of steel-stringed guitars that had the same features as the Martin ones, which were sold under the name Sigma Guitars. The arrangement worked well for a time, until 1968 when Martin ended their partnership with Coast Wholesale, which was acquired by competitor company Kaman Music, which owned fellow guitar company ...
The Martin D-28 uses a dreadnought design, a naval term adopted and used by many to describe its larger body dimensions, hence the "D" designation. When first created, the dreadnought guitar was seen as less favorable to the standard, smaller-sized guitars of its time.
Martin also became a foreman at Stauffer's workshop. [2] [3] [4] Martin was the second of five children and was more commonly known as Friedrich, given the German custom of using the second given name. In Martin's case, four of the children's first given names are a derivation of Christian (Christiane, Christian, Christian and Christiana). [5] [6]
CF Martin stopped offering Goya instruments during the 1990s. In 1973, when Martin bought Levin, the facility became the European headquarters for Martin Guitars and their Japan import brand Sigma Guitars, as well as actually producing a run of some two-hundred Martin D-18 acoustic guitars, which were labelled "LD-18 - Made In Gothenburg ...
The Nepali-language book contains entries and images for 375 instruments. The language made the contents inaccessible to most readers outside Nepal. In 2007 Kadel's Musical Instruments of Nepal was published, an English-language book with 362 Nepali instruments and more detailed pictures.
Winch's favourite instrument was jazz guitar, but he was equally adept at rock, blue, acoustic and electric guitar. Martin Winch's legacy extends beyond the great musician he was. He was a composer and engineer, teacher and also mentor to many a young players in New Zealand's music industry, particularly in the Auckland music scene. [1]
The twelve-string guitar has twelve strings, in six courses. The courses are most often tuned E-A-D-G-B-E, similarly to a six-string guitar; however, older instruments were often tuned one tone lower D-G-C-F-A-D to reduce the tension on the neck, and commonly played with a capo on fret 2.