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The Martin D-45 is a steel-string acoustic guitar model made by C. F. Martin & Company. The model was manufactured from 1933 to 1942, and in a second production series since 1968. The model was manufactured from 1933 to 1942, and in a second production series since 1968.
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 .
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.
This is a list of the 91 original (pre-war) Martin D-45s made by C.F. Martin & Co. between the years 1933 and 1942, generally recognized to be the most desired, and highly valued, acoustic guitars ever made; in American Guitars - An Illustrated History, author Tom Wheeler describes them as "among American guitar's irreplaceable treasures". [1]
The total price was US$957,500 per the addition of the buyer's commission fee. [64] Trigger – Willie Nelson's Martin N-20 Classical guitar. Nelson purchased the guitar unseen for US$750 and named it after Roy Rogers' horse Trigger. [65] [66] In 1970, one year after acquiring the guitar, Nelson rescued the guitar from his burning ranch ...
Trigger is a modified Martin N-20 nylon-string classical acoustic guitar used by country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. Early in his career, Nelson tested several guitars by different companies. After his Baldwin guitar was damaged in 1969, he purchased the Martin guitar, but retained the electrical components from the Baldwin guitar.
This list contains "traditional" musical instruments used in Nepal. Instruments overlap with nearby countries, including India and Tibet. An example is the Sarangi, a common bow Indian instrument. Although the Nepali people have their own local variant Sarangi (Nepal), both instruments are known in Nepal.
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 ...