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Kovacik Guitars and Fretted Instrument Repair With regard to the D guitar, I am suspicious of what seems to be an unconventional numbering scheme that you have described. Otherwise, without pics it is hard to say what you have. If this was the case with your guitar though, it would say "000-28G" on the neck block. There were precious few 000-28Gs ever made (17 as counted by Longworth, and Matt Umanov currently has one ridiculously clean example of these in his shop) and it would not surprise me to see that some of them were converted. In that case, the conversion can be accomplished very sucessfully and seamlessly, but would still require the replacement of the top with a top braced for steel strings in order to be structurally stable. THE ONE exception is IF the guitar in question was originally a 000-28G, which had a 14 fret BODY with a 12 fret neck. This would end up putting the bridge in a location that would in all liklihood totally miss the bridge plate beneath, and likely result in drilling through the X brace on either side when drilling for bridge pin holes.

If you put a 14 fret neck on a 12 fret body the biggest problem issue would be bridge placement, as the 14 fret neck (even with the same scale as the original 12 fret neck ) would move the bridge placement closer to the soundhole. And it is not possible to convert a 12 fretter into 14 frets if the 12 fretter has a true 12 fret body.

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Mac is right about the 000-28 info he offered. These have the Wurlitzer name and model number on the back of the peghead.Īs you can see, Martin did not make very many guitars for other companies.about all of this.

Wurlitzer: In 1922 to 1925, Martin made 297 standard Martin models (but with a simplier soundhole rosette) for Wurlitzer.

Weymann: Around 1925 Martin made some Ukes for this company, but no guitars.

Some guitars were made under the Vega name during this period (but they mostly made banjos).

Vega: Martin bought Vega Banjos in 1970 and moved production to their property in 1971.

Rolando: In 1916 to 1918 Martin made 261 guitar (numbered 1 to 261), and some later guitars with standard Martin serial numbers.

Stewart: Martin made ukes for this company in 1923 to 1925.

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The last Schoenberg/Martin was made in October 1994, serial number 541742.

Schoenberg: In 1987 to 1994, Martin made some guitars similar to their OM-18, OM-28 OM-45, some 12 fret 000 models, and a few D models.

A style 2 size body mounted into a larger rim and back of rosewood, small round soundholes around a “lip” that joins the outer rims to the inner rims, no soundhole in the top, 14 frets clear, dot fingerboard inlays to the 15th fret, rounded peak peghead with standard Paramount banjo peghead inlay, banjo-style tuners, four or six strings.

Paramount: Around 1930 Martin made about 36 guitars with strange construction.

Olcott-Bickford: 32 guitars made for this guitarist.

Jenkins: Martin made Style 1 and 2 ukes for this Kansas City mail order company.

Only 27 of these guitars have been documented to date. Made in sizes 0 and 00, the styles were similar to Martin’s Style 18, 21, 28, and a pearl trim model. These are similar to the standard Martin models, but have simple soundhole rings and a 20 fret fingerboard (instead of 19).

Foden: In 1912 to 1917, Martin made guitars for concert guitarist William Foden.

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Prior to this, 483 guitars of the original 1917 to 1919 series have been documented. The 1923 to 1930 models have Martin serial numbers. Early models only have a “Ditson” stamp, later models have both the “Ditson” and “Martin” stamps.

Ditson: in 1917 to 1919, and 1923 to 1930, Martin made some guitars for the Ditson company in Boston.

Bitting Special: Martin made some mandolins for this Bethlehem, PA teacher in 1916 to 1919.

Belltone: fifteen guitars, ten mandolins and twelve Style 3k ukes were made for Belltone.

Bacon: a few made for Bacon Banjos in 1924.

Even if your instrument is one of the brands listed below, that does NOT mean it was necessarily made by Martin either! Just keep that in mind. Just because your guitar looks like a Martin, doesn’t mean it is. Since 1900, Martin did make guitars, mandolins and ukes for other brands and guitar studios.