1946 C. F. Martin D-28
$39,500
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 97172. Powerful D-28 herringbone from the tapered brace era. This guitar has been a staple at the Fretboard Journal’s Vintage Guitar Workshop, an integral part of the Wintergrass Festival. It has held its own against the many prewar stand-outs at the workshop and was declared “the best guitar...
1940 C. F. Martin D-28
$130,000
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 75742. Made in Nazareth, PA midyear 1940. Not many around with a bigger, richer sound, greater volume or a classier look. This magnificent beast is one of 134 D-28s produced in 1940 (fewer than in ’37).. It’s also the first full year for Martin’s fully realized dreadnought design; faster,...
1940 C. F. Martin 000-18
$20,000
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 75752. Here is an honest little prewar 000-18 from 1940 that has been a faithful musical companion to just three owners in its lifetime. It’s in wonderful original condition with light checking throughout, only a few errant pick scratches on the top, a few handling dings and a couple of shallow...
1930 C. F. Martin 000-18
$25,000
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 42649. Made in Nazareth, PA just before the seismic shift to 14-fret designs, the 12-fret 000 braced for steel is one of the rarest and most desirable prewar models. The body is 7/16” longer than the 14-fret dreadnaught stem to stern and only 5/16” narrower at the waist giving it nearly as much...
1939 C. F. Martin 00-18
$14,950
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 72406. Prewar, scalloped bracing, Adirondack spruce top, 1-3/4” nut and wide string spacing; this one pushes all the golden era buttons without the big price. While the 00-18 is not one of Martin’s rarest models, the prewar 00-18s are one of the hardest to find – in any condition.
This one...
1925 C. F. Martin 0-18K
$4,750
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SN: 23339. Terrific sounding, player grade 0-18K made in 1925 in Nazareth, PA. With their all Koa body, made with wood imported from Hawaii, many were made with a raised nut and saddle to be played Hawaiian style on the lap with a slide. This one appears to have been originally set up for Spanish...
1942 C. F. Martin 000-28
$45,000
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 80686. It is thrilling to play an 80 year old guitar as original and clean as this one; especially one that is set up so well and has such a wonderful voice. It was made in Nazareth, PA in the first half of 1942 and though it fits squarely the “wartime” era, it does have a T-bar and, with the...
1931 C. F. Martin 00-28
$18,000
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 49288. Quality older restoration of a lovely 12-fret 00-28 probably undertaken in the late 1950s or early 1960s. There is some evidence that the refinish, decal and replacement bridge were done by Martin but nothing conclusive. An original pickguard and belly bridge on a 12-fret slotted...
1930 C. F. Martin 0-28
$24,500
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 42249. This lovely and rare beast is the resident unicorn of the shop these days. I’ve been reluctant to put it down and write the description. The 0-28 is an elegant little design that, at one time, was the largest guitar C.F. Martin offered. It’s certainly one of the finest and longest lived....
1897 C. F. Martin 1-21
$7,950
Jet City Guitars, LLC
Beautiful, crack-free instrument in exquisite condition. It was built just before Martin began using serial numbers. Inside penciled “J.J.K. Aug 31, 1897” marking the day the build started. It’s pressure-stamped “C.F. Martin, New York, New York” on the back of the head-stock and heat stamped on the...
2016 C. F. Martin 00-41
$5,500
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SN 1997790. Martin Custom Shop limited edition build for Elderly Instruments for the 2016 NAMM show. It’s one of only five or six made to these specs. It brings together traditional Martin workmanship, very high quality but readily available tonewoods and some fun design choices. It feels like a...
1946 C. F. Martin 000-28
$22,500
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 95486. Friends, here is a postwar 000-28 I purchased from a rock star luthier who kept it as an example of an original, unmolested Martin gently influenced by the effects of aging. It’s a beautiful instrument. Straight grained Brazilian Rosewood with fine Sitka spruce top. Herringbone trim and...
1929 Gibson L-5 Master Model
$22,500
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 84679. FON: 9306 Friends, A Lloyd Loar L-5, like the Martin OM-28 and D-18/28, is one of the defining guitars of our time. It’s the first f-hole archtop guitar. Most all of the great jazz guitarists played one at some point or one of the many f-hole archtop offshoots from Gibson and other...