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1999 Taylor 814ce Sitka and Indian Rosewood

2007 Martin HD 28 Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood

2012 Martin HD 28 Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood

1999 Martin HD 28 Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood

1996 Martin 000 28EC Eric Clapton Signature Model #108

2011 Taylor 414ce Sitka Spruce and Ovangkol with Venetian Cutaway

2001 Martin OM 28V Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood with IBeam

2011 Martin 000 28vs Sitka and Indian Rosewood

2006 Gallagher Doc Watson Dreadnought Sitka Spruce and Mahogany

2012 Martin 000 28EC Eric Clapton Signature Model

2012 Taylor 914CE Grand Auditorium Sitka and Indian Rosewood

2008 Martin HD 28 Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood

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1999 Taylor 814ce Sitka and Indian Rosewood

Scale: 25 1/2" | Nut Width: 1 3/4" | Top: Sitka Spruce | Back: Indian Rosewood

The shape produced an original acoustic voice that was big enough to handle medium-strength picking and strumming, yet with impressive balance across the tonal spectrum, especially in the midrange, producing clear, well-defined notes that suited both strumming and fingerstyle playing.

The Taylor 814ce overall presence tracks well with other instruments both in a studio mix and on stage, and singer-songwriters have embraced its utility both for composing and traveling with one guitar. Many people want a single guitar that can cover a variety of styles, which is why the 814CE continues to be Taylor's best selling shape. If you want a great all-purpose guitar, the multi-dimensional 814CE won’t let you down.

This guitar has the Fishman Prefix Stereo Blender pickup system installed. The Prefix Stereo blender offer stereo or mono signal paths and a low-noise circuit for the systems under saddle piezo and internal microphone. It included all of the features of the Prefix Plus except for Brilliance control.

This 1999 Taylor 814ce is in excellent condition with only minor fretwear and slightly separating yet stable finish around bindings on the sides additionally, there are very minor scratches on the pickguard and top as seen in the detailed photos below. It includes the Original Taylor Hardshell Case.

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Tags: 814CE, cutaway, indian rosewood, sitka spruce, taylor

2007 Martin HD 28 Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood

Scale: 25.4" | Nut Width: 1 11/16" | Top: Sitka Spruce | Back: Indian Rosewood

Under the leadership of C.F. Martin IV, Martin and Co. has always built each of their guitars with extreme quality and beauty. All Martin guitars have always used top notch woods that are expertly inspected and selected by the wood experts at Martin. Nothing else sounds like a Martin guitar, and many of the most famous small builders in the world use Martin's original designs as foundations for their instruments.

During the 1980s, Martin made some custom order and short production-run reissues of the legendary pre-World War II model D-28. The pre-War D-28s are affectionately known as “herringbones” or just “bones” by virtue of the herringbone marquetry inlaid along the perimeter of the top.

The Martin HD-28 Standard Dreadnought Acoustic is a re-creation of the legendary herringbone D-28-style guitars, with a Sitka spruce top, solid rosewood back and sides, and mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard.

Vintage appointments include herringbone top trim, a traditional zigzag backstrip, and Martin's famous scalloped X-bracing that allows the top to vibrate more freely, yielding a louder, more open tone.

This HD-28 has all of the deep bass response that Martin is famous for. Chords are rich and full with no unpleasant or harsh highs.

This guitar is in good condition with minor surface scratches, dents and binding discoloration as seen in the detailed photos below. There is fretwear, also shown below, and it includes the original hardshell case.

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Tags: 2007, d-28, dreadnought, HD-28, herringbone, indian rosewood, martin, sitka spruce

2012 Martin HD 28 Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood

Scale: 25.4" | Nut Width: 1 11/16" | Top: Sitka Spruce | Back: Indian Rosewood

This HD-28 has all of the deep bass response that Martin is famous for. Chords are rich and full with no unpleasant or harsh highs.

This 2012 Martin HD 28 Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood has a few scratches on the side as the detail photographs below will show. There is very minor fretwear and it includes the original hardshell case.

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Tags: d-28, dreadnought, HD-28, herringbone, indian rosewood, martin, sitka spruce

1999 Martin HD 28 Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood

Scale: 25.4" | Nut Width: 1 11/16" | Top: Sitka Spruce | Back: Indian Rosewood

This instrument includes the L.R. Baggs Element pickup system. The Element delivers performance previously unattainable from an undersaddle pickup. The streamlined and efficient design removes every unnecessary internal component to improve the coupling between the transducer and the guitar. This substantially improves the sensitivity of the transducer for a robust, lively and open sound with great dynamics and a delicate high end.

This HD-28 has all of the deep bass response that Martin is famous for. Chords are rich and full with no unpleasant or harsh highs. The L.R. Baggs pickup system means you are ready for the stage and will sound great while you are there.

This guitar has some dings and scratches on the top, back, sides and neck as the detail photographs will show. It has minor fretwear and includes the original hardshell case.

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Tags: d-28, dreadnought, HD-28, hd28, herringbone, indian rosewood, martin, sitka spruce

1996 Martin 000 28EC Eric Clapton Signature Model #108

Scale: 24.9" | Nut Width: 1 3/4" | Top: Sitka | Back: Indian Rosewood

1996 Martin 000 28EC Eric Clapton Signature Model #108

As advertising manager for Martin; Dick Boak had Chris Martin's permission to contact Eric Clapton as Boak had been receiving so many calls regarding just what Clapton was playing on his incredibly popular Unplugged record. Eric Clapton has relied on Martin 000s throughout acoustic career, resulting in huge increases in sales and interest from the 90s and onward. In 1995, Martin collaborated with Clapton and released the first of many signature models - the 000-42EC. Wildly popular and rather expensive, the impact of the 000-42EC resulted in a simpler and more affordable, yet equally as spectacular model. With Clapton's tremendous input, the 000-28EC was introduced to great acclaim early in 1996. The 000-28EC fits the bill, and this particular one has opened up beautifully!

Each 000-28EC bears an interior label, individually numbered in sequence. This instrument is number 108 out of the thousands that have been produced. We are pleased to offer this unique, immaculately cared for, low production numbered, and incredible sounding guitar. Clapton himself has called 000-28EC a "utilitarian in the very best sense of the word" - and we would agree wholeheartedly!

The 000-28EC shares some characteristics with famed pre-war 000s, including a scalloped X bracing pattern. The 14th fret neck joint extends the reach beyond the typical 12th fret joint on 000s, but is still frets effortlessly up and down the fingerboard due to its short scale. The profile of the neck is a slight modified V with a 1 3/4" nut width. The combination is a nice complement that fills out your left hand without too much heft. The 000-28EC is surprisingly warm and rich, lending itself nicely to fingerpicking, yet with enough headroom for strumming.

It has the smaller "000" body size that Clapton prefers and that is particularly popular among fingerstyle and blues guitarists who like a clear and balanced sound together with the string flexibility that the shorter 24.9" scale length allows. It's top is Sitka Spruce with a vintage toner finish: the 2-piece back and sides are Indian Rosewood with a gloss finish. The body is bound with grained ivoroid. A genuine ebony fingerboard features the pre-war Style 28 snowflake pattern in a blond pearl, and Eric Clapton's signature is inlaid in mother-of-pearl between the 19th and 20th frets.

A few years of playing has opened up the Sitka Spruce top; it is responsive and mellowed on the top end, not to mention an absolutely handsome patina in terms of the color of the top. Hands down one of the nicest Martin 000s we have played! The Indian Rosewood brings the guitar balance and warmth, and when coupled with Sitka Spruce brings the guitar strong fundamentals, quick response, warm round trebles, and with the Sitka top can be strummed or finger-picked with ease.

This 1996 Martin 000 28EC is in excellent, pristine condition with absolutely no fret wear, only some minor pickguard and body scratches which do not penetrate the finish and one small, barely visible dent on the lower bout of the top. It has been rumored that there is some very special mojo about the very first 150 of these. Martin had no idea how popular the model would become, and this one seems to have just a little more! It includes the original Hardshell Case Included with all original case candy.

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Tags: 000, eric clapton, martin, oo28ec, ooo, ooo-28ec, signature

SOLD: 2011 Taylor 414ce Sitka Spruce and Ovangkol with Venetian Cutaway

Scale: 25 1/2" | Nut Width: 1 3/4" | Top: Sitka Spruce | Back: Ovangkol

Taylor's most popular and versatile body shape, the mid-size Grand Auditorium arrived in 1994 bearing refined proportions that fell between a Dreadnought and Grand Concert. While the bigger Dreadnought was traditionally considered a flatpicker’s guitar and the smaller Grand Concert catered to fingerstylists, the GA was designed to deliver on both fronts. The shape produced an original acoustic voice that was big enough to handle medium-strength picking and strumming, yet with impressive balance across the tonal spectrum, especially in the midrange, producing clear, well-defined notes that suited both strumming and fingerstyle playing.

Over a decade ago, Taylor introduced the guitar world to a sustainable tonewood known as ovangkol. An African relative of rosewood, it's a great sounding wood that shares many of rosewood's tonal properties, with a slightly fuller midrange and a top end that's not quite as bright as maple. Being lesser known than rosewood, ovangkol has been a sleeper hit over the years, asserting itself as an instant contender among unsuspecting players who test-drive a variety of Taylor models. Players continue to discover solid African ovangkol’s responsive, rosewood-like tone, which pairs well with Sitka spruce and can accommodate a range of playing styles. White binding applies a crisp counterpoint against the gloss top and mottled brown hues of ovangkol, while the Expression System wires these guitars for high-fidelity amplified acoustic sound.

Taylor's patented relief rout is a tone-enhancing voicing technique in which a groove is carved along the inside edges of the top. This groove is similar in function to the re-curve on a violin — it “loosens up” the edges of the top, generating extra flexibility without sacrificing structural integrity. We first began using this groove in 2002. The result is increased bass and volume with a balanced tone.

People love the clear, full acoustic tone of their Taylors. Taylor’s ground-breaking Expression System® (ES) was designed to naturally amplify the warm acoustic sound of your guitar.

The ES is an all-magnetic acoustic guitar pickup system that works like a microphone to produce a pure signal and a warm, natural acoustic sound. When you plug in, you'll hear the sound of your guitar, not the sound of the pickup. No complicated controls. No tone simulators. Just a clean amplified acoustic guitar sound supported by three simple controls — volume, bass and treble.

This 2011 Taylor 414ce Sitka Spruce and Ovangkol with Venetian Cutaway is in excellent + condition with no scratches, dents or fretwear to mention. It includes the original hardshell case.

This instrument has been spoken for. Please call 866-265-5993 or email info@artisanguitars.com to inquire about a similar instrument. Tags: 2011, 414, 414ce, ce, ovangkol, sitka spruce, taylor, Venetian Cutaway

SOLD: 2001 Martin OM 28V Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood with IBeam

Scale: 25.4" | Nut Width: 1 3/4" | Top: Sitka Spruce | Back: Indian Rosewood

Hear This Instrument: 2001 Martin OM 28V Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood with IBeam

Recorded In-House on a Sony PCM-D50 handheld recorder with no compression or eq.

Another great Martin has entered the building... this time a gorgeous 2001 OM-28 V featuring a Sitka Spruce top, Indian Rosewood back and sides. We tend to get in lots of special Martin's and this one is particularly nice sounding with rich tone and a highly responsive top, which gives the guitar a nice sparkle, even when played with a softer fingerstyle attack.

This OM is part of Martin's "28" series with a herringbone top purfle and Indian Rosewood back and sides. Indian Rosewood is a classic backwood known for it's rich bass and reverb-like overtones. When combined with an Sitka Spruce top, sounds very clear and distinct while maintaining the lush low end rosewood is famous for. Even for an OM, the bass is very impressive and notes are round and full even on higher notes up the neck.

Additional appointments include HD Zig Zag back purfling, a bold Herringbone top inlay, and a style 28 rosette. The neck is solid Mahogany, shaped to a modified V profile, and the solid Ebony fingerboard has the Diamonds/Squares short pattern on frets five through nine. Tuners are Nickel Martin Open Geared w/ Butterbean Knobs.

This guitar has some scratches and dents on the top, side, back and neck as seen in the detailed photos. There is minor fretwear on the B and E Strings one frets 1-6 and some light finish scratches and a few marks on the headstock, also photographed. Original Martin hardshell case included.

This instrument has been spoken for. Please call 866-265-5993 or email info@artisanguitars.com to inquire about a similar instrument. Tags: 2001, 28V, indian rosewood, LR Baggs IBeam, martin, mp3 included, om, sitka spruce

SOLD: 2011 Martin 000 28vs Sitka and Indian Rosewood

Scale: 25.4 | Nut Width: 1 13/16" | Top: Sitka Spruce | Back: Indian Rosewood

This 2011 Martin 000 28vs Sitka and Indian Rosewood delivers that amazing tone you can only get from a classic 12-fret 000-sized acoustic. Its excellent tonal balance makes it perfect for both fingerstyle players and strummers, while its modified V neck shape takes you back to those legendary Martins of the past. This guitar is easy to play, and it gives you the features, looks, and character that are bound to make it your companion for years and years to come.

When you demand top quality from an acoustic, you don't settle for anything less than premium tonewoods. Here they are! The 000-28VS gives you a quality solid Sitka spruce top, and it's paired with a solid East Indian rosewood back and sides. The result? Rich, full, and detailed tone that only improves with age! The ebony fingerboard and bridge add subtle class, as do the herringbone inlays. In keeping with this guitar's vintage vibe, Martin equipped the 000-28VS with a slotted headstock. All the elements combine to give you the perfect acoustic playing experience.

This particular 2011 Martin 000-28vs certainly stands out from the rest.... simply put, it's a good one! The tone is vibrant and alive, with a surprising amount of power for the 000 body size. This guitar is a natural fingerpicker, but also excels at flatpicking and could certainly hang with most dreadnought at your local bluegrass jam.

This guitar is in excellent + condition! Hard to distinguish used from new, this guitar just has a few surface scratches on the top and back as seen in the photographs below. Additionally, this guitar has had a non-original pickguard installed. It has very minor fretwear and includes the original hardshell case included.

This instrument has been spoken for. Please call 866-265-5993 or email info@artisanguitars.com to inquire about a similar instrument. Tags: indian rosewood, martin 000, martin 00028vs, sitka

SOLD: 2006 Gallagher Doc Watson Dreadnought Sitka Spruce and Mahogany

Scale: 25" | Nut Width: 1 3/4" | Top: Sitka Spruce | Back: Mahogany

Gallagher Guitars have long been associated with the Watson's. In 1968 Doc and Merle Watson started playing guitars made by J.W. and Don Gallagher, a G-50 and a G-40 respectively. This orginal G-50 which Doc called Ol Hoss is on display at he Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN. In 1974 a guitar was made for Doc by J.W. Gallagher which incorporated some particular features Doc wanted. This guitar became the Doc Watson Model.

The Doc Watson model is constructed with a Sitka Spruce top and Mahogany back and sides. The top bracing is scalloped and shaped by hand to produce a powerful, clean tone. The fingerboard and bridge are made of ebony for durability as well as beauty.

Sitka Spruce isn't as stiff as Adirondack and has a lower stiffness-to-weight ratio. A positive side-effect of this more flexible soundboard is that it doesn't take near as much strength to produce tone. A player with a lighter attack or even fingerstyle players will find Sitka Spruce much more suited to their playing style. When paired with mahogany, you get a guitar that is extremely well balanced with a dry, woody tone. Mahogany is also known for being generally easy to record, as they are much more balanced in front of a microphone before you even reach for the eq. This guitar plays like a dream, is comfortable, and sounds like an old friend! Warm, and woody, dry, with nice crisp trebles.

This particular guitar is in fantastic condition. The fingerboard had a small crack roughly between the 13th and 17th fret which has been repaired and is stable. There are a couple of very small surface only scratches and indentations on the top lower bout, side and back. The case has a melted spot on the top which is pictured with the detailed photos below. The fretwear is very minor in the first position and it includes the original hardshell case.

This instrument has been spoken for. Please call 866-265-5993 or email info@artisanguitars.com to inquire about a similar instrument. Tags: 2006, Doc Watson, dreadnought, gallagher, mahogany, sitka spruce

SOLD: 2012 Martin 000 28EC Eric Clapton Signature Model

Scale: 24.9" | Nut Width: 1 3/4" | Top: Sitka | Back: Indian Rosewood

2012 Martin 000 28EC Eric Clapton Signature Model

In 1995, Martin collaborated with Clapton and released the first of many signature models - the 000-42EC. Wildly popular and rather expensive, the impact of the 000-42EC resulted in a simpler and more affordable, yet equally as spectacular model. With Clapton's tremendous input, the 000-28EC was introduced to great acclaim early in 1996. The 000-28EC fits the bill, and this particular one has opened up beautifully!

We are pleased to offer this unique, immaculately cared for, and incredible sounding guitar. Clapton himself has called 000-28EC a "utilitarian in the very best sense of the word" - and we would agree wholeheartedly!

The Sitka Spruce top is responsive and mellowed on the top end. The Indian Rosewood brings the guitar balance and warmth, and when coupled with Sitka Spruce brings the guitar strong fundamentals, quick response, warm round trebles, and with the Sitka top can be strummed or finger-picked with ease.

This 2012 Martin 000 28EC is in excellent condition with only a few minor surface scratches and dents on the top, side, back and pickguard which do not penetrate the finish. There is some minor fretwear on the B and E strings on frets 1 - 4. It includes the original Hardshell Case.

This instrument has been spoken for. Please call 866-265-5993 or email info@artisanguitars.com to inquire about a similar instrument. Tags: 000, 2012, eric clapton, martin, oo28ec, ooo, ooo-28ec, signature

SOLD: 2012 Taylor 914CE Grand Auditorium Sitka and Indian Rosewood

Scale: 25 1/2" | Nut Width: 1 23/32" | Top: Sitka Spruce | Back: Indian Rosewood

Taylor's rarest, high-grade Indian rosewood is reserved for the 900 Series®. In fact, every material used on these guitars is premium quality, from the iridescent pieces of abalone used for the inlay work to the elegant Gotoh tuners. The 900 Series guitars are true Taylor masterworks.

The sleek lines of its Grand Auditorium body are accentuated by a softly-rounded Venetian cutaway, complementing the 914ce's shimmering appointments. The finest Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce deliver a tone that can only be described as an experience.

Sitka is ideal for players who find Adirondack Red Spruce too punchy, bright, and stiff - but do not want to sacrifice on clarity. Sitka Spruce is a versatile topwood that accentuates the warm round aspects of the guitar's tone. The top end is sweet and crisp; with a driving, focused midrange and low-end. It strums with the best of them, but has a neck that flatpicks beautifully across the board.

The gorgeous set of Indian Rosewood on the back and sides broadens out the dynamic range, bringing overtone rich low-end and mellow yet defined trebles. When fingerpicking, each note is rich and warm, yet well defined and easily articulated.

This is a 2012 model in excellent + condition. No noticeable dings or scratches and very minor fret wear. Nice tonal characteristics with balance and bite. Includes a Taylor Expression System and Collins hardshell case.

This instrument has been spoken for. Please call 866-265-5993 or email info@artisanguitars.com to inquire about a similar instrument. Tags: 2012, 914CE, grand auditorium, indian rosewood, sitka, taylor

SOLD: 2008 Martin HD 28 Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood

Scale: 25.4" | Nut Width: 1 11/16" | Top: Sitka Spruce | Back: Indian Rosewood

This HD-28 has all of the deep bass response that Martin is famous for. Chords are rich and full with no unpleasant or harsh highs.

This guitar is in excellent condition with only a few, very minor surface scratches. There is very minor fretwear and it includes the original hardshell case.

This instrument has been spoken for. Please call 866-265-5993 or email info@artisanguitars.com to inquire about a similar instrument. Tags: 2008, d-28, dreadnought, HD-28, herringbone, indian rosewood, martin, sitka spruce