Martin | 00028 | 1948 | SN: 104849
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- Model:00028
- Type: 000
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- Year: 1948
- Serial #: 104849
- Back/Sides Wood: Brazilian Rosewood
- Top Wood: Stika spruce
- Neck Wood: Mahogany
- Fret Markers: Dots
- Bridge: Ebony Belly
- Body Bindings: Ivoroid
- Backstrip: Chain link
- Rosette: Purfling lines
- Nut Width: 1 11/16″
- String Spacing: 2 1/8″
- Scale: 24.”
- Body Length: 19 1/4″
- Lower Bout: 15″
- Upper Bout: 11 1/”
- Body Depth: 3 3/8″, 4″
- Condition: See description below
Here is a nice example of a postwar 00028. It has a narrower 1 11/16″ nut and sitka spruce over Brazilian rosewood with the shorter scale length. This guitar has had some work performed on it listed below. However, it still remains a good example of a post war 00028.
- Repairs:
- Top oversprayed
- 2 top cracks [repaired]
- Replacement bridge
- Replacement pickguard
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