Martin has introduced a signature model guitar for Seth Avett, one half of the wildly popular rock/bluegrass aggregation, The Avett Brothers. It's based on the D-35, with some special appointments. The traditional 35 style 3-piece back is Indian rosewood, with
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Tony Rice monel strings from Martin
Here's another new product from CF Martin introduced earlier this year at the 2013 NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. After many years endorsing strings from other manufacturers, Tony Rice now has a signature set from Martin. He has long favored strings
Martin’s new Authentic Series guitars
Flatpickers and aficionados of dreadnaught guitars take note. C.F. Martin & Co.has introduced a number of prewar replicas - copies of their own vintage classics - among their Authentic Series instruments. During last month's NAMM show in Anaheim, CA, Martin unveiled
Tuesday night at Roberts
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the undisputed home of traditional country music!" declared Brazilbilly’s Jesse Lee Jones, to wild cheers at Robert’s Western World in downtown Nashville on Tuesday night, September 25. As part of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass week,
Martin introduces new Retro Series models
The C.F. Martin guitar company has generated quite a buzz in the six string community this past two months with the announcement of their new Retro Series acoustic/electric models. These are standard Martins, utilizing the new F1+ Aura pickup and
Three from ’37
The folks at Fretboard Journal posted this video shot during Wintergrass 2012 at their jam suite in the hotel. As it happened, a trio of 75 year old steel string flattop guitars wandered in while the incomparable Kenny Smith was hanging
More from NAMM 2012
This report from Winter NAMM comes from Dan Miller, publisher of Flatpicking Guitar magazine. The 110th National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show was held in Anaheim, California, from January 19th to the 22nd. There were 1441 exhibitors and 95,709 registered
Win a Martin HD-28V from The Hayloft Gang – 8/15
How would you like to win a brand new Martin HD-28V guitar valued at $4,000? Or maybe a Northfield A5M mandolin... tickets to a live taping of Austin City Limits? These are all prizes in a video contest to promote the
Pre-war Martin video
CF Martin has posted a video that captures an interesting part of the mystique that surrounds their celebrated guitars built prior to World War II. It contains footage shot in 1939 at the old Martin shop on North Street, which was
Chris Martin on the D-45
Chris Martin (CF Martin IV) just posted a video about the return of the model D-45 to the Martin catalog, in the form of the D-45 Authentic 1942. It's quite a story, which includes an admission that when Martin decided to