Folkway Music - 2017 Martin 000-30 Authentic

Martin 000-30 Authentic 1919. Played by Jason Fowler, recorded with three Ear Trumpet Edwina microphones.
Martin's Style 30 was built in very small numbers from the mid 1800s until the late 1910' and received its model designation thanks to its $30 price tag back in the 1850s.* Martin's 000-30 Authentic 1919 recreates the tastefully adorned style 30 in a 000-size instrument with a 25.4” scale and modern T frets.
A delightfully lightly built guitar with ¼” scalloped braces, small maple bridge plate, pyramid bridge, VTS red spruce top and Madagascar rosewood back and sides, the 000-30 Authentic 1919 is a highly responsive, resonant, and complex 12 fret fingerstyle guitar. It has a wonderful blend of sweet overtones, and focused fundamental, warm and well-developed basses, and trebles that are nicely rounded and full. With a tonal pallet that's this full, the only thing the 000-30 leaves a player wanting for is more time to enjoy it.
Style 30 trimmings include grained ivoroid bindings with fine rosewood and maple purflings, multi-colored top border and back strip; pearl, celluloid, rosewood and maple rosette; and pearl snowflakes and diamonds in the fingerboard. It's both simple and beautiful, with a touch of tasteful luxury.
Like all Authentics, the 000-30 is constructed with a hand-fit dovetail neck joint, hot hide glue, and a vintage gloss finish. The nut and glued-in saddle are bone, and the neck is built without a truss rod. The neck is carved into a softened V shape with a low to medium depth and features a nut width of 1-7/8”. The bridge pin spacing is 2-3/8”.
This gently used guitar was originally sold new through Folkway. It is in nearly perfect condition save for some quite minor belt dents on the back. We installed a K&K Trinity combination transducer/mic pickup system for its first owner, and the K&K two-channel preamp is included as well.
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