Norman's Rare Guitars - Guitar of the Day: 1928 Martin 000-45
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- It's #FlatTopFriday! Guitar of the Day: 1928 Martin 000-45 12 Fret Model with Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Store manager, Mark Agnesi, showing you how this #MartinGuitar 000-45 sounds like here at #NormansRareGuitars. For any questions you may have or price inquires please give us a call at 818-344-8300. So what do you guys think?
Idk how such a tiny guitar can be so loud! It’s amazing how great the wood they chose and the craftsmanship that went into that instrument for it to be able to play and sound that good almost 100 years later!
That’s the most beautiful sounding guitar I’ve ever heard
Agreed
#FlatTopFriday #1928Martin00045
1) my little ballerina/ Brent Mason
2) Back in the saddle/ Gene Autry
that is one beautiful guitar, well done @markagnesi
Hi Jen 🎥🎸
My Little Ballerina by Brent Mason. Absolutely beautiful tune.
Anthony Arnold Brent Mason is a fabulous player
Song 2 is “Back in the Saddle Again” by Gene Autry
Mark Agnesi thanks Mark, happy #straturday 🎸🤘🏻
What’s the tab to my little ballerina
That's the sound of a great old Martin with Brazilian rosewood. Well played by Mark.
This is the best 000 I've ever heard. Wow!
Sick!!!
My god that thing sounds like a piano. Beautiful piece of history there.
That may be the best sounding flat top I’ve ever heard
those overtones and sustain tho!
My favourite Guitar of the Day so far. That guitar sounds beautiful.
That's amazing ! Piece of history
The tone is woody yet has an an intimate connection from the heart to my happy ears. This is the one to get.
For a 93 year old guitar, it sounds wonderful. The wood has really aged wonderfully.
One of those rare occasions Mark displays his soul.
thankyou to all the folks who looked after this baby for the last 90 years...
Wow! What a sound!
It is the top of the line vintage Martin.
That's the goods.
That Martin was gorgeous, it is a testament to Martin that their guitars that are that old still exist and still sound great.
Gorgeous look and sound. One for my Lottery list.
Obviously I adore seeing all the guitars especially the flat tops that you bring out but I just wanted to tell you I really, really love your music and the way you play. It encourages me to dig a little deeper. I watch your hands a lot. Thank you for posting these wonderful videos no matter how old they are.
This is the most beautiful sounding Martin I've ever listened to, it's depth and warmth are awesome.
This guitar just seems to speak to you with the way the notes ring off. So soulful and full of life. Also feels kindof like when talking with your grandpa or someone of similar position. Just simply wiser and more well seasoned. My god this guitar is wonderful
Not sure if mark is being sarcastic about the quality on the videos or not but playing on my tv it is crispy clear! Good job Jen!
People often say that these are a waste of money and you can get the same tone out of a new guitar, but they need to get their ears checked. There is just nothing that can compete with the tone that comes out of these old martins. So beautiful. Man I wish I could afford one 😂
Holy shit this will sell by Monday the sound is just killer! The volume finger style is huge. Great player too of course!
love your acoustic videos because your fingerpicking stuff is always so nice!
Gregg Allman born on Dec. 8, too.
OOO-12 fret acoustic guitars are the best steel string body design on the planet !!
this Martin is glorious tone ❣❣ 💓
snowflake inlays are much sexier than the hexagons of future years ; open headstock with fountain inaly and Brazilian , this guitar has it all !!!
That first song always gets me with these old Martins.
Martin offered steel strings as a standard set up way back in 1917. The 1350 Koa models had it. In 1918 they decided to market them with rosewood or mahogany sides and a spruce top and called them OO-18. I know - I own a 1917 1350 Koa with steel strings on it.
Actually 1915, is when Martin offered steel strings on their guitars.
@michaelgonzalez7304 Sorry my friend, but no Martin guitars were sold with steel strings (except for custom orders) before 1917. That is according to Martin historian Mike Longworth in personal correspondence. According to the book Martin Guitars: A History, p. 68, it was the success of the 1917 koa 1350 models that "prompted Martin to officially offer its first production of steel string for regular playing in 1922."
dream guitar
Stunning piece of history.
Awsum presentation, guys. One axe that will live forever.
This has always been my dream guitar
Just gorgeous tone....that's about as far back as you can go and get a great sounding old Martin. Just beautiful looking and sounding!
Such a beautiful sound. Much better than Some of the new ones.
I love flat top Friday, it's truly educational for an electric player like me! Cheers!
Somebody *loved* that guitar. What a beauty.
Great guitar Mark the old gal still has some golden tones to share nice job !
I'm not usually a Martin guy. (Gibson guy) There are some exceptions though. And, that beauty is one of them! Damn Daniel! 😍😍😍
I love Gibson's and Martin's guitars.
What a great sound well played ,and amazing looking too .🇫🇷🐸👍🇮🇪
mark and jen, you always make my day better, merry christmas
What timeis Vince Gill comming bye to pick up his new Christmas present to himself. What a beautiful guitar
That Martin is somethin' else!
That Martin is no freakin joke. Thanks guys!!
Excellent playing. RIP MORRISON, LENNON, DIME
Amazing find
Thanks for that one! Amazing. This one is the year before the one Martin Taylor owns. Stunning guitars!
very nice playing - I really enjoyed it thanks
Beautiful old guitar.
WOW GREAT TONE!!
Wow the guitar sounds beautiful
Damn that thing sounded good!!!
my birthday as well and great guitar choice! Love them Martins oh its also Sineed O Conners bday too lol
Remember waking up on the morning of the 9th (in Amsterdam) 1980 and hearing the news. Cried the whole day.
Yeah, Dime truly touched us all
terriblecj December 8th 1980 is the day John Lennon died. Dime dies the same year in 2004.
killerwowmaster the same date maybe ???
Who?
That sounds incredible!
Beautiful Martin. Beautiful playing, Mark. Beautiful videography, Jen.
I hope whoever buys this guitar PLAYS IT. Beautiful sounding instrument. P.S. You can tell when Mark really likes a guitar when he plays it.
Someone should get Jen a new camera this Christmas. I wanna be able to count the hairs on Marks head.
sickb2200 that won't take too long
Happy FlatTop Friday
everyone! We miss you Jim,
John & Dimebag! Once again Mark
I'm requesting an all Robin Trower
STRATURDAY!
Horrible, horrible day for Rock & Roll. The only salve is the music, itself. Incredible guitar. Rock On!
Brent Mason's "My Little Ballerina." I did a tab of it a long time ago. may be still up at countrytabs.
Beautiful guitar, and equally beautiful playing. Nice one Mark, real nice.
If I win the lottery my first stop will be at Norman's!
I have a difficult time accepting that any of the dozen workers who had their hands on that box, including the guy who spent three hours fitting abalone wouldn't have sent it back up the line for scraping and sanding if it had major sawburn on the back. That's got to be something else.
That is in fact saw marks from the huge circular saws they used at the time. The resins would gum up the blade and over heat the wood. It's a somewhat common and well know "defect" of those early Martins. Do a web search and you'll see other examples. To answer your question, they couldn't thin down the wood to remove the saw burn without making it too thin.
I have in my a few unused Brazilian rosewood guitar sets from the old Martin factory with these exact same marks.
Mark can really play the guitar...
Love your presentations and playing, Marc. 12/25-1/1 will be a tough week for me. Flat-top Friday's are my favorite!
Nice playing Mark... this old guitar brings out something special in you.
Wonderful playing, Mark.
Absolutely gorgeous. Looks good too. Still would like to see a vintage Recording King, or maybe an old Harmony (Buck Owens perhaps)
Not to mention, my favorite.....
....Goya Rangemaster.
This is a lovely, lovely guitar. Suggestion? A great piece for a "seasoned" Martin would be "Ashokan Farewell", popularized by the Ken Burns series, "the civil war". Truly a great piece for a deserving guitar like this....
Holy Cow! That thing just chimes! Elegant fingerpicking! How's it feel to play an instrument nearly three times your age?
I can dig it.
Nice guitar, and nice playing, as always. I must confess, though, the first couple bars of the flat-picked song made me think of the Motel 6 ads from the '90s("This is Tom Bodett, and, we'll leave the light on for ya.").
Beautiful!
Beautiful. If you ever get to PA, the Martin tour is awesome.
First song is "my little ballerina" by Brent Mason
You are one hell of salesman Mark! Not a bad player either…..thankyou for another great demo.
Gorgeous Martin!!!
Lovely guitar and nice playing Mark.
AWESOME!!!
The sweetest ever ! They hid a speaker inside.
Thanks again, Mark & Jen. My daily dose of geeking out on stuff i can't afford. And my brain is ever more full of guitar nerd info. i DO enjoy the weird-ass stuff sometimes too, but i'll take all the Triple-0s and Juniors and Precisions you got. Thanks some more.
beautiful tones
Beautiful tone, beautifully played.
Play us some Nick Drake for your next flat top Friday Mark!!
Awesome guitar!
That guitar looks and sounds feaking awsome
hey thanks for the videos mark
"period appropriate with a pick" nice alliteration Mark!
Beautiful tone.
I hope one day you’ll get a Martin D-18E 1959 that would be dope
#flattopfriday Straturday Eve!! 1928 Martin sounds great. Great demo! Byyeeeeeeeee!🤘🏻🎸
Sounds like a bell..... So beautiful
Request for a future flat top Friday. A mint condition 1965 cherry sunburst Gibson J45 ADJ like the one Donovan played.
Thank You
That is an amazing guitar!🎵🎵♩♩
Wow I need that guitar. Let me sell my house first :) Great piece of Martin history.
that was special - hey Mark do you think next time you do one of these country as he!! flat tops you could wear a cowboy hat? it would be so effing cool
Holy shit that was amazing.
Guitar porn eargasm
Remember that Martin from today, it’s gone.
Pete's Garage yeah, this thing was gone as soon as Jen stopped filming.
Mark Great Guitar ! Im Ken from Japam.Thank S
That was freakin sweet, all of it
Mom if your reading this, this is the guitar I want you to buy me for Christmas!!
wow !!!!! holy grail