No financial stake—I didn't even know Martin made archtop tenors—but this looked interesting: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1935-Martin-...UAAOSwdzVXr3IQ
Martin archtop tenor on ebay
No financial stake—I didn't even know Martin made archtop tenors—but this looked interesting: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1935-Martin-...UAAOSwdzVXr3IQ
Re: Martin archtop tenor on ebay
I know they made archtop guitars mainly because so many of them have been converted to flattops. I don't recall seeing one of their archtop tenors. Pretty cool.
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Re: Martin archtop tenor on ebay
Just noticed that this sold at its lowest bid price. Anybody in these parts snag it?
Re: Martin archtop tenor on ebay
That is an R-18T. The tops were not carved until 1937, they were steam-bent before that. According to my Carter book, they made 133 of these from 1934-41. There were also tenor and plectrum versions of the C style archtops as well. Those had carved tops from the beginning.
It looks like it has been through the mill with lots of cracks (repaired?) over the years. It could be a nice sounding one in any case.
Some online info here: tenorguitar.com/martin
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Re: Martin archtop tenor on ebay
great link jim. you are font of info.
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