Product Description

A nicely restored late 1930 OM, refinished with a nicely splinted top crack in the lower bout near the treble edge, a tight crack a couple inches from the fretboard edge, the cracks along side the fretboard extension, common to this period in which there was no flat brace, sometimes called the popsicle brace, and a long tight side crack in the the treble side and a couple short ones in the bass side. The braces are original and in fine shape, while the bridgeplate has the Stew-Mac repair to the worn pin holes. We replaced the bar frets a couple years ago and I think the bridge is original. All this being said, this is a very fine instrument, with every bit of the fabulous high-fidelity balanced tone that makes original OMs among the best sounding guitars (we are just a little biased about this.) These early OMs still retain the lightness of construction that had Martin's gut-string history as its descendent; the next years saw the real beginnings of change for the steel string age. This lightness gives a warmer and richer deep tone without the power and bite that the heavier construction brings.