A Martin acoustic guitar is the beloved instrument of millions of fans and famous players worldwide. Starting with the early days in New York circa 1833, this fabled story comes to life in the long-awaited revision of the seminal Martin History book. Originally published in 1975, this new ed...
A Martin isn’t just a guitar. It’s playable history; part of a long line of legendary instruments stretching back to the company’s beginnings in 1833. Our guitars were strummed by Civil War soldiers around campfires, helped shape the sound of modern music at the turn of the 20th centur...
Christian Friedrich Martin was chased out of his native country by makers of a different instrument – the violin. Seeing its superiority under threat, the German violin-makers guild tried to have him banned from guitar manufacture, as he was a member of the rival cabinet-makers’ guild. He ...
“Blue Moon of Kentucky,” a mid-tempo waltz byBill Monroe, the creator of bluegrass. Presley sang with African-American inflections and more emotional intensity than country singers of the time. He accompanied himself on strummed acousticguitar,Scotty Moore provided fills withelectric guitar, and...
Martin LutherPortrait of Martin Luther, oil on panel by Lucas Cranach, 1529; in the Uffizi, Florence.(more) Martin Luther (1483–1546) was a musical liberal and reformer. But the uses he envisioned for music, despite his innovations, were in the mainstream of tradition; Luther insisted that...
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Founded in 1994 by Martin Archer and Mick Beck, Discus Music has released music from artists exploring free jazz, electronic-rock music, and otherwise uncategorisable music - just as varied as the founders' own musical interests. Boasting some of the bigger names in improvised music - namely ...
1939 Martin 000-42 This is the guitar that Clapton played on MTV Unplugged on January 16, 1992. He played it throughout most of the show – which was highlighted by an acoustic version of “Layla”. Although there don’t seem to be any photos of Eric using the guitar prior to the...
guitar parts in “Good Morning Good Morning” and “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” for the Beatles’ momentous eighth album,Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. In the same building at the same time,Syd Barrettused his Telecaster and Esquire models to record Pink Floyd debut album...
Some background on the Gibson LG-1 fromReverb’s page on them: “During World War II, Gibson pared its flat-tops down to six standard models, the Gibson LG-1 acoustic guitar among them. As a student model, the LG-1 was introduced alongside the LG-2 and LG-3 to be a less expensiv...