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Location: South of most, North of few | I know I'll kick myself if this one leaves, but I am once again running out of room in the closet, so one of the older ones has to go. This is about as pristine of an example of the rare discontinued 000-17S Martin as you will find. All solid Mahogany top, sides, and back, slot head 12 fret slope body design. I would conservatively rate it at a 9.8 condition. Comes with upgraded Geib style case (5 series Martin case) in new condition also. 1550.00 shipped conn US.
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Location: Michigan | Wow that is PurdY! good luck with the sale, it seems like a bargain to me. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | 
Jim, I can't believe you're selling THAT one!!!!
BTW ya'll, that's one drop dead pretty guitar with a surprising lovely sound. I say surprising because I had never played one before Jim's and the sound caught me off guard. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Jim,
That is a beauty. All Mahogany ones are hard to find any more. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | :rolleyes: |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by stephent28:
:rolleyes: stephen,
Go ahead and buy it... then sell it back to Jim in a year!  |
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Location: Cincinnati | Good luck on the sale, TJ. You know I would be all over it if I could. |
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Location: New Jersey, USA | A fantastic guitar! I have a 000-15S, which is the same except for satin finish and no binding. Anyone wanting to hear a 12 fret all-mahogany slothead sound can listen here (right channel, opposite the vocals, which are not me):
Good luck with this sale. These are fabulous guitars. They ring and ring, and are very delicately responsive. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Just contacted Martin, and by the serial number this is a 2002 model.
Jack, I can put it on lay away for you... :D |
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Location: East Tennessee | Jim,
Does it have a pickup in it? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | No pickup, standard as it came from the factory, except for the better case. |
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Location: Cincinnati | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Just contacted Martin, and by the serial number this is a 2002 model.
Jack, I can put it on lay away for you... :D Truck funds are about gone so it's going to be a while. I appreciate the offer. |
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Location: Cincinnati | Originally posted by Capo Guy:
Jim,
Does it have a pickup in it? No, but you can put it in my pickup. :p |
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Location: South of most, North of few | SOLD, to non other than our own Blues Sailor!! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Way to go Brad....nice get! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Best part is, no shipping. Brad's coming down to pick it up first of the month. Maybe I'll get to do another cookout! |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Congrats to both seller and getter! |
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Location: ms | I never thought i`d say this but i can`t believe you sold that guitar. You love that guitar. Don`t call me crying about how much you miss that guitar. Wait thats me that calls you crying about guitars i want back. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Congrats to both of you! |
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Location: Seoul, Korea | Congrats Blues Sailor! You should really thank my wife for getting this guitar. Had she not bought me a D-18 just a few weeks ago, I would have been the first one to bid on this magnificent guitar. Instead I will join Gulfcoast and Trader Jim on the crying list. Enjoy! |
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Location: Cincinnati | Congratulations, Brad.
Jim, I think you sold it now because you knew I didn't have the money to buy it. :p
Simon, how do you like the D-18? |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Well, the timing is really bad with respect to the financial end due to a new job and a move and all the expenses involved, but this kind of opportunity doesn't come along everyday. I've had major GAS for this critter ever since I first laid eyes on it, but had given up hope that TJ would ever let it go. Not even a month ago he told me that it would be the last one to leave. (or was it the CEO, I think it changed as the evening went on). I'd never buy a Martin without playing it first because they vary so much within a model, so there was another incentive to take the plunge.
Weaser, I know I gave you the hard luck story when we traded on the UTE. All I can say is that I am weak. Also, if things get real tight, I know there is a market for the Martin. Jim, you would of course have first dibs, but I don't see this one going anywhere anytime soon.
I'm looking forward to bringing this one home.
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Blues - No explanation necessary. Enjoy your new acquisition. I'm enjoying mine more and more every day so I've no issues. |
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Location: ms | I have not played a 17 but i have a 15. About the same guitar less binding and gloss. All i can say is i would love to have one but i`m bonding with my Taylor right now. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Actually, the 17 has a different bracing than the 15 besides the gloss finish and binding. I always thought they were the same till I read a post at the UMGF about them. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | If I WERE in the market to buy a Martin, that would have been the one.
Congrats also! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | So....TJ....wanna sell the CEO? |
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Location: Seoul, Korea | Beggin, you asked and you will be given.
Jack: I have not seen the D-18 yet until my wife flies back early next week. I am counting days. |
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Location: Cincinnati | Originally posted by STK:
Beggin, you asked and you will be given.
Jack: I have not seen the D-18 yet until my wife flies back early next week. I am counting days. Beggin, I've been contacted a couple of times by a person considering selling his CEO, but he can't make up his mind. If you really want one I'll let you know if he contacts me again. I was trying to find one for Simon since I pulled a Jack on him.
Simon, let us know when you get it and what you think. I love the sound of a mahogany dread. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Simon, I wasn't sure if you were saying that you were counting the days until your wife gets back or until your D-18 gets there. Since you got me in trouble with my wife, I thought I should ask you to clarify your reference to yours. |
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Location: Cincinnati | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Simon, I wasn't sure if you were saying that you were counting the days until your wife gets back or until your D-18 gets there. Since you got me in trouble with my wife, I thought I should ask you to clarify your reference to yours. Simon is no fool. He won't say anything until the D-18 is in hand. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Beggin:
So....TJ....wanna sell the CEO? It's on the way to you, Jimbo... :D |
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Location: Cincinnati | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Originally posted by Beggin:
So....TJ....wanna sell the CEO? It's on the way to you, Jimbo... :D |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I'm beginning to think so. I swore I would never sell that guitar, as you well know Jack, but Beggin called me while I was driving home last night, and talked me out of it before I got home. Actually, I didn't sell it, I gave it away for the price I told him. I must be getting old.... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Hell hath no fury as an old Trader scorned! :p
Thank you TJ!!!!
Now.....what to sell to pay for the CEO?
Maybe the u681t (UTE) or possibly the 1685-5 12 stringer....hmmmmm |
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Location: Seoul, Korea | Mark: Payback time for the trouble I caused you? But Jack is right. My wife is unique, so it makes the D-18 second. (Or am I saying this to cover my bases just in case she reads this posting?)
TJ: Sorry to hijack this thread. And please do save a guitar for me when I travel to USA next summer. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Simon, there's always more around... ;) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Simon, we have it pretty good, don't we? Hope that you can stop my way next year, but I am totally aware that Boise isn't really on the way for most people. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I am totally aware that Boise isn't really on the way for most people. I've been looking at a map, and darned if I can figure out what, if anything, Boise is on the way to...
...other than Twin Falls, of course... |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Originally posted by rpguitar:
A fantastic guitar! I have a 000-15S, which is the same except for satin finish and no binding. Anyone wanting to hear a 12 fret all-mahogany slothead sound can listen here (right channel, opposite the vocals, which are not me):
Good luck with this sale. These are fabulous guitars. They ring and ring, and are very delicately responsive.
Congrats to both Jim and Bluesailor for his new beauty...
and congrats to Roger for his playing ability.
The Mp3 is a cover or is an original from you ?
Whatever it is....Bravo :) |
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Location: Seoul, Korea | Mark, Boise is far out! With my expensive hobbies, I may not afford to send my son to private college in the U.S. next year. Will try to find out if I can send him to Idaho State at Boise. Then I will have no choice but to see you, your guitars and your car. That would be lovely! Not sure what my son will think, though. He is the one playing Kotadawg's FD-14 for the moment.
Marenostrum, we joined OFC around the same time but you have contributed a lot more. I was at the westerly end of Mare Nostrum (Barcelona, Spain) a few weeks ago looking for a guitar without any luck. |
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Location: Cincinnati | Simon, Spain is a long way to fly to look for a guitar. It would would have been much cheaper to send me. Keep that in mind next time you want to check one out. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Simon, we've housed Korean foreign exchange students before and we could do it again, but Idaho State is in Pocatello, not Boise. Boise State is the home of the famous blue turf. I'm surprised you didn't know about the best college football game ever, when Boise beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl a couple years ago.
Wabbit is right. Boise isn't really on the way to anywhere except Boise.
By the way, I got up early this morning and picked up the Patriot. When I last played it a couple weeks ago, it had a fret buzz on the high E. This morning it played really smooth. An hour passed quickly and I decided I better get ready to go to work. |
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Location: WNC-God's Country | Congrads to Beggin Jim...I hope your legs grow together !! |
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Location: New Jersey, USA | and congrats to Roger for his playing ability.
The Mp3 is a cover or is an original from you ?
Whatever it is....Bravo :) Grazie. It's an original called "Nova Scotia" by my friend Gary Power, who hails from... Nova Scotia! He is the guy singing and playing a Taylor on the other channel.
Here's another track from the same session with my 000-15S.
Congrats to the folks who made the deal on the 000-17S. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by War Eagle:
Congrads to Beggin Jim...I hope your legs grow together !! :eek: ;) :p |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Now, THAT"S funny... |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | After talking TJ out of his Martin CEO-5 on Wednesday afternoon, it arrived today (talk about service!) and it's a beautiful model and has a great sound. This is my first non-O purchase in over 30 years.
I have a u681t (UTE). It is the same setup, 12 fret to the body / slothead / 1 3/4" neck at the nut, as the Martin CEO-5. I will do a side by side comparison of the two tomorrow. Do I need two similar guitars?
Here's a pic I stole from Trader Jim's Photo's (kinda like I stole the Martin ;) :D ).
Many thanks again Jimbo!!!! |
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Location: ms | TJ can get a guitar to you before the ink can dry on the ck. |
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