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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Interesting slide show on Martin Guitars.
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/travel/20080222_MARTIN_FEATURE...
The article
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/travel/escapes/22guitar.html?e...
How to make a martin
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/02/21/travel/escapes/200802... |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | I have always been under the impression that the "hand made" models are only the high end guitars. The vast majority of them are cookie cutter, mostly machine made instruments but I've never been there so what do I know. Nice slide show though. Too bad it wasn't Rick Hall and a presentation on the Ovation factory. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Al, Tim, Jerome, Tom and I visited the factory last spring. It was an amazing thing to see. It was a blend of old world hand work and cutting edge technology. Quite a place and it just oozes of history. I've got a photo I need to find which captures the old/new in one shot. A workbench with a woman hand scraping the stain off the binding with a razorblade. In back of her is a laser/computer controlled fret leveling machine. The Martin museum alone is worth the trip. Dave |
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Location: North Carolina | Went there in '74 to drop off a D-28 for repair. On the way out as I went through the reception area I saw a bunch of catalogs on the counter, so I picked one up. It wasn't until about a year later that I noticed that the catalog cost a dollar. I owe 'em a buck, but I still have the catalog. Maybe I'll order a tiple. |
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Location: Hollywood, FL | I was born and raised in that area. I lived in Bethlehem, PA and I worked in Allentown. I met the guy who owns the company Martin Guitars. His wife was my customer at the salon. She is a district magistrate in Pennsylvania, her name is Diane Repyneck.I've been living in Florida for about 9 or 10 years now. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Was she a blond, brunette or sunburst? :confused: |
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Location: Hollywood, FL | http://namm.harmony-central.com/SNAMM05/Content/Martin/PR/Claires-G...
ha ha
Brown hair |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Looks like a bleached blond with brown roots! :eek:
Let me guess, the back side is brunette... :D |
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Location: Paris/France | The Martin factory tour was amazing!!!
So many things are hand made.
My pictures of the visit are HERE.
J :) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | 7K?? :eek: |
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Location: Newcastle, UK | :rolleyes: thought this might have been a thread about the band "Nazareth" :D
I'd forgotten all about them till i noticed they were playing a sold out gig over the road the other night...better than they ever were or so the tour manager lady told me ;) |
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Location: Hollywood, FL | Yeah 7k, the kid is probably like 4 years old right now. An heir to a guitar factory. Bet they named her Claire so she can be another CF Martin. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Naming her C makes sense. It'll save money on decals. |
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Just pulled into Nazareth .... for the tour.
