Martin Guitars

Martin Guitars - Guitar LTD

The C.F. Martin & Company is by far one of the oldest guitar manufacturers in the world. Martin Guitars are renowned for their supreme quality and with history that goes back to 1833 C.F. Martin & Company is one of the longest continually owned and operated family businesses in America, and the only guitar maker with such a record in the world! Martin guitars employ one of the two traditional techniques to join the neck to the body.

The dovetail joint or the propriety mortise and tenon joinery. These time tested methods totally lock the neck and body, so more vibration and tone can travel throughout the entire body of Martin Guitars. With Martin guitars, you are assured of ease of play as well as full intonation all the way up the neck without any loss of tone.

Martin Guitars sound and feel as great on the seventh fret as they do on the first, and the tone only gets better with time! Martin Guitars often retail for thousands of dollars while Martin vintage instruments usually fetch six figure numbers. As of 2005 Martin guitars come in over 180 different variations.

Special models of Martin Guitars are "scallop braced" by hand, which allows the top to maintain strength, yet vibrate even more and sound louder. Martin Guitars from Guitar LTD, represent supreme quality, time tested construction methods and outstanding tone that only gets better with time.