Vintage Guitars Info Martin collecting vintage martin guitars. Contact the vintage guitar info guy. Back to Table of Contents. General Martin Specs. Serial Number and SizeStyle Number Stamps. IMG_0016.JPG' alt='Vega Guitars Serial Numbers' title='Vega Guitars Serial Numbers' />Oct 1. All Martin f hole arch tops have the serial and model number on the. Some letter suffixes clarify styles. B Brazilian Rosewood. BK Black finish. FMG Figured Mahogany. G Gut string classical. GE Golden Era. GM Grand Marquis. H Hawaiian style. LGG-GUI-for-Web-1.jpg' alt='Vega Guitars Serial Numbers' title='Vega Guitars Serial Numbers' />Coordinates. Gibson Brands, Inc. Gibson Guitar Corp. American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and consumer and professional. The AMD Vega 64 and Vega 56 are an attempt to lure people away from the 600 Nvidia 1080 with cheaper options that start to approximate its performance. K Koa wood back sides. Build Yagi Antenna Wifi Diy. K2 Koa wood back, sides and top. LE limited edition. M Mahogany of if a J prefix is used, Jumbo M body size. MB Maple Binding. MP Morado back and sides and low profile neck. N Non low profile neck when low profile necks were standard. P Plectrum pre WWII, low profile neck 1. Fishman Prefix pickup. Q Old style non adjustable truss rod neck 1. R Rosewood back and sides. S special order pre WWII or 1. SE signature edition. SW Special Wurlitzer. V vintage specs. The Martin name stamped in the back of a. Martin. This model had no peghead decaldeclaring it was a Martin, so this stamp sufficedon the back of the peghead. Daemon Tools Ultra 2 Rapidshare. Martin Stamps, Peghead Logos, Labels. Older 1. 80. 0s Martins are a challange to date since they dont have. Martins. A New York stamp does not immediately suggest that the Martin guitar. To accurately date pre 1. Martins you must be familiar. Most useful though is the stamp, but you can only. INSIDE of the body on its center backstrip visible through the. And even then you can only date to a period and not. For example if it says on the center back strip. C. F. Martin, New York, then the guitar is pre 1. If it says. C. F. Martin Co., New York, it is between 1. Note 1. 86. 0 1. Martins have a date year of manufacture. Check with a mirror, looking just below the. Paper label Christian Frederick Martin or C. F. Martin. 1. 83. Aimbot Hack For Minecraft on this page. Some with paper label Martin Schatz. Some with paper label C. F. Martin and Bruno. Martin manufacturing moved from New York to Nazareth PA. Some with paper label Martin Coupa. Stamp C. F. Martin, New York on inside backstrip. Stamp C. F. Martin Co., New York on incide center backstrip. Date often written in pencil on the bottom side of the top. IMG_5276.jpg' alt='Vega Guitars Serial Numbers' title='Vega Guitars Serial Numbers' />Stamp C. F. Martin Co., Narareth Pa on back of peghead center backstrip. Martin makes guitars for Wurlitzer. Some lack Martin. Late 1. 93. 1 CF Martin Co, Est. NO black. border around letters the silkscreening process was a single gold color. This appeared on. OM 1. 8 and OM 2. Martin decals, replacing the gold silkscreened logo. Nearly all Martin models had a Martin peghead decal. Mid 1. 93. 4 CF Martin Co, Est. Silkscreen logo no longer used. Mid 1. 93. 5 Stamp C. F. Martin Co, Narareth Pa on back of peghead no longer used. The back peghead stamp was discontinued between serial number 5. Interestingly the neck block stamping with model serial numbers started between Oct. Oct. 1. 5th, 1. 93. Some style 1. 5 and style 1. Martin logo. Seen mostly in 1. This celluloid peghead veneer is the same as the. Mid 1. 93. 5 1. 96. Stamp C. F. Martin Co, Narareth Pa on center backstrip only, as seen through. MADE IN U. S. A. designation added on the center backstrip. This appears to have. Mid 1. 96. 0s the bar across the F in CF Martin on the peghead decal changes. Martin 0 1. 7 peghead with a silkscreened logo. Martin 0. 0 1. 8 peghead with a decal logo. Martin 0 1. 5 celluloid peghead veneer with a decal logo. Note the lack of tuner ferrels because of war time metal shortages. Tops Style 1. 8 and higher. Martin experimented with Sitka spruce tops on some guitars. Adirondack red. spruce was the standard top material. Note this is not a for sure rule. Adirondack red spruce 1. Adi Red Spruce or Sitka. Sitka spruce darker than Adirondack. The change to Sitka happened. D models first in very early 1. It took Martin a little while to use. Adirondack red spruce, hence the change to Sitka. This is also the reason multiple piece Adi red spruce. Adirondack red spruce. In 1. 95. 2 or 1. Martin bought a large supply of Engelmann. Though Martin. preferred Adirondack Red Spruce, it was no longer available after the mid 1. Martin would. have liked to switch from Sitka to Engelmann because he felt that. Engelmann was closer to Adi Red Spruce than Sitka was. He could not however. Engelmann commercially, so they went back to Sitka. Present some with Engelman spruce. Split Diamond style inlays as usedon pre 1. Rosewood Back and Sides Style 2. Brazilian rosewood ended with serial 2. Brazilian rosewood instead of the more traditional and. Indian rosewood. First Indian Rosewood model was a D 2. Note even though the cut off for Brazilian rosewood was. D 4. 5 and D 4. Brazilian rosewood bodies. For example 2. 54. Martin with Indian rosewood D2. D1. 2 4. 5 with Indian rosewood. D 4. 1 model with Indian Rosewood. D 4. 5 model with Indian Rosewood. Occasionally and rare Brazilian rosewood shows on on random models in 1. For example 2. 65. D 2. 8 models. Also some D 3. Brazilian rosewood center wedge in the back. Brazilian rosewood is more figured than the very straight grained Indian rosewood. Also. Brazilian is usually a dark redish brown, where Indian is a light brown. Back removed from a Martin showing the neck block and two top braces. Bracing. 18. 40s to 1. Scalloped X bracing, position of the cross of. X bracing one inch from edge of soundhole, aka forward braced or advanced bracing. Note this is not a for sure rule. Late 1. 93. 8 Scalloped X bracing with rear shifted bracing, where. X moved further than one inch from soundhole exact. D 1. 8 has 1 78 distance. So the X braces were moved about 78 further down. And the tone bars were angled more. These late 1. 93. This gives the. late 1. Martin guitars improved bass response dont. Martins are not as good as. Martins. mid 1. Popscicle bracing on D body sizes. See the above picture for what the popsicle or T 6 or upper transverse graft brace is. The popsicle brace was added to the underside of the top of the guitar, below the fingerboard. The brace was added to help prevent top cracks alongside the fingerboard. Since the first D body size was made in about 1. Martin added the brace by 1. The brace does not appear in pre 1. Martin. D sizes, but transitioned in around 1. D models. Without the popsicle brace, the top is attached only by the strength. With the popsicle brace there is an. Unfortunately. the popsicle brace can deaden the sound of the upper bout area of the soundboard. As people search for why the old Martins sound so good, they examine every. Heres some data on popsicle braces 1. D 1. 8 7. 15. 39 rear shifted X brace, no popsicle brace. D 2. 8 7. 19. 68 rear shifted X brace, no popsicle brace. D 1. 8 7. 26. 18 1 34 neck width, no popsicle brace. D 1. 8 7. 27. 02 1 34 neck width, popsicle brace stamp 2. May 1. 93. 9. All 1. Martins have the popscicle stick brace too. The 1 brace inside near the neck block changes from 51. This happened. at the same time as the popscicle brace addition. The neck block thickness was also reduced by 14. About the same time neck width reduced from 1 34 to 1 1. Late 1. 94. 4 According to Martin, the last scalloped braced Martin in. Though some models have been seen after this number with scalloped braces, and before this number with tapered braces. For example 9. 00.