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Thread #17893 Message #3552571
Posted By: GUEST,Ray
25-Aug-13 - 04:09 AM
Thread Name: The 70s-Bad decade for Guitars-Why?
Subject: RE: The 70s-Bad decade for Guitars-Why?
Anyone wanting to know more about the famous Martin fire, should read Mike Longworth's book "Martin Guitars A History". From memory, he says that yes, there was a fire, when a bench sander overheated but the only damage was to the guitar body being worked on.
I would agree that the 70's were a bad time for the big firms but I would tend to say that quality was inconsistent rather than entirely bad.