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Thread #152510 Message #3567314
Posted By: Will Fly
16-Oct-13 - 03:47 AM
Thread Name: 'Inventing the American Guitar' - Martin
Subject: RE: 'Inventing the American Guitar' - Martin
"Because of our history, customers don't want wild and crazy from us," Chris Martin said. "Any change tends to be incremental".
That's an interesting statement. Here's part of the spec for my Martin XC1T electro-acoustic, bought new in 2006:
Model: XC1T Ellipse Construction: Mortise/Tenon Neck Joint Body Size: 000-14 Fret Cutaway Top: Solid Sitka Spruce Rosette: East Indian Rosewood, Maple & Koa Pattern Top Bracing Pattern: A-Frame ''X'' Top Braces: Solid Spruce 5/16'' Back Material: Tawny Satinwood HPL Textured Finish Back Purfling: none Side Material: Tawny Satinwood HPL Textured Finish Endpiece: none Endpiece Inlay: none Binding: none Top Inlay Style: none Side Inlay: none Back Inlay: none Neck Material: Natural Stratabond (birch veneers) Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval Nut Material: Black Corian Headstock: Solid/Square Taper Headplate: Tawny Satinwood Pattern HPL Heelcap: none Fingerboard Material: Richlite Scale Length: 25.4'' Number of Frets Clear: 14 Number of Frets Total: 20 Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1-11/16'' Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret:2-1/8'' Fingerboard Position Inlays: none Fingerboard Binding: none Finish Back & Sides: none Finish Top: Hand Rubbed Finish Finish Neck: none Bridge Material: Richlite Bridge Style: Belly Bridge String Spacing: 2-1/8'' Saddle: 16'' Radius/Compensated/Black Tusq Tuning Machines: Black enclosed Recommended Strings: Martin SP Lifespan Phosphor Bronze Light Gauge (MSP7100) Bridge & End Pins: Black w/ Abalone Pearl Dots Pickguard: none Case: 330 Interior Label: Paper Label Designed By Cyndi Fritz With WAM Group Approval Electronics: Fishman Ellipse Matrix Blend