C.F. MARTIN & COMPANY, NAZARETH, 2001, AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR, DC-28E, PRE-PRODUCTION PROTOTYPE

C.F. MARTIN & COMPANY, NAZARETH, 2001
AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR, DC-28E, PRE-PRODUCTION PROTOTYPE
Branded internally C.F. Martin & CO. / NAZARETH.PA / MADE IN U.S.A. and, DC-28E / 776188, the headstock bearing the logo C.F. Martin & Co / EST. 1833, with original hardshell case bearing a label inscribed MARTIN DG28E #1 CUTAWAY #776188 2x MIC'S 2x P/U'S; accompanied by a commercial invoice and shipping order from Dick Boak, the original sales invoice, air waybill and facsimile export declaration from C.F. Martin & Co., addressed to David Gilmore [sic] Music Ltd. and variously dated from 12th September to 29th October 2001, together with a sales invoice from HHB Communications Ltd. for a Sony Electret microphone, dated 5th December 2001, and a handwritten note on Astoria headed notepaper regarding the set-up of the guitar
Length of back 20 in. (50.8 cm.)

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Saleroom Notice
The on board electronics for amplification is inoperative. The mounting mechanism for the magnetic pickup is damaged. There is a repaired crack due to wood shrinkage extending 3 inches up from the bottom edge near the center seam.