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This Martin Baritone 12-string J12SO model Pete Seeger Custom Artist Series Limited Edition guitar is the COOLEST new guitar that I’ve seen in years!!! I first saw it this past January at the NAMM show in Anahime, CA and ordered it on the spot. Then as I walked around the NAMM show, the thought of the guitar was freaking me out so I had to go back to check it out again. When I went back to look at the guitar a guy was playing it that turned out to be none other than Peter Tork of the Monkees! How cool is that! I found out that Martin was only making 120 of these killer guitars so I immediately ordered another. Well after waiting almost 5 months we finally got these cool guitars in. And they sound, play and look amazing!! Below is a Martin press release on this groovy guitar as well as all the factory specs. The guitars mark the 60th anniversary of Sing Out!, the magazine, songbook publisher and syndicator of traditional music radio shows that Seeger helped found in 1950. To mark this milestone, no more than 120 of these guitars are being built, signed by both Seeger and Martin Chairman and CEO Christian Frederick (Chris) Martin IV. For more than 70 years, Seeger has embraced and championed traditional American music, as a member of the Almanac Singers in the 1940s, the Weavers in the 1950s and recently, as a solo artist. The 6-String JSO and 12-String J12SO are inspired by Seeger’s personal 12-string guitars, the first two of which were custom built by Liverpool luthier and engineer G. Stanley Francis; with later, evolved versions crafted by Connecticut luthier Bruce A. Taylor. The JSO and J12SO models have Martin’s Grand Jumbo body style, built of solid woods. The top is built of Sitka spruce, East Indian rosewood on the back and sides, a genuine mahogany neck with unadorned black ebony fingerboard, and a polished East Indian rosewood headplate. The headplate includes the familiar gold C. F. Martin & Co. logo, as well as a banjo sketch drawn by Seeger and a replica of his signature inlaid in mother of pearl. The unique and distinctive triangular sound hole is surrounded by a black/white/black/white fine line rosette, and the top of the sound hole is encircled by bold herringbone purfling and grained ivoroid binding. Both models are finished with a polished gloss lacquer finishes, with aging toner on the tops to enhance their vintage style and are protected in Vintage Series Geib-style™ hardshell cases. Each of the limited edition (120) custom guitars will be numbered in sequence with the edition’s total number produced
MODEL J12SO Sing Out 60th Pete Seeger CONSTRUCTION: Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint BODY SIZE: Grand J-14 Fret TOP: Solid Sitka Spruce ROSETTE: Single Ring TOP BRACING PATTERN: Standard ”X”, Progressively Scalloped Tone Bars TOP BRACES: Solid Sitka Spruce 5/16” BACK MATERIAL: Solid East Indian Rosewood BACK PURFLING: HD Zig Zag SIDE MATERIAL: Solid East Indian Rosewood ENDPIECE: Grained Ivoroid ENDPIECE INLAY: Black/White Boltaron BINDING: Grained Ivoroid TOP INLAY STYLE: Bold Herringbone SIDE INLAY: none BACK INLAY: Black/White Boltaron NECK MATERIAL: Genuine Mahogany NECK SHAPE: Modified Low Oval NUT MATERIAL: Bone HEADSTOCK: Solid/Diamond/Square Taper HEADPLATE: Solid Black Ebony HEELCAP: Grained Ivoroid FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Solid Black Ebony SCALE LENGTH: 27.5” # OF FRETS CLEAR: 15 # OF FRETS TOTAL: 21 FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1-3/4” FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2-1/4” FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: none FINGERBOARD BINDING: none FINISH BACK & SIDES: Polished Gloss FINISH TOP: Polished Gloss w/ Aging Toner FINISH NECK: Satin BRIDGE MATERIAL: Solid Black Ebony BRIDGE STYLE: Stauffer Style Pyramid BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2-1/4” SADDLE: 16” Radius/Compensated/Bone TUNING MACHINES: Grover Chrome Enclosed w/ Small Button RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Special 12-String Baritone Set – .034w C, .070w C, .023w F, .047w F, .016 A#, .034w A#, .011 D#, .026w D#, .018w G, .018w G, .013 C, .012 C (Low to High) BRIDGE & END PINS: Ebony w/ Paua Pearl Dot PICKGUARD: Black – 2 pc. set CASE: 593XL Geib style INTERIOR LABEL: Sing Out Label signed by Pete Seeger and CFM IV ELECTRONICS: Optional OTHER OPTIONS: Not available in left-hand model Image may be NSFW.
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