1992 Martin D-16H Natural, Excellent, Original Hard, $1,549.00
Used but not abused. Serial number puts it in the last 5 guitars made in '92, so a VERY early example (as it';s introduction was in 1993, and next to number on inside it has a "93" - Here are a few "comments" lifted from the web. MORE photos and details SOON -- ---- The tops on these were specially selected for the "bear claw" features in the grain. The other woods look like superior selections as well. These have many pre-war features, such as scalloped bracing, and the wider x-bracing with the intersection 1" from the sound hole. These early ones (1988-1993) have a true dovetail neck joint, and the traditional x-brace. (In the later D16s, they use a bolted neck joint, and the hybrid "A" frame bracing.) Rosewood peghead overlay, old style stencil logo, cloth x-brace intersection reinforcement, rosewood bridge and fingerboard, Slimline neck profile, Ebony tuner buttons from the factory, simple dot position markers (NOT THIS ONE, SEE PICS), one piece neck, herringbone rosette and backstrip, and tortise binding. 1 11/16" nut, and truss rod to adjust neck relief. ------------------------------------------------------------
These, are one of the better kept secrets out there. They were experimental models, used at guitar shows to demonstrate and test the market for reintroduction of several prewar features. These were the closest thing to a pre-war D18 available at the time, and except for the slimline neck, are very similar to a D18V, but with a little better selection of woods. It was these guitars that turned Martin onto the desire for the older sound in a Mohagany dread. Note that there has never been an HD-18, well this was it, but with added pre-war features that even the HD28 did not have.
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