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Now in Stock:  Martin OM-45 DLX Authentic style.

Custom features/Upgrades/Remarks:  Custom made.

Martin OM-45 Deluxe Adirondack and Madagascar with T-bar and Hide Glue. Based on the 1930's Martin OM-45 Deluxe of wich only 14 of these instruments were originally made in the 1930's and it was the most expensive flat-top back then.  In 1998, an additional 14 OM-45 Deluxe guitars were made, called "Limited Edition OM-45 Deluxe Golden Era." The reissue guitars were exact look-a-likes of the origial series, but in contrary to the original not equipped with the much appreciated hide glue and T-bar as it wasn't available at the time. "Our" OM-45 deluxe is equipped with these prewar 'Authentic series' features. 

This faithful-to-original OM-45 Deluxe features a mastergrade (grade 8) Adirondack spruce soundboard with Adirondack braces, Premium & hand selected Madagasar Rosewood known to be the closest thing and accourding to many- equal in tone-quality to Brazilian rosewood, Mahogany neck, ivoroid bound ebony fingerboard with style 45 snowflake inlays, ebony bridge with snowflake inlays, abalone leaf inlaid tortoise color "teardrop" pickguard, gold waverly tuners, Abalone style 45 trim around Soundboard, fingerboard extension, side-inlays and back-inlays, old style 45 mosaic back inlay centre-strip and of course the very rare T-Bar neck construction and Full hide glue package similar to the way the pre-war Martin guitars were constructed. A Odd feature perhaps is the C Shape neck profile, by many preferred to the Vintage V style. It's combined to 44.5mm (1 3/4") widht at the nut, 645mm (25.4") scale length and 60 mm (2 3/8") stringspacing at the bridge. It's safe to say this guitar is one of the rarest and most luxurious and probably best sounding OM models in the world. This guitar is made with only one thing in mind, trying to recreate one of the most impressive Martin guitars ever made.

A 45 style is never like a 28 with 'glitters' but a guitar of a total different order, made with the best woods available at the Martin Plant, and made by the best hands available. This guitar was proudly personally handed over to the original owner by Dick Boak and Carmen Cortez. Officially a total of 32 OM-45 Deluxe guitars were produced over the last say 80 years, maybe a handfull custom shop guitars, but i doubt if a technical more pre-war accurate OM-45 Deluxe reissue has ever been produced before. This instrument lists these days at around $30,000. (equal in €, once imported) If it werent's for some weather checkin in the thin skin Nitrocellulose finish the guitar would be near mint condition, it shows almost no play-wear but has been pre-owned and some superficial playwear can be found.  Comes with original case.

Including: Martin Geib case, 1 year TFOA used item guarantee. 

Condition Key: EC/NM conditoin.