![]() Playing for Billy Martin is like playing for your father-in-law. Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father. I have a hard time believing your friend.Tom I can only go by what CF Martin IV says, and what every CEO of Martin has always stated, and consistently stuck with over the years. Your friend likely has a stolen guitar, and covered it with this story! Since I couldn't have personally watched every non-complient guitar ever turned out by Martin being destroyed.I couldn't confirm this myself. SG Series All Solid Standard SE All Solid 18-35 Standard SE All Solid 40-45 1 Series 15 Series Basses Classic Guitars Crossroad Series. Any guitar that doesn't pass quality control is either fixed so it does pass, or it is destroyed and never leaves the factory. ![]() Not to dealers, not to employees, not to anybody, not in the past, not now, not ever. There are other numbers on the other side of the logoa as well. It's made in Korea and serial number is DT12-4. I'm finding other similar ones but nothing on this. Įmployee guitars (built in the factory by an employee for himself) have not been allowed for a number of years (I don't know how many years). I just purchased a 12 string Sigma guitar and can't seem to find any info. This Korean built DM-1 is an excellent guitar offering very good resonance and projection and a deep, full, rich. However, a friend of mine will dispute this. Originally conceived and marketed by Martin as their 'entry level' acoustics, these overseas-built guitars by Sigma are incredible values with a real high 'bang-for-the-buck' quotient. Martin claims to not sell second quality guitars. Perhaps someone did convince them to leave the model number or in haste it was missed. My friend talked the cashier into leaving the Martin label on the headstock but he couldn't convince them to leave any numbers inside the guitar. Some people (probably dealers) were buying many guitars. The serial and model numbers were neatly woodburned off and the headstock labels were removed by a soft brush on a spinning wheel. There were many Martin guitars there (he never mentioned a number) and they were all factory seconds and cheap! If I remember correctly, he bought a new D-18 for a hundred bucks! However, these guitars had no warranty and the serial numbers, model numbers, and headstock labels were removed at the time of purchase. He says that about 20 years ago he went to a super sale at the old factory. ![]() However, a friend of mine will dispute this. Interesting post! I may have another explanation for the lack of a serial number.
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