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51516 1932 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 51516 -1932- Owner: Unknown owner
12-fret neck, slot headstock, longer pick guard, inlays at 5, 7, 9. Refinished

 
53343 1933 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 53343 -1933- Owner: Unknown owner
12-fret neck, new neck

 
55950 1934 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 55950 -1934- Owner: Unknown owner
Courtesy Dave Musselwhite

 

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55951 1934 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 55951 -1934- Owner: Unknown owner
Oversprayed. It is a 14 fret model with bar frets.

 
57704 1934 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 57704 -1934- Owner: Unknown owner
Mint

 
57793 1934 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 57793 -1934- Owner: Unknown owner
Refinished

 
58496 1935 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 58496 -1935- Owner: Unknown owner
Extremely Clean

 
58957 1935 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 58957 -1935- Owner: Unknown owner
Enlarged soundhole, extended non-original fingerboard, no inlays, no decal on peghead, neck shaved top refinished, non-original pick guard.

 
59255 1935 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 59255 -1935- Owner: Unknown owner
Sunburst courtesy Dave Musselwhite

 
59396 1935 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 59396 -1935- Owner: Bdoss
Formerly Pruitts w/ Chubby Anthony

 
61172 1935 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 61172 -1935- Owner: Unknown owner
Block inlays in fingerboard

 
61714 1935 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 61714 -1935- Owner: shadetop
Excellent condition. Non back stamped. Refinish on back of neck, touch up on case bite on top. A couple repaired tight hairlines. Original bridge, pins, guard, machines, case etc. Killer.

 
61720 1935 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 61720 -1935- Owner: spotpony
December'35, no stamp on back of headstock, extremely clean with original case.

 
63296 1936 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 63296 -1936- Owner: Unknown owner
Near Mint Condition

 
63861 1936 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 63861 -1936- Owner: Unknown owner
Neck cut Down

 
63865 1936 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 63865 -1936- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes

 
64490 1936 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 64490 -1936- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes

 
65255 1937 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 65255 -1937- Owner: Unknown owner
Sunburst courtesy Dave Musselwhite

 
65259 1937 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 65259 -1937- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes

 
65709 1937 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 65709 -1937- Owner: shadetop
Shaded top Exceptionally fine condition. Neck set, frets and saddle by Dave Musselwhite. Otherwise 100% original, crack free, no refinishing. Monster guitar.

 
65711 1937 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 65711 -1937- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes

 
65720 1937 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 65720 -1937- Owner: spotpony
Shaded top, repro bridge, neck set, and frets. 100% Original finish.

 
66052 1937 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 66052 -1937- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes

 
66719 1937 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 66719 -1937- Owner: Unknown owner
Refinished

 
68491 1937 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 68491 -1937- Owner: Unknown owner
Mint Condition

 
68703 1937 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 68703 -1937- Owner: Unknown owner
From Aubrey Haynie. This guitar has exceptional tone and volume. It has been named "Bonezilla".

 
68997 1938 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 68997 -1938- Owner: Unknown owner
Mint Condition

 
69222 1938 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 69222 -1938- Owner: Unknown owner
@ Martin For Sale

 
70419 1938 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 70419 -1938- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes

 
70640 1938 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 70640 -1938- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes

 
71113 1938 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 71113 -1938- Owner: Unknown owner
Near Mint. Southern Connection

 
71925 1938 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 71925 -1938- Owner: Unknown owner
@ Music Emp.

 
71974 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 71974 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes

 
72279 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 72279 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
@ Gruhns "Nashvillian" - Herringbone back stripe (not zipper type)

 
72284 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 72284 -1939- Owner: p0014483
Herringbone Back Stripe

 
72831 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 72831 -1939- Owner: 00-45
Foreman's notes indicate guitar was stamped on June 21, 1939. It also had the indication N.N. which was used on the first few guitars with the narrower nut width. It also has CFMartin in the peghead, D-45 style lettering, also original. Many years ago it appears to have been refinished as it's too perfect to be original, original tuners, nut, bridge, saddle and case.

 
72833 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 72833 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
Near Mint Condition

 
72840 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 72840 -1939- Owner: LEE
No Notes Entered.

 
73087 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73087 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
Figured rosewood, Kluson closed individual tuners, neck refinished.

 
73090 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73090 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
Refinished, cracks.

 
73091 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73091 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
73093 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73093 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
Refinished, cracks, non-original pickguard.

 
73290 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73290 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
73294 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73294 -1939- Owner: brianstephens71
"Chief" is currently owned by Brian Stephens of Monroe, Georgia.

 
73403 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73403 -1939- Owner: kubota
Refinished-Original woods, closed back Grover tuners, bridge plate, and bracing. Former owners: Ron Robinson, John Schofield, Wayne Henderson, Jim Ketterman, Bill Taylor. Original owner unknown.

 
73528 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73528 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner

 
73533 -1939- Owner: 39Bone
100% original. Closed back Grover G-98s. Original case, bridge pins, original silk strap and original 1939 Martin Catalog.

 

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73534 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73534 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
Extra Clean, closed tuners.

 
73816 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73816 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
73846 1939 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 73846 -1939- Owner: Unknown owner
New top, body refinished, gold Rotomatic tuners.

 
74103 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 74103 -1940- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
74376 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 74376 -1940- Owner: Unknown owner
Small neck, formerly fitted with pickup, bolt through neck block, "D-18" sound-not much bass response but really cuts.

 
74385 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 74385 -1940- Owner: Unknown owner
Clean, oversprayed

 
74521 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 74521 -1940- Owner: Unknown owner
Several small doweled holes in top.

 
75032 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 75032 -1940- Owner: Unknown owner
Refinished

 
75365 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 75365 -1940- Owner: Bdoss
Refinished, covered tuners.

 
75536 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 75536 -1940- Owner: chimney
In original condition with no restorations. This guitar has been in an attic wrapped in a blanket since 1966 when the original owner passed away. It's in very good condition but has some imperfections in the finish that would be expected for the use it had. It has had a pickup added, unless it came that way. I am the owners son and just aquired this guitar. This guitar was purchased new by my dad. I have a photo of him posing with this guitar in 1944 in his WW2 army uniform, he was aprofessional musician, (Bob Mason and the Western Swingbillies), some promo photos are out there online with this guitar in the photos, pretty cool!

 
75740 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 75740 -1940- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
76292 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 76292 -1940- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
76300 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 76300 -1940- Owner: Unknown owner
New Top.

 
76672 1940 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 76672 -1940- Owner: Unknown owner
Factory believes this to be 1939; first digit is not visible; neck block shows evidence of stamping error; extremely small neck, gold Rotomatics, fingerboard inlaid with owner's name.

 
78639 1941 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 78639 -1941- Owner: Unknown owner

 
78640 1941 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 78640 -1941- Owner: Gene
No Notes Entered.

 
78644 1941 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 78644 -1941- Owner: Unknown owner
Tuners have large (replacement) white plastic buttons; considerable finish wear on top.

 
78843 1941 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 78843 -1941- Owner: Unknown owner
Clean

 
78845 1941 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 78845 -1941- Owner: sadieneale
At the National Music Museum in Vermillion , South Dakota , John R. Barmeyer Collection.

 
78996 1941 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 78996 -1941- Owner: Unknown owner
Clean, repaired cracks.

 
78997 1941 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 78997 -1941- Owner: Unknown owner
Clean.

 
79594 1941 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 79594 -1941- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
79595 1941 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 79595 -1941- Owner: Unknown owner
Reportedly returned to factory for top repair/restorations; Rotomatic tuners.

 
79597 1941 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 79597 -1941- Owner: Unknown owner
Thin neck, not much bass response, has original case. Formerly owned by Butch Robins.

 
80190 1942 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 80190 -1942- Owner: Unknown owner
Very clean, reddish type pickguard.

 
80969 1942 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 80969 -1942- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
80976 1942 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 80976 -1942- Owner: Unknown owner
Clean, strange surface flap type cracks in top.

 
82512 1942 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 82512 -1942- Owner: Unknown owner
Sunburst top, original case.

 
84069 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 84069 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
Original case.

 
84079 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 84079 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
84083 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 84083 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
84630 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 84630 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
Near Mint, thin neck, white buttons on tuners.

 
84860 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 84860 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
@ Gruhns 9/87

 
85086 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 85086 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
Original, great sound.

 
85775 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 85775 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
Sunburst Top

 
85841 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 85841 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
Rough, refinished, bad X grain crack.

 
86010 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 86010 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
86307 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 86307 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
New Top.

 
86308 1943 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 86308 -1943- Owner: Unknown owner
Large (replacement) pickguard, Rotomatic tuners, refinished top, repaired cracks, thin neck.

 
86909 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 86909 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
Refinished, new neck (?)

 
86913 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 86913 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
Mint.

 
86978 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 86978 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
87081 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 87081 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
Replaced tuners, cracks, 8" strip of herringbone replaced.

 
87082 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 87082 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
Cracks, white tuner buttons.

 
87083 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 87083 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
87228 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 87228 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
87418 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 87418 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
Some wear.

 
87422 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 87422 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
Great condition.

 
87423 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 87423 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
87591 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 87591 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
Rough

 
87594 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 87594 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
New fingerboard, no inlay (snow-flake) at 15th fret, several repaired top cracks.

 
88112 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 88112 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
Snowflake inlays, non-scalloped bracing.

 
88775 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 88775 -1944- Owner: jeffcaroljames@satx.rr.com
Refinished by Martin in early 70's. All original other than refin. One repaired center seam. No other cracks.

 
89018 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 89018 -1944- Owner: MarkD
This guitar appears to be one of the first war era D-28s to again have a metal reinforcing rod (T-Bar) in the neck, (rather than war time ebony) and having dot inlays in the fingerboard. Longworths book (88 Edition) states the number of the change from snowflake inlays to dots not known, but that #90021 was known to have dots. Neck reset done in 2005 and the neck had not been off before that and seems to be original. Scalloped bracing, plays and sounds very nice, but the finish in poor condition.

 
89031 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 89031 -1944- Owner: toms@mr.net
This guitar appears to have an original back and sides including neck block with model and serial number. When I bought it many years ago I knew it was not all original. The neck appears to be from the 50's, based on headstock shape and tuners. The herringbone inlay did not look like Martin quality. When I had the neck reset we found that the inlay under the fingerboard was non-herringbone. So I am assuming that this guitar experienced a major accident. In the reparation the top was replaced with non-herringbone and the neck was replaced. Then, sometime later, someone realized that this guitar should have herringbone, and had it added. The guitar plays and sounds fantastic.

 
89544 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 89544 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
89804 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 89804 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
Small dot inlays (original)

 
90021 1944 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 90021 -1944- Owner: Unknown owner
Cracks, dot inlays.

 
90730 1945 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 90730 -1945- Owner: 00-45
All original, no repairs, neck stamped on March 15, 1945. Adirondack, plastic buttons, metal truss rod.

 
90973 1945 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 90973 -1945- Owner: Unknown owner
Refinished, top and side patches, cracks, fingerboard, peghead and soundhole inlaid style 45.

 
91964 1945 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 91964 -1945- Owner: f5journal
Light rosewood, several repaired cracks, scalloped braces, truss rod in neck (peghead), new bridge (incorrect vintage), new fingerboard w/ diamonds.

 

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91989 1945 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 91989 -1945- Owner: Unknown owner
Restored and refinished.

 
93086 1945 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 93086 -1945- Owner: Unknown owner
Same as #96582 - Only back and sides original; white oval sticker on neck block, new top, new neck with torch inlay.

 
93298 1945 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 93298 -1945- Owner: Unknown owner
Dots replaced with diamonds.

 
93301 1945 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 93301 -1945- Owner: Unknown owner
Rough, no cracks, 1 tuner replaced.

 
93303 1945 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 93303 -1945- Owner: Unknown owner
Exceptionally fine! No wear at all, fat neck, top lightly oversprayed.

 
93698 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 93698 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
Plastic tuners, very solid, light rosewood.

 
93702 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 93702 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
Strange herringbone with extra black line, new PG, new top (?)

 
93712 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 93712 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
Rough

 
95058 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 95058 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
95285 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 95285 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
95332 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 95332 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
Large (replacement) pickguard, top has severe finish checking and bellying, light colored rosewood, extra brace at top of neck block, owner's name in fingerboard.

 
96204 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 96204 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
Exceptionally fine, deeply yellowed top, fat neck, body made very slightly lopsided.

 
96247 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 96247 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
Wider body (15 15/16"), will not fit molded case; dark rosewood, slightly figured.

 
96248 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 96248 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
Standard dimensions, refinished, light colored rosewood.

 
96582 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 96582 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
Only back and sides original; white oval sticker on neck block, new top, new neck with torch inlay.

 
97192 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 97192 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
97227 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 97227 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner

 
97807 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 97807 -1946- Owner: Unknown owner
No Notes Entered.

 
97963 1946 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 97963 -1946- Owner: Bdoss
Solid guitar with lots of playwear. Fingerboard and bridge replaced.

 
98446 1947 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 98446 -1947- Owner: Unknown owner
Non-Herringbone; has zipper backstripe but HB trim around body and snowflake inlays in board added.

 
98668 1947 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 98668 -1947- Owner: foolmonti
Non-herringbone binding, but with earlier style zipper backstrip. All original in VG condition.

 
98873 1947 Old Herringbone - Martin Serial 98873 -1947- Owner: Unknown owner
non-Herringbone; zipper bs

 

 
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