1965 Martin D-12-35 PICTURES NOW!!!!!!!
I have been offered a D-35 12 string to buy from a friend.What would be a fair price for it and are these very highly thought of as good guitars?The ser# is 206xxx which would make it at the end of...
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The original top on this one was European spruce which can look like Adirondack (as opposed to Sitka) but as was mentioned, Adirondack was not used in the 60's.
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Mike,I have seen quite a few D size guitars from the 60's with European (Alpine) spruce tops.In the middle years they tend to be style 35 (top of the line at the time) and then 41's or 45's by '68 and...
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Quote:quite a few D size guitars from the 60's with European (Alpine) spruce topsThe only one I have ever seen was one of the very early D-45 re-issues with BRW back/sides. I have never seen a D-28,...
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I've had a 1965 D-12-35 (other than the one mentioned here) that had a German (Alpine spruce top). I believe SK has now or has recently had in his shop a 60's D-35 with an alpine top......they're out...
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True market test:I just sold my 1980 D-12-35 for $1,400 cash. I've always wondered why the Brazilians didn't push easily over the $2000-$2200 mark. Some do, some don't.GREAT slope-shouldered guitar.
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Well thanks for all the great info and replies on the D-12-35!I bought it yesterday.It does have a few problems the biggest is it does need a neckset and the wear spot behind the pickguard.The good...
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CONGRATULATIONS!! Great looking guitar, the figuring in the center on the back almost looks like a pair of wings. Get the neck reset on that pup and you're good to go. You'll have to let us know how...
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Thanks,Mike Your post is one of the reasons I bought it!The center piece in the back kind of looks like the sun coming up between two mesas!
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We call that "landscape" figure.....the rarest and most fantastic looking of all the Brazilian rosewood grain patterns.Lovely!
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VERY nice example.... without doubt one of the nicest 12-strings Martin ever made. Beautiful BRW, and I concur... sitka top. AndyD-42 Custom 12-FretOM-42 Custom 'burst/adi00-42 style UMGF #37...
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>I also thought all Martins above the 18 series had a neck voluteThe 35 series does not.Except for the cooler tortoise colored pick guard, yours looks pretty much like my '67. Get the neck re-set...
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I'm kind of amazed that nobody provides replacements for these. Martin alone made thousands of guitars that would now greatly benifit from replacements.
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Quote:True market test:I just sold my 1980 D-12-35 for $1,400 cash. I've always wondered why the Brazilians didn't push easily over the $2000-$2200 mark. Some do, some don't.Sonic, big difference...
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Quote:In addition, I am very concious of keeping those old Waverly tuners in good shape, knowing that they are made of "unobtainium".Mike, I wondered what they were made of!I saved the tuners from the...
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The biggest difference in the 60's as opposed to the later 12'sis that the bracing changed. Up until 1968 or so (maybe '69...) there were three parallel tone bars behind the bridge plate (which...
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Quote:........in my opinion the earlier version (though not as stable) sounds better. Would it be mellower, smoother, punchier, more volume? Combo of all?
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A magnificent triptych in Rosewood..."baby's got back!" Oh yeah!!
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