More study of my MARTIN D-45(1968 and 1983)
1968 D-45 | 1983 D-45 | Best replica made in JPN | 1961 D-18 | 2005 D-18CTM(1938Reis.) | |
backbrace #1 | added very small woodpiece is not repaired but factory set up |
just same as 1968 |
no woodpiece | ||
between #1 and #2 | 10 slits 1 crack-protector (cloth) -> means above #1 woodpiece |
10 slits |
same as 1968D-45 |
same as 1968D-45 | 10 slits |
backbrace #3 and #4 | square(little round) low |
round low |
same as 1983D-45 |
same as 1968 D-18 | High=NewType |
bridge plate | small rosewood mustbe brazillian |
small maple |
large rosewood maybe bzl. |
small maple=1983D-45 |
small maple=1961D-18 |
body size | larger than 1983 | smaller than 1968 | |||
center inside | 19mm width |||||||grain|||||||| |
18mm width invisible grain |
19mm=same as 1968D-45 |
19mm=same as 1968D-45 | 17mm width |
C.F.MARTIN&Co NAZARETH.PA. MADEI N U.S.A. |
font slim you can see |||grain||||| |
font fat and may be bigger than 1968 |
resemble design |
2pieces!, clear font |
no MADE IN U.S.A |
connection L and ( | 1968~68,each D-45 has each pattern , maybe cause of each builder |
lower as a whole |
same as 1983D-45 |
no abalone(^^; | no abalone(^^; |
crack protector | all are clothes edges begin to be separated |
clothes and woods |
same as 1968D-45 |
same as 1968D-45 | same as 1968D-45 |
end block | added center [] plate |
no plate |
same as 1983D-45 |
[]=same as 1968D-45 |
no plate=1983 |
model No.font | font slim |
font fat |
GOLD PLATE ! |
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soundhole puf.ring | connect with abalone =cut off upper of circle |
separate or independent =perfect circle |
same as 1983D-45 |
no abalone(^^; | no abalone(^^; |
soundhole size | larger than 1983 | smaller than 1968 |
under construction (^^;)