Used (2007) This guitar is truly a one of a kind! Made in the Martin custom shop back in 2007 for the summer NAMM show. We won the right to purchase this guitar through a lottery system at the Martin booth.
This D-45 features custom inlays from artist and Martin in-house inlay specialist (2007-2009) Tracy Cox. His challenge was to create an ornate commemorative work of art using the back of this guitar as his canvas. The decision was made to represent all generations of the Martin family by creating a portrait of each on the back of the instrument, using solely wood inlays. His first step was to procure photos of the seven Martins, after which he made sketches of each, using the photos as his model. He then began the process of cutting hundreds of pieces of wood to form the facial features, hair, eyes, glasses and more for each portrait. The woods used include Mahogany, Rosewood, Myrtle, Maple, Ebony and Koa. The painstaking process of carving each piece and the receiving cavity on the back took over 50 hours. Each piece had to be cataloged, trial fit, then carefully glued into place. Tracy cut all of the pieces and pockets they were glued into, by hand! Now is your chance to own this spectacular piece of Martin history!
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*Photos shown are of the actual guitar for sale.