This is an auditorium size acoustic guitar with laminated mahogany sides, a solid mahogany back and solid spruce top. The neck is one-piece mahogany with a rosewood fretboard.

The Martin Guitar Company is the world's oldest guitar manufacturer and has been a family controlled business since 1833. It is said that the modern steel-string acoustic guitar is more a creation of this single company than of any other. To learn more about the history of the Martin Guitar Company and the many models that they have produced, in a short, lively and colorful book, check out The Martin Book by Walter Carter.

Although this short (just over 100 pages) book is not as authoritative as Longworth's Martin & Co., it is an effortless introduction to the history of Martin guitars and is full of color photographs of the most beautiful Martin models. The back of the book contains some very useful reference material for guitar collectors, including a complete identification guide.