`Rique's Acoustic Guitars

Martin M-38

The word guitar comes from the Arabic word guit, meaning four, and the Sanskrit tar, meaning string. The modern guitar is an instrument that evolved from earlier instruments having four (or four pairs of) strings. The origins of the word indicate the north African and middle eastern origins of this family of stringed instruments. If you would like to know more about the history of guitars, check out " Acoustic Guitars and Other Fretted Instruments: A Photographic History" by George Gruhn and Walter Carter This book traces the origins of the guitar back into pre-history and documents every important stage in the development of the modern instrument. The 320 pages of the book include hundreds of beautiful color photographs, not only of guitars but also of mandolins, banjos and other related instruments. `Rique is always interested to gather additional information about these instruments and their manufacturers, and is eager to correspond with other collectors. Please forward your comments/questions.

The acoustic instruments are:

Maker	Model	Serial	Description
Alvarez	5009	67560(label) 910154(neck block)	Spruce top (too thick), rosewood back & sides, mahogany neck. Two serial numbers.
Giannini	GWNER (requinto)	dated 11/93 (no serial)	1/2 size classical, mahogany back and sides, cedar neck, laminated spruce top, made in Brazil
Gibson	Blue Ridge	951085	Acoustic dreadnaught (1968)
Godin	Acousti Caster	95-215041F	Semi-solid acoustic-electric version of a Telecaster, turquoise finish on maple body, rosewood fretboard on bolt-on maple neck, 3-band EQ
Godin	Acousti Classical	19438	Semi-solid acoustic-electric classical; clear finish over spruce top, (routed) mahogany back. bolt-on mahogany neck, slotted headstock
Guild	S4CE-NT	KK001940	Routed mahogany body acoustic electric, spruce top, mahogany neck 2-band EQ. Officially, (according to Guild) no S4CEs were produced the year that this guitar left the factory(1993). The serial number was officially issued for a Songbird.
Martin	000-1	558765	Auditorium size, laminated mahogany sides, otherwise style 18 appointments
Martin	D-28	539452	Hey, it's a D-28, the standard of steel-string Dreadnaughts. God Bless C.F.M.
Martin	M-38	556692	Spruce top, rosewood sides and back with a mahogany neck and bound ebony fretboard in Martin's Grand Auditorium size.
Ramirez	R1	98-4279	Classical guitar with solid cedar top, mahogany back and sides. From one of the greatest builders of classical guitars.
Sigma	SE-18	92 121 200	Acoustic-electric, clear lacquer over red stain on solid mahogany top, back, sides, and neck. Rosewood fretboard. Abalone rosette and peghead logo.
Suzuki	R45	810827	3/4 size classical, rosewood back and sides, spruce top, mahogany neck
Yamaha	CG-150CCA	40 2192 53	Single-cutaway acoustic-electric classical, cedar top. Yamaha classicals are exceptional value in low price range.