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“I was expecting to toss it into the pile of unsuccessful builds from the 1960s guitar boom. Boy howdy, was I wrong!” Meet the Martin GT‑75 Moth – the iconic acoustic company’s 1967 semi-hollow electric experiment
By Jamie Dickson published
An electric guitar from the venerable acoustic brand is a rare thing indeed, but then this was the ‘60s, Bob Dylan had just taken up a Stratocaster, and the times they were a-changing
“It’s a holy grail guitar”: Jason Momoa just bought the first Martin D-28 acoustic ever made
By Matt Owen published
The Hollywood star and bass aficiando just expanded his enviable guitar collection with his most historically significant six-string yet
Martin and John Mayer celebrate 20 years of signature models by, quite literally, putting the silver in silverburst
By Matt Parker published
The storied acoustic luthier is celebrating with two models: one of them is scarily expensive, the other is just regularly expensive...
Guitar Center honors Eric Clapton with 25th Anniversary Crossroads Collection – a selection of guitars inspired by the most iconic instruments throughout his career
By Matt Owen published
Ahead of this year's Crossroads Guitar Festival, an assortment of limited-edition Fender, Martin and PRS models have been unveiled – watch Slowhand get hands-on with his new signatures
“They didn’t know they were making the greatest guitars in the history of the world”: This super-rare Martin OM-45 Deluxe from 1930 is insured for $1,000,000
By Matt Owen published
Only nine are believed to currently exist following an initial run of as many as 14. As collector Matt Swanson notes, “These are the Stradivari of guitar collecting”
Freddie Mercury’s Martin D-35, reportedly used to write and record Crazy Little Thing Called Love, is going up for auction
By Jackson Maxwell published
The guitar will go under the hammer as part of a much larger Sotheby's auction of the late Queen frontman's private collection of art and music-related memorabilia
Martin Shawn Mendes 000JR-10E review
By Rob Laing published
Shawn Mendes's signature 000 Junior foregrounds sustainability but also offers a tone that's bold and ready for open mic night
NAMM 2023: Martin unveils cutaway, Fishman-equipped StreetMaster model and its first-ever downsized Jr acoustic basses
By Jackson Maxwell, Matt Parker published
The acoustic giant unveils a raft of “slightly smaller” guitars and basses
NAMM 2023: Martin's CEO 10 – the first guitar designed by CEO Thomas Ripsam – headlines lavish limited-edition acoustic drop
By Matt Owen published
A five-figure Bitcoin guitar, three instruments hand-painted by Robert Goetzl and an acoustic that doubles as a “call to action on climate change” also feature on Martin's latest special edition collection
NAMM 2023: Martin debuts spotlight-stealing StreetLegend series, recreating historic models from the brand’s museum
By Matt Owen published
Check out the new series, plus a wealth of D-18s and D-28s in new Satin, Amberburst and Authentic finishes – all on the way from the acoustic giant this year
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