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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

How Martin supersized the Dreadnought for a Custom Shop acoustic that’s louder, more dynamic and “hits you in the chest”
By Jamie Dickson published
If you can’t make the world’s most influential acoustic better, you can always make it bigger. Scott Sasser and Tim Teel of Martin explain the design of the awesome Super Dreadnought

The birth and evolution of the Martin D-18 Dreadnought – the archetypical acoustic guitar
By Rod Brakes published
A true workhorse of the Martin line, this iconic guitar is a zenith of flat-top design

That time a priceless 145-year-old Martin acoustic was smashed on the set of a Quentin Tarantino film
By Matt Owen published
A mix-up on set meant that Kurt Russell ended up destroying an 1870s parlor guitar on loan direct from the Martin Museum while filming The Hateful Eight – but the story doesn't end there
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