martin?
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Doc_J
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Looks like an early Style 3. Some time after 1922 and before 1935?
Here is a nice Martin history link that may help.
http://www.geocities.com/~ukulele/martin.html
Does it have bar frets?
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They stopped putting that diamond up there very early on. I would think that it is not later than 1925. Late teens - 1923 would make sense to me. The squared bridge makes me think it is in the earlier part of that time frame. You only see that on the early ones. The striped nut, the "bowtie", and the tuners put it in that general time frame as well.
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Yes, a very nice early Martin. Also, quite a desirable and valuable ukulele! You are lucky to find such a gem. Indeed, a style 3, solid Mahogany.
Are you going to play it?
Are you going to play it?
TheOnlyUkeThatMatters
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Martin! Wow, great find. Wipe the dust off and string her up. She'll sing.
strumsilly
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If you decide not to keep it, offer it up for sale here. I know there a lot of members who would love to get their hands on this [ my precious] . I know I would. I read that this is the model Tiny Tim played!
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yes I think it does have bar frets plays and sounds good though
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I just put strings on sounds very good
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BIGDB
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Im never gonna sell this cause they just gave to me so I don't think they would be happy if I did and it sound to good even with a crack
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Wish I had that lucky to found a style 3 in my garage!!
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BIGDB
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I'm very relieved to find out that Martin put that diamond On though
Thanks for all the advice
Thanks for all the advice
Gorgeous! Like finding a Rolls Royce in a barn!!
Martin also used the diamond logo on the Ditson heads. Martin built the Ditson ukes (my favorite) for Ditson, and although they are rare, this shape diamond was on the upper models. (Like your gorgeous Martin...)
Congratulations, what a great and special day!
Martin also used the diamond logo on the Ditson heads. Martin built the Ditson ukes (my favorite) for Ditson, and although they are rare, this shape diamond was on the upper models. (Like your gorgeous Martin...)
Congratulations, what a great and special day!
Glad you aren't selling it; you'd feel haunted everytime you thought about it. How wonderful that she gets to sing again after so many years of silence. Granma gets to play again thru you.
UKISOCIETY
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and I say ZOINKS!!!
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BIGDB
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I'm gonna be playin it all the time
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There is like one magor crack and two little ones but other than that it's very good condition even with the cracks it still sounds amazing
Does anyone know the price it could go for?
Does anyone know the price it could go for?
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TCK
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Cracks can be easily repaired I think, and old Martins, while the market is fickle, fetch a lot of money (the only reason I have mine still- I would have hawked it in college for beer if I had not realized that very fact). Hard to say without the seeing the cracks and without seeing what it would do, but I have seen them in the asking range from 1K to 3K. Shoot- I found a style 2 a few weeks back in PERFECT condition- guy wants 5k and would not let me play it (it is in an antique store), he wouldn't play it...and I left feeling he was a little crazy, but who knows- he may get it on sentiment.
Heck of a garage find there mate- I kept mine for 20 years before I learned to play it...please don;t do that- lot of joy in the little buggers.
Heck of a garage find there mate- I kept mine for 20 years before I learned to play it...please don;t do that- lot of joy in the little buggers.
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Congrats I wish my relatives game me a 3M martin too....darn...you know 3 years ago they would have been about 700.00, now prices have skyrocketed it to over 1200 even with the cracks...
happy strummings... yes clean it and polish it... some martin M600 strings from elderly music would be great.....
happy strummings... yes clean it and polish it... some martin M600 strings from elderly music would be great.....
Chris Tarman
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That's a great find! From what I understand, they didn't put the "kite" on the headstock after 1922 or '23. As for the cracks, they should be a pretty simple repair for a good luthier, and well worth the cost. I just had three cracks repaired in the back of my Style 3. One was pretty big, and the other two were small. The crack repairs and an action adjustment cost me $150. You definitely don't want the cracks to get worse, and stabilizing/repairing them is pretty straightforward and won't affect the value (it will actually make it MORE valuable than having open cracks!).
I wish I had relatives who had played ukulele (or ANY instrument, really) that I could inherit and keep in the family. At least I can pass mine on to my niece and/or nephews one day.
I wish I had relatives who had played ukulele (or ANY instrument, really) that I could inherit and keep in the family. At least I can pass mine on to my niece and/or nephews one day.
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