Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 1973, C.F. Martin & Co., Inc. (Martin family) controlled the Martin name. Its one line on record was built at Martin 510 Sycamore Street (USA).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
A Martin guitar from 1973 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Martin you have. The name dates from 1833[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 140 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin USA (Nazareth) | C.F. Martin & Co., Inc. (Martin family) | — | Martin 510 Sycamore Street Nazareth, PA, USA[8] | 1964–now | community[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
Nothing changed in 1973. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Martin from 1973 is the same version as one from 1972.
Martin 510 Sycamore Street. See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:
Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.
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