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Original Post By:
fleaflicker
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Date: 5/5/2016 11:02:53 AM
(Updated: 5/5/2016 11:07:44 AM)
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Just acquired at the proverbial garage sale a Martin style 0 in magnificent condition except the ebony nut is missing. With the headstock decal, the Nazareth,Pa. stamp and t-frets and especially the Kluson 566 Keystone tuners, I am estimating the vintage to be 1946-1956. Would some of you "Martin Experts" out there share the info on nut width, nut height and string spacing?
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Posted By:
J Boy Shyne
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Date: 5/8/2016 10:17:51 AM
(Updated: 5/8/2016 10:19:26 AM)
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| If you don't know what you're doing, which you probably don't because you had to ask, I suggest bringing it to someone who does and have them make and fit a proper nut. I live outside of NYC, my guy Rinaldo (Pastore Music, Union City) would do it for $25. It is a USA made Martin, ya know and not some cheap mass produced Indonesian instrument.
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Posted By:
fleaflicker
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Date: 5/8/2016 10:31:26 AM |
| Thanks JBoy, sound advise
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Posted By:
J Boy Shyne
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Date: 5/8/2016 1:08:17 PM
(Updated: 5/8/2016 1:31:03 PM)
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| Flea, to help you find the date, look through vintage Martin catalogs at http://acousticmusic.org/research/history/catalogs/#Martin There are other catalogs out there in cyberland, you'll have to google a bit to find them. If you post pics, others made be able to pinpoint the date.
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Posted By:
J Boy Shyne
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Date: 5/13/2016 9:10:50 AM |
| Incidentally, I once paid $25 at a garage sale for a 1941 Martin mandolin. It was an amazing axe with curved top and back. Throughout the years, I also got some great deals at pawn stores. The Martin mandolin, however, was The bargain, the best I ever had. What did your Martin uke cost you?
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Posted By:
fleaflicker
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Date: 5/13/2016 10:02:35 AM |
| It's almost embarrassing to say less than $10
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Posted By:
J Boy Shyne
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Date: 5/15/2016 2:31:25 PM |
| That's not embarrassing. That's GREAT. Back when I was a kid, old instruments always sold for cheap. It was only when my generation starting getting money and power that old instruments sold for ridiculous amounts of money. Back in the '20s, Martin ukes went for $11 (Gibsons went for $10). Anyway, if your uke is from the '40s (did you figure it out yet?), then it's some 70 years old, used and beat up and should probably only go for $4 or $5.
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