Martin O-16 NY
1962 Martin 0-16 NY
Wonderful Original Condition
1962 Martin 0-16 NY
Superb condition. This is a clean guitar.
There are barely any visible marks on the guitar
No pick scratches or belt buckle rash.
What few dings there are I will show you in the photos below. There are a couple of capo marks on the outside edge of the fingerboard. Hey, it\'s the folk tradition.
Virtually no fretware except a minor dent at the 1st fret on the b string.
Most importantly this guitar is crisp and bright and quite loud for a small guitar.
The neck is straight and has recently been reset. The action is correct and faults slightly to the high side but there is plenty of saddle to bring the action into whatever your desired range is.
This model was Martin\'s first attempt (or any guitar companies) at a vintage reissue model. When Martin released this guitar they were trying to do a remake of their early 1920\'s small bodied slotted headstock guitars. Hence they used the NY in the model number because Martin was originally located in New York City. Martin left New York in the 1850\'s so this is sort of a misnomer. This guitar is really like the Martins of the 1920\'s not the ones from the 1860 but that was the thinking behind the \"NY\". This model was famously played by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull in the late 60\'s and early 70\'s
These guitars have a matte finish on the body. The back of the neck is glossy.
Nice Brazilian Rosewood overlay. This will make shipping the guitar overseas an issue. This photo was taken outside so the color is a little different.
Yes, those are two little dings. They are pretty small. There are a couple of tiny things on the guitar like this.
Where there are NO pick marks on the guitar there are a couple of little marks on the top. These are almost unquestionably made by someone\'s fingernail, probably a pinky nail, when they anchored their right hand on the top of the guitar. Classic folky finger-style technique. You may also notice that the bridge pins are 28 style bridge pins not 18s. In other-words they are white pegs with a black dot. I have five of the original six black pegs. They are in a baggy and I show them to you later in the description. PS. That\'s a cool rosewood bridge with the light wood in the center of it. I was talking to one of my vintage Gurus and he said Martin had a run of bridges like that in that year. Lastly, you get a feel for the satin finish in this photo.
More detail in a different light. Like I said, I\'ll bet dollars to donuts that was someone\'s pinky nail.
I didn\'t do a great job with this photo but the neck is straight.
You can see that it\'s almost fret-ware on the C note but not really.
This is further up the neck. No ware at all.
As I said you can see capo marks at the first second and 5th frets.
The treble side is clean
Think this photo shows the satin finish nicely.
The neck is glossy. Almost the opposite of how many of them are made today. A lot of the new Martins have a gloss top and satin neck.
There is this ding on the back.
The little chip in the binding is nothing but I noticed so I photographed it.
The guitar dates from the middle of \'62.
As I said, the one bit of work is that the guitar had a neck reset. There is residue of melted glue from when it got steamed apart. I was unhappy with this but the reset is good and the neck angle is correct. It was redone with hide glue as is proper for this guitar.
This is the endpin. That\'s the correct color scheme. Black with white dot.
Here are the matching pins. Again I wasn\'t there but I\'ll bet that the original owner broke a string and then was watching when the original pin fell out.
More than un-fancy original chipboard case. This guitar deserves a new case. I might be able to set you up with one. We can talk about that if you buy the guitar.
The case has seen better days.
Lastly, because guitars look good when they are being used, here\'s an old photo of Ian Anderson showing us that this little folk guitar is great if you really want to rock out.
I have taken great care to try to show you all the details on the guitar. If you still have questions please feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them.
There is a three day return period on the instrument. I have gone through great pains to give you all the ins and outs of this guitar. If it is other than described I will take it back.
If you buy it and then when you get it you decided that you wanted a Les Paul, that\'s not a reason for a return.
NO INTERNATIONAL RETURNS.
Return shipping must be paid by the buyer.
Buyer pays the shipping. Because of the bits of rosewood there may be issues with sending this guitar overseas.
will NOT handle it. Contact me if you want to buy this guitar and are out of the country. I will not be responsible for problems with customs or CITES.
We are located approximately 20 minutes north of NYC in Westchester County.
Buyers within New York State are subject to a 7-3/8% sales tax.
You are purchasing this object from Post Road Gallery, Larchmont, NY. Established 195
Martin O-16 NY
1962 Martin 0-16 NY
Wonderful Original Condition
1962 Martin 0-16 NY
Superb condition. This is a clean guitar.
There are barely any visible marks on the guitar
No pick scratches or belt buckle rash.
What few dings there are I will show you in the photos below. There are a couple of capo marks on the outside edge of the fingerboard. Hey, it\'s the folk tradition.
Virtually no fretware except a minor dent at the 1st fret on the b string.
Most importantly this guitar is crisp and bright and quite loud for a small guitar.
The neck is straight and has recently been reset. The action is correct and faults slightly to the high side but there is plenty of saddle to bring the action into whatever your desired range is.
This model was Martin\'s first attempt (or any guitar companies) at a vintage reissue model. When Martin released this guitar they were trying to do a remake of their early 1920\'s small bodied slotted headstock guitars. Hence they used the NY in the model number because Martin was originally located in New York City. Martin left New York in the 1850\'s so this is sort of a misnomer. This guitar is really like the Martins of the 1920\'s not the ones from the 1860 but that was the thinking behind the \"NY\". This model was famously played by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull in the late 60\'s and early 70\'s
These guitars have a matte finish on the body. The back of the neck is glossy.
Nice Brazilian Rosewood overlay. This will make shipping the guitar overseas an issue. This photo was taken outside so the color is a little different.
Yes, those are two little dings. They are pretty small. There are a couple of tiny things on the guitar like this.
Where there are NO pick marks on the guitar there are a couple of little marks on the top. These are almost unquestionably made by someone\'s fingernail, probably a pinky nail, when they anchored their right hand on the top of the guitar. Classic folky finger-style technique. You may also notice that the bridge pins are 28 style bridge pins not 18s. In other-words they are white pegs with a black dot. I have five of the original six black pegs. They are in a baggy and I show them to you later in the description. PS. That\'s a cool rosewood bridge with the light wood in the center of it. I was talking to one of my vintage Gurus and he said Martin had a run of bridges like that in that year. Lastly, you get a feel for the satin finish in this photo.
More detail in a different light. Like I said, I\'ll bet dollars to donuts that was someone\'s pinky nail.
I didn\'t do a great job with this photo but the neck is straight.
You can see that it\'s almost fret-ware on the C note but not really.
This is further up the neck. No ware at all.
As I said you can see capo marks at the first second and 5th frets.
The treble side is clean
Think this photo shows the satin finish nicely.
The neck is glossy. Almost the opposite of how many of them are made today. A lot of the new Martins have a gloss top and satin neck.
There is this ding on the back.
The little chip in the binding is nothing but I noticed so I photographed it.
The guitar dates from the middle of \'62.
As I said, the one bit of work is that the guitar had a neck reset. There is residue of melted glue from when it got steamed apart. I was unhappy with this but the reset is good and the neck angle is correct. It was redone with hide glue as is proper for this guitar.
This is the endpin. That\'s the correct color scheme. Black with white dot.
Here are the matching pins. Again I wasn\'t there but I\'ll bet that the original owner broke a string and then was watching when the original pin fell out.
More than un-fancy original chipboard case. This guitar deserves a new case. I might be able to set you up with one. We can talk about that if you buy the guitar.
The case has seen better days.
Lastly, because guitars look good when they are being used, here\'s an old photo of Ian Anderson showing us that this little folk guitar is great if you really want to rock out.
I have taken great care to try to show you all the details on the guitar. If you still have questions please feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them.
There is a three day return period on the instrument. I have gone through great pains to give you all the ins and outs of this guitar. If it is other than described I will take it back.
If you buy it and then when you get it you decided that you wanted a Les Paul, that\'s not a reason for a return.
NO INTERNATIONAL RETURNS.
Return shipping must be paid by the buyer.
Buyer pays the shipping. Because of the bits of rosewood there may be issues with sending this guitar overseas.
will NOT handle it. Contact me if you want to buy this guitar and are out of the country. I will not be responsible for problems with customs or CITES.
We are located approximately 20 minutes north of NYC in Westchester County.
Buyers within New York State are subject to a 7-3/8% sales tax.
You are purchasing this object from Post Road Gallery, Larchmont, NY. Established 195
