C. F. Martin 0-15 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1940), made in Nazareth, PA, natural lacquer finish, mahogany body and neck, brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, black tolex soft shell case.
A very clean and great-playing prewar Martin 0-15. This guitar was built during the very brief period when Martin experimented with tortoise shell plastic peghead overlays, quite a rare feature. This small mahogany guitar has a very loud, authoritative voice, and sounds great finger or flat-picked. While this was the least expensive Martin guitar in 1940, listing for $25.00, it still is built to the highest Martin standard of quality. The 0-15 is a fully professional-sounding guitar, and these are among the last bargains to be had in scallop-braced pre-WWII Martin flat tops.
Overall length is 38 9/16 in. (97.9 cm.), 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.).
Very nice and completely original, including bridgepins and endpin. Some corrosion to the tuner plates, several short repaired back cracks, and some pickwear into the finish around the soundhole and fingerboard; otherwise a pretty clean guitar. Recent neckset and setup; sounds and plays very well. Excellent Condition.
