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MARTIN ROAD SERIES 000-10E & D-12E £815 & £1,149

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Aren’t guitars amazing? Rarely are you faced with designs that are still doing the business more than a century later. Okay, the Martin 000 didn’t become a steel-string until the 1920s, but that body style was around for decades before. Sure, the dreadnought wasn’t an official member of the Martin catalogue until 1931. It did, however, first see the light of day in 1916 when Martin produced it as a special order for the Oliver Ditson Company. So, nitpicks aside, these designs have stood the test of time.

Despite their differing body styles, these guitars have some things in common, such

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