NEVILLE’S ADVOCATE
Quite a few years back I traded three guitars – one Martin and two very nice Höfners – for another Martin, a used D-28 1937 Authentic. Guitar Village in Farnham had two from this illustrious range: a D-18 and the D-28 that I finally settled upon. The idea of the Authentic series is that the guitars are recreations of actual instruments that Martin has in its possession. Because they can’t use Brazilian rosewood, my D-28 is beautifully figured Madagasan, the nearest thing available
