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I didn't know which "forum" to put this in, so here it is.
I've recently became a Martin guitar owner and have now become fascinated with them- guess I'm a martinophile-
Mine isn't a high end, (00015m, all mahogany body) made in Nazaeth, Pa., but it was more than I've spent on my others (I just gave away two to a vets organization that didn't equal the cost of the Martin)- I have 8 others, all less than the Martin, but I am wanting a 00017 which is on back order and Martin doesn't have a clue when they'll catch up.
I'm going to post some videos- building guitar is labor intensive- even the mass produced ones made elsewhere. There is a lot of work just keeping up in mass production, but, the cnc machines do most of the intricate stuff- as an example of intricate in the video of the factory tour it shows installing/laying in the abalone body binding- one piece at a time- each piece looks to be about 2 inches long- around the top of the body time consuming- at Martin (even their Mexico plant where they build strings and laminate guitars) the employees have been with them for years-
I've recently became a Martin guitar owner and have now become fascinated with them- guess I'm a martinophile-
Mine isn't a high end, (00015m, all mahogany body) made in Nazaeth, Pa., but it was more than I've spent on my others (I just gave away two to a vets organization that didn't equal the cost of the Martin)- I have 8 others, all less than the Martin, but I am wanting a 00017 which is on back order and Martin doesn't have a clue when they'll catch up.
I'm going to post some videos- building guitar is labor intensive- even the mass produced ones made elsewhere. There is a lot of work just keeping up in mass production, but, the cnc machines do most of the intricate stuff- as an example of intricate in the video of the factory tour it shows installing/laying in the abalone body binding- one piece at a time- each piece looks to be about 2 inches long- around the top of the body time consuming- at Martin (even their Mexico plant where they build strings and laminate guitars) the employees have been with them for years-