A very clean custom shop instrument! Plays well and sounds great. The M body is much more tonally balanced – and physically smaller – than a dreadnought.
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Serial Number 433038, 1981 production Pricing $1999 with case. SOLD Neck Mahogany neck with bound ebony fingerboard, pearl dot markers. Stiffening rod, not adjustable. Frets 14 narrow frets to the body, 20 in total. Some wear in the low positions. Body Indian rosewood body with spruce top, bound top and back; bound around the neck joint and tailblock. Tortoise pickguard, abalone rosette. Finish Clear lacquer finish in good condition. Hardware/electronics Sealed Martin gears, bone nut and saddle. Playability/Action Plays well
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Round-hole archtops like the Orpheum No.3 appeared during the 20’s and by the mid 1930’s had been almost completely replaced by F-hole archtops or round-hole flat-tops. A round-hole archtop makes an appearance in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup, used by Groucho in a canoe for a variety of purposes.
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Melody makers were a very common ‘entry level’ guitar, but they were good enough to be used professionally; Pat Travers and Joan Jett both used Melody Makers for years. This example is in great shape.
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