The Martin 0-28 was an early guitar coming out of the American workshops of Fredric Martin. One can see the influence of the of the Viennese school in it’s size and shape. And it would of been a familiar pattern to him when he worked at the Stauffer factory before his emigration to America.
She’s in the spray booth & looking gorgeous
This sweet little Martin ‘0’ is now in the spray booth
And looking gorgeous
The neck and Cuban heel taking shape
The back braces have a 16 foot/ 5m radius to facilitate later doming of the back
The bookmarked rosewood back has now been grafted and braced
The braces are now scalloped
The lower asymmetric braces provide extra stiffness to the treble side of the guitar ensuring a more brilliant response to the higher tonal frequencies
First the square braces are tapered
The position of the X-bracing was moved forward, on most Martin guitars in 1955 into what is known as the forward shifted position but in order to maintain the authentic sound of this guitar it will remains in it’s original position.
Lindsay Mckay 