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Martin Custom K1 Major Kealakai Acoustic Guitar - Natural
Martin Custom K1 Major Kealakai Acoustic Guitar - Natural
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Hawaiian musician Major Kealakai, and his custom Martin guitar, helped shape the course of music history. Kealakai was a guitarist and conductor of the Royal Hawaiian Band, and in 1916, Martin made him a unique custom guitar that was wider, deeper, and longer than a 000 to provide more volume and help fill concert halls. That one-off guitar was the precursor to the iconic Dreadnought. Now, Martin is honoring that historic milestone with a new take on his custom 12-fret guitar with a refreshed bridge design to better complement the traditional specifications, as if the company continued to produce it well past 1916. The Custom K-1 Major Kealakai features vintage gloss sinker mahagony back and sides, an Adirondack spruce VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) top, hide glue construction, authentic 1931 X bracing, and a modern, embellished ebony pyramid belly bridge. It blends tradition and innovation, paying tribute to the rich heritage of Martin.
Serial Number: 2695334
Weight: 3.6 lbs
Specs
Top
- Top Color: Clear
- Bridge Style: Modern Stauffer Pyamid - Drop in Saddle
- Binding: Madagascar Rosewood
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/16"
- Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
- Bridge Material: Ebony
- Top Detail: None
- Bridge Pin Material: Ebony
- Pickguard: None
- Bridge Pin Dots: Abalone
- Pickguard Inlay: None
- Saddle: Compensated Bone
- Rosette: Multi-Stripe
- Saddle Radius: 16"
Body
- Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
- Back and Sides Color: Light Mahogany
- Brace Size: 5/16"
- Back Detail: None
- Back Purfling/Strip: None
- Back Inlay Material: None
- Heelcap: None
- Side Detail: None
- Endpiece: Madagascar Rosewood
- Side Inlay Material: None
- Endpiece Inlay: None
Neck
- Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss
- Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 5/16"
- Neck Color: Light Mahogany
- Fingerboard Inlay Style: 18 Old Style Authentic 1931
- Number of Frets Total: 19
- Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
- Neck Joins Body At: 12th Fret
- Fingerboard Binding Material: None
- Side Dots: Grained Ivoroid
Headstock
- Headstock Shape: Slotted with Round Slots, 1931 Taper and Diamond
- Tuning Machines: Golden Age Relic Nickel Side Mount
- Headplate Material: Madagascar Rosewood
- Knob: Cream
- Headplate Logo Style: Stamped on Back of Headstock
- Nut Material: Bone
- Headplate Binding Material: None
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