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 Post subject: Miniature Martin D-35
PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:23 am 
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This is pretty cool:
http://mmd35.frets.nl/

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:32 am 
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Holy crap. That's awesome. Thanks, Howard.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:34 am 
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Guitars for the "Little People"! :D

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:55 am 
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Too cool pizza


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:57 am 
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Amazing. That truly is a hand-made guitar!

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:01 pm 
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The action at the 14th looks a little high....... :D

Seriously what an extraordinary accomplishment!!!! And the tuners are just over the top cool too. Smoke on the Slow Drip would sound pretty cool on one of these...... :D


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:05 pm 
Very nice. It really is hard to tell how small it is in some of the images... until you look at the size of the pores. wow7-eyes So glad I don't have to fill those bad boys.


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:31 pm 
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I had the pleasure of handling that little guitar last weekend in Nazereth, PA at the MartinFest. It really is truly awesome! I couldn't get over the precision made miniature tuners! Its case is pretty neat too!

Jan, the owner of it, presented it to Dick Boak to put into the Martin factory museum. And this is the photo of Dick setting it up in one of the showcases.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:03 pm 
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It was the tuners that got me.

That was when I sat there, in a shocked trance for half an hour....

What an amazing project!


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:17 am 
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I felt his pain when he said that some bridge pins popped out and were simply *gone*. Boy howdy can I relate to that. Every inlay project has that element in it for me, but I can't imagine working to that small scale. Amazing.
Thanks Howard, cool post!

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:40 am 
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Mark me down for another "Amazing"
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