Description
Martin OM-40 Rory Block 2004 – Mint
#35 of #38 Made
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Est 1985
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In Store – in Mint Condition! Fab sounding Martin with super low action and still plenty of saddle. It’s a winner…
Info from Sweetwater.
One of the most highly regarded blues musicians of her generation, Rory Block knows the road well. As a teenager, her travels took her to meet many of blues’ founding fathers. As a performer, she played as many as 250 shows a year during the late 1970s and early 1980s, recording 22 albums and receiving four W.C. Handy Awards. Block’s personal preferences are reflected in the guitar’s premium tonewoods and in its appointments. The top of beautiful Engelmann spruce is delicately matched to Sitka spruce top braces for effortless response and impressive dynamic range. Bold herringbone top and blue paua pearl rosette inlay shine brilliantly against the amber of the vintage toner on the top. The back and sides are handsome East Indian rosewood.
Features:
- CONSTRUCTION: Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint
- BODY SIZE: 000-14 Fret
- TOP: Solid Engelmann Spruce
- ROSETTE: Style 45
- TOP BRACING PATTERN: OM
- TOP BRACES: Scalloped 1/4”
- BACK MATERIAL: Solid East Indian Rosewood
- BACK PURFLING: Style 45
- SIDE MATERIAL: Solid East Indian Rosewood
- ENDPIECE: Grained Ivoroid
- ENDPIECE INLAY: Black/White Boltaron
- BINDING: Grained Ivoroid
- TOP INLAY STYLE: Bold Herringbone
- BACK INLAY: B/W Boltaron
- NECK MATERIAL: Genuine Mahogany
- NECK SHAPE: Modified V
- HEADSTOCK: Solid/Diamond/Tapered
- HEADPLATE: Solid Black Ebony /Antique Car In M.O.P.
- HEELCAP: Grained Ivoroid
- FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Solid Black Ebony
- SCALE LENGTH: 25.4″
- # OF FRETS CLEAR: 14
- # OF FRETS TOTAL: 20
- FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1 3/4”
- FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2 1/4”
- FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: Highway Signs Design, Rory Block Signature In M.O.P.
- FINGERBOARD BINDING: Grained Ivoroid/Mitered
- FINISH BACK & SIDES: Polished Gloss/ Dark Filler
- FINISH TOP: Polished Gloss w/ Vintage Toner
- FINISH NECK: Semi Gloss/ Dark Mahogany Stain/ Dark Filler/ Polished Headplate
- BRIDGE MATERIAL: Solid Black Ebony
- BRIDGE STYLE: Belly
- BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2 1/4”
- SADDLE: 16” Radius/Compensated/Bone
- TUNING MACHINES: Waverly Nickel w/ Butterbean Knobs
- RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Martin SP 4200 Medium Phosphor Bronze
- BRIDGE & END PINS: Ebony w/ Abalone Pearl Dots
- PICKGUARD: I-03 Tortoise Color/Beveled and Polished
- CASE: 533 Geib Style
- INTERIOR LABEL: Paper Label Signed By CFM IV & Rory Block, Numbered In Sequence
