Martin Guitars
For more than a century and a half, the Martin Guitar Company has continuously produced acoustic instruments considered among the best in the world.
The story behind one of America’s most famous guitars began on January 31, 1796, in Markneukirchen with the birth of Christian Frederick Martin, Sr. Born into a long line of master carpenters, Christian Frederick took up the family craft early. At the age of 15, he left his hometown and traveled to Vienna to apprentice with Johann Stauffer, a renowned guitar maker.
This was the beginning of a legend.
Martin & Co. – A Family Business
C. F. Martin & Co. has been family-owned and operated since the first guitar left Christian Frederick Martin’s workbench in 1833. Six generations of the Martin family have guided the company through countless changes in the world and in music. Each generation has passed down the most important things to the next: dedication to craftsmanship, working with care and patience, maintaining the highest quality standards, thinking long-term, and protecting the environment. It’s about preserving tradition while keeping up with the times. When you purchase one of our instruments, you’ll understand why it is so important that Martin has remained a family business for so long.
Martin Guitars – Innovation for Centuries
Founder C. F. Martin Sr. invented the X-bracing system in the mid-19th century to strengthen a guitar’s body and produce a fuller tone – a technique still widely used today. His design experiments shaped the form and sound of the American flat-top acoustic guitar as we know it. Decades later, Frank Henry Martin produced the Dreadnought, arguably the most important and influential guitar body ever built. C. F. Martin IV broke new ground with the X-Series and the revolutionary SC-13E. Balancing tradition and innovation is just one of the many things Martin does exceptionally well – and it will continue to do so.
Handcraft Matters at Martin Guitars
There’s a corner in Pennsylvania where timeless guitar-making techniques never go out of style.
Where tradition rules and is respected. Where handcraft still matters. Only when artisans perform honest work with care and patience, without shortcuts, can guitars with astonishing sound be created. Handcrafted guitars are something special; they have a unique soul that can be heard in the music they produce. Every handcrafted Martin is a
statement against a mass-produced, disposable, speed-obsessed world. See, hear, and enjoy the difference.
These Legends Played a Martin Guitar:
Clarence White, Elizabeth Cotton, Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry, Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Judy Collins, The Kingston Trio, Lester Flatt, Merle Travis, Roy Rogers, Muddy Waters, and many more.
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