I'm cleaning out a long closed Western Ma. luthier shop's inventory and will be selling a lifetime collection of mostly vintage musical instruments and parts. Today I have a well worn 1958 C.F. Martin 0-15 Serial number 164795 ( 1958 according to Longworth ) The guitar has its original waverly open back tuners, and Brazilian fingerboard with small dots , and bridge plate . It has good action ,and sounds good to me. There is plenty of saddle. What I see most . Is of course the touch up around the neck heel.The neck has obviously been reset at some point. This was a top notch shop and I do not believe that this was done here. So the repair is at least 15 years old most likely more. The next is the repaired area on the lower bout of the back. . The pickguard is original tortoise. The bridge is Brazilian with a through saddle. It is down tight , but is probably a replacement. The pins are very old and look right. The nut is bone and most of the pictures of these have black nuts, so I'm guessing replacement The cracks were / are tight. and this guitar had not been humidified before two weeks ago when it was found. So the cracks are truly tight ! The frets are low but playable right now . This would benefit from a dressing. When we found this . It did not have strings . We put Daddario 12's on it , but other than that we did nothing. There are no internal rattles or loose braces. This has been in storage for a minimum of 15 years. So expect to have a professional set up at the very least. The case is a chipboard with red lining and is much heavier than what we get today. ( It may be original.) PLEASE look at all 12 pics and ask any and all questions. This is sold " AS IS' No returns. Shipping will be FED EX $90 fully insured in the lower 48 ( I can't help this ! )
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