Martin D-45 SS Stephen Stills
Overview
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- acoustic guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1998
The Martin Stephen Stills Signature D-45 was made as a very limited edition around 1998/1999 as was their most expensive model at the time. The Martin D-45 SS was based on Stephen Stills' own 1939 Martin D-45. Fingerboard inlays were snowlake or optional hexagonal with Stephen Stills Signature inlaid between 17th & 20th Frets. The tortoiseshell pickguard had a Southern Cross star constellation inlay.
Specifications (21)
General
| Binding | abalone binding |
| Made in | USA |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 25.4 inches scale-length |
Body
| Body back material | Brazilian rosewood body back |
| Body sides material | rosewood body sides |
| Body style | D-45 style |
| Body top material | Alpine spruce body top |
| Pickguard material | tortoiseshell pickguard |
| Soundhole | round soundhole |
Neck
| Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
| Neck joint | set neck |
| Neck material | mahogany neck |
| Neck profile | V shaped neck |
| Neck width | 1.75 inches wide at nut |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
| Bridge | ebony bridge |
| Tuners | Waverly tuners |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | ebony fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | hexagon fingerboard position markers, snowflake fingerboard position markers |
