Martin D-19
Overview
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- acoustic guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1976 to 1988
Production of the Martin D-19 began in 1976 and ended in 1988. The Martin D-19 was essentially a D-18 but with a dark brown stained top - from a distance it looks like a mahogany top but it's actually spruce. The other differences between the D-18 and D-19 were that the D-19 had a style 28 rosette, style 21 top purfling and an additional white/black purfling on the back.
Specifications (18)
General
| Finish colors | brown finish |
| Made in | USA |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Body
| Body back material | mahogany body back |
| Body sides material | mahogany body sides |
| Body top material | spruce body top |
| Pickguard material | black pickguard |
| Soundhole | round soundhole |
Neck
| Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
| Neck joint | set neck |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | veneer headstock |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
| Bridge pins | white with black dot pins |
| Bridge | rosewood bridge |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
Prices (12)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | $650 | excellent | ||
| 1982 | $1200 | good | ||
| 2017 | $1200 | good | " | Some are lighter than others. This one is darker. More chocolate. Gorgeous tone. |
| 2018 | $400.00 | good | Bill | |
| 2017 | $1300 | good | ||
| 1980 | $500 | new | ||
| 2012 | $1200 | good | Taylor | 1977 model |
| 1979 | $799 | excellent | ||
| 1978 | $1000 | new | ||
| 1977 | $400 | new | Dale | sounded great when I bought it in 1977 but now it sounds fantastic due to 44 years of playing it. |
| 1984 | $50 | good | ||
| 1984 | $50 | good | David | This was a swap, primarily. I was in a band in college briefly with a guy who had the D-19, but wanted an electric. He told me that when he played it, he would imagine the distortion ... so I had to liberate it. I offered to swap it for this cheap no-name Sears electric guitar I had. He hesitated, so I said "how about I throw in 50 bucks?" and he went for it. The poor guy. I saw him a couple of years later and he said he had been kicking himself ever since he did that. It's a beauty. |
Reviews (1)
MARTIN D-19 reviewed by Anonymous
Anonymous
Ordered one in 1979. Got a letter from Mike Longworth asking where I'd ordered it. Reason being I'd specified Grovers and the Martins then all came with Schallers. So I finally got it. Grovers. And a top from a D-45. Martin. Longworth. No Words.
