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 |