1935 C.F. Martin F-7 Very rare prewar - Brazilian Rosewood
Specs:
One owner 100% Original No repairs (no cracks, breaks, overspray, etc.) w/original HSC (repainted black) Extensive fretwear on first 5 frets Normal nicks, dings, scrapes (see photos) Adirondack spruce carved top Stunning quartersawn prewar Brazilian Rosewood back and sides
C. F. Martin made very few of their top of the line F-7 and F-9 guitars. Between 1935 and 1942 Martin made a total of 187 F-7s ... 91 alone were made in 1935.
Due to one popular singer in the 70s having converted his F-7 to a flattop, hundreds of others followed suit to the effect that there are very few remaining original intact F-7s left.
The F-7 has the dubious distinction of being rarer, but far less
valuable, than a pre-war D-45, and rarer still because many of the F-7s
have been converted to flat-tops. Although the F-series models, along
with all the Martin archtops, are seldom thought of as having the same
“golden era” status as the flat-tops of that era, it was the archtop
line that introduced the vertical C.F. Martin headstock logo that is so
closely identified today with the D-45. The hexagonal fingerboard inlays
that identified a D-45 (and eventually other 40-series models), also
made their debut on the F-series archtops. The F-7 was priced at $175, which was $25 less than a D-45, while the F-9 was Martin’s most expensive model, at $250.
