1923 Martin 0-44 (1 of 17 made)

New price! The 0-44 was a model produced by Martin specifically at the behest Vahdah Olcott-Bickford, a virtuoso musician and music teacher in Los Angeles, CA. She was a big fan of Martin's Brazilian rosewood guitars of the time, but wasn't a fan of the ornamentation. Her solution was to custom order guitars for herself and her students as 42/45-style instruments without the "bling", and these became known as the 44-style. 17 of these 44-stlye guitars were ordered with an "0" body size; there's no telling how many of the 17 have survived. This 0-44 features an Adirondack top, beautiful straight-grained Brazilian rosewood back & sides, Ivory binding, and an ebony pyramid bridge. There are two repaired top cracks, two repaired back cracks, and a repaired peghead crack that our luthier said is an old & nicely done repair. This piece of history makes an excellent fingerstyle guitar...just check out the demo!