On the last day of 2012 will be the 50th anniversary of
getting this D-18 Martin! A few years before, I had bought my Vega banjo from Manny’s Music
on 48th st in NYC, as a friend had said they had great prices. So I traveled up
there again on the last day of the year in 1962, while I was living in that
apartment on Daniels st in Arlington, Virginia. I had
hoped they had a few Martin D18’s and the guy took me to a room with a huge pile
of Martins! The price was $212, even then it was a steal. In fact, it may have
been, because he pointed out that the price was cheap because the serial number
had been removed (chiseled out)!! I think the whole batch were like that – was
there a truckload of Martin’s that disappeared that year? I asked no more
questions and bought the thing. I’ve played it ever since. Two areas of minor
damage; you and I were horsing around and somehow it hit the floor on an edge
and was damaged. Then, years ago in Group Therapy, the guitar player loved to
use my guitar at shows and he used a vigorous hand with a flat pick and it has
worn spots of a circular pattern
below the pick guard. But it still
plays like a dream.
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