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Shenandoah series guitars included tortoise-style pickguards and the Martin Thinline pickup as standard features. Sigma Guitars - HistoryĪvailable from -they were assembled in Nazareth, Pennsylvania from imported parts. The Shenandoah series guitars were considered a mid-range model priced between the Sigma series and higher end Martins.
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Serial numbers and specifications were not kept on the models offered in the Goya series. The Goya series was imported from Korea and available for sale at an affordable price point from They came with a one-year warranty to the original owner. We suggest you contact an independent consultant to verify any used Martin product for sale. We recommend contacting an independent appraiser for assistance or referencing the Blue Book of Guitars.
Martin Guitar cannot appraise your guitar for you. Look in the soundhole toward the neck to see where this is etched.
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A Martin Guitar will have the model designation and the serial number etched on the neck block. If that is the case, you can send photos and a description of the instrument here. If your guitar does not have a serial number and was manufactured prior toit may only be identifiable by measurements, appointments and stampings. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.You can look up the manufacturing date of your guitar by serial number here. There is little known about these instruments at this time. These guitars are all currently being produced in China.
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Used Guitar Sale 1978 Sigma Martin Model DR 12-7 12 String Pro Setup I entered this information once before but someone deleted it! I don't know, but I will see how long it last's this time. These inspections and adjustments were made in the "old" Martin building on North St. Other Sigma instruments included mandolins, banjos, acoustic and electric basses and solid body and hollow body electric guitars. Later first and second generation Sigma guitars were clearly made of laminate wood for the back and sides, with the exception of several Limited Edition models, such as the D Anniversary guitar. To complicate matters further, in the 70's Sigma produced a line of guitars clearly identified by Martin, at that time, as having laminate backs and sides: model numbers starting with 52S, e. The issue of whether or not Sigma guitars are solid wood or laminate wood has been a source of controversy and confusion for many years now. Some of these guitars also had the "Est " instead of the C. Guitars made in Taiwan have a different headstock decal: "Sigma Guitars" on top with a miniature version of the "C. This may have been as early as High end models such as the D Anniversary model have the "Second Generation" logo inlaid in the headstock using mother of pearl. Sigma identified their dreadnought and grand concert guitars as "Second Generation" when the headstock design changed to utilize a gold decal stating "Sigma Guitars" in script with "Est.
Since we know these instruments were manufactured from through in these two countries, it is safe to assume that a serial number beginning with 81XXXXXX was not produced in In the paper labels were discontinued and the inner back brace was "branded. Serial numbers for Sigma guitars built in Korea and Taiwan are perhaps meaningless, though again some seem to indicate the year of manufacture e. Martin factory in Nazareth, Pa alongside the regular production line. These instruments were constructed using preformed and sometimes partially assembled imported parts, built or completed in the C. It is widely assumed by owners and Sigma historians that this is correct, though C. However, while some models lasted the entire run from throughothers did not and were only offered for a limited number of years, so that most models' construction dates can be narrowed down to a reasonable range. This may be due to them being built in several Japanese factories at the same time with no coordination in the serial numbering system. Sigma serial numbers do not provide an indicator of the year in which a particular model was built. Interestingly, while playing a Sigma guitar the "sideways M" becomes "right side up" suggesting "M" for Martin. D for dreadnought, R for rosewood, M for mahogany and the number denoting the grade of wood, 5, 7, 9, 11, The DM-5 and DR-7, as well as other early models continued to be built during this time as well.
The first Sigmas were typically dreadnought acoustics, although Grand Concert Series GCS and classical models were also produced from the early s onward.