Bringing A 167-Year Old Martin 2-24 Back To Life| Benchtalk #6 Christian Frederick Martin was born into a family of violin builders. The guitar was only a recent development and hadn’t garnered a lot of attention yet. Christian studied with Viennese master builde... 20 August 2024
Benchtalk #5: The Gibson ES335 The 1950’s were a tumultuous period when it comes to electric guitars. The release of the Fender Broadcaster at the beginning of the decade was a bombshell that blew up the market and introduced guita... 30 July 2024
Benchtalk #4: The Legend of Bill Collings & Collings Guitars The Early Years Bill Collings was a pre-med student at Ohio University in the 1970’s when he realized that he was more interested in guitars and engineering than medicine and decided to quit and move ... 18 June 2024
Benchtalk #3: Mystery Tops: Which spruce did Martin use in 1953? Which types of spruce are there? Spruce is known to be one of the most widely used woods for tops of acoustic guitars. Being lightweight, strong and flexible, it gives a guitar a wide dynamic range wi... 27 February 2024
Benchtalk #2: An Ode To The Martin D35 The introduction of the D35 The D35 was first introduced by Martin in late 1965. During that time, Martin (and the rest of the world) was dealing with rosewood shortages, which is one of the reasons w... 27 December 2023
Benchtalk #1 | Bob Dylan's Gibson Nick Lucas 13 Fret The name of this guitar may cause some confusion. Why are there four names in the title, and who does this signature guitar really belong to: Nick Lucas or Bob Dylan? The beginning of this guitar take... 30 November 2023