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  • 1971 Martin D-35 S

    From jimmyd336@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 16 14:19:05 2018
    I just purchased a 1971 D-35-S. Slotted headstock. The "S" doesn't mean Standard. A D-35 Standard would simply be stamped on the neck heal as D-35. Same any any standard. The S means Slope Shoulder, I always thought it meant slotted but I recently see a
    D-18s non slotted, that was slope shoulder and 12 frets to the body.

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  • From Chris Dunkle@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 17 09:04:47 2018
    In article <a3075acf-880d-44f2-877b-e1304c6d0957@googlegroups.com>, jimmyd336@gmail.com says...

    I just purchased a 1971 D-35-S. Slotted headstock. The "S" doesn't mean Standard. A D-35 Standard would simply be stamped on the neck heal as D-35. Same any any standard. The S means Slope Shoulder, I always thought it meant slotted but I recently see
    a D-18s non slotted, that was slope shoulder and 12 frets to the body.

    Very nice. Does it have the wonderful sound that such instruments are
    supposed to have? If so, you are a very lucky person.

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  • From Steven Bornfeld@21:1/5 to Chris Dunkle on Tue Feb 20 12:25:28 2018
    On 2/17/2018 12:04 PM, Chris Dunkle wrote:
    In article <a3075acf-880d-44f2-877b-e1304c6d0957@googlegroups.com>, jimmyd336@gmail.com says...

    I just purchased a 1971 D-35-S. Slotted headstock. The "S" doesn't mean Standard. A D-35 Standard would simply be stamped on the neck heal as D-35. Same any any standard. The S means Slope Shoulder, I always thought it meant slotted but I recently see
    a D-18s non slotted, that was slope shoulder and 12 frets to the body.

    Very nice. Does it have the wonderful sound that such instruments are supposed to have? If so, you are a very lucky person.

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    I wonder if it developed the top crack so common to 1970s Martins
    between the pick guard and the bridge plate?
    My brother has a D-35 from 1977. He got the crack. The sound is good,
    but nothing outstanding as Martins go.

    Steve

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  • From jbj.wnh@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Steven Bornfeld on Sat Mar 10 09:33:36 2018
    On Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 12:25:24 PM UTC-5, Steven Bornfeld wrote:
    I wonder if it developed the top crack so common to 1970s Martins
    between the pick guard and the bridge plate?
    My brother has a D-35 from 1977. He got the crack. The sound is good,
    but nothing outstanding as Martins go.

    Steve

    I have a 1978 D-35. Back in the 90s, I had some work done on it at a Martin dealer and he did a few warranty fixes on it. One was fitting a new bridge - as I understand it, Martin discovered their 100+ year old jigs had gotten worn and the bridges were
    way off, causing intonation problems. The other fix was replacing the pick guard. My had "the crack" and apparently it's caused by the pick guard shrinking.

    jbj

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