Trey Anastasio Gets a Martin Signature Cutaway Model
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July 27, 2005
Most people know Trey Anastasio as the
electric guitar wizard of Phish, the jam band that
garnered a huge and devoted audience during 20
years of music making. But those who have
followed his solo career know him as an equally
adept acoustic guitarist. Both in concert and on
record, Anastasio has used an acoustic to create
rich musical landscapes. Now he has joined forces
with C.F. Martin to create an acoustic guitar worthy
of his name: the Martin DC Trey Anastasio Signature
Edition.
A
Dreadnought body with a smoothly curved Venetian
cutaway allows for easy access to the upper frets. Solid
tonewoods yield an exceptionally clear, full tone,
enhanced with a top of rare Italian alpine spruce, East
Indian rosewood sides and a three-piece back with
"wings" of East Indian rosewood and a center wedge of
beautifully flamed Hawaiian koa. A 1-11/16" (at the nut)
low profile genuine mahogany neck provides playing
comfort. Distinctive appointments include a flamed
Hawaiian koa headplate with eye-catching headstock and
fingerboard inlays. It's a practical guitar that looks and
plays as good as it sounds, and it is offered in two
configurations: either with Fishman's acclaimed onboard
Ellipse Blend System that delivers superb live and
recorded sound, or for the more traditional player,
without the onboard electronics package.
Martin's mortise and tenon construction and 5/16"
"Hybrid" scalloped bracing give the DC Trey Anastasio
Signature Edition solid feel and tone. Fine herringbone
encircles the top, an understated
complement to the Style 45 rosette
with its center ring of colorful paua
shell. Multicolored Style 45 mosaic
back strips add to the drama of the
back tonewoods, while the grained
ivoroid binding, end piece and heel
cap are accented with black/white line
inlays.
Both the headstock and the
fingerboard are similarly bound in
grained ivoroid and accented with
back/white inlays. The koa
headplate provides the backdrop
for a unique Style 45 C.F. Martin
block letter inlay in black
micarta. The black ebony
fingerboard features the
distinctive diamonds and
squares abalone pearl inlay
first seen on a 1922 00-42
Martin made for the Wurlitzer
Company: a Maltese cross at
the 3rd fret, two diamonds at
the 5th fret, a square at the 7th
fret, two diamonds at the 9th fret, a
square with cat's eyes at the 12th fret
and a cat's eye at the 15th fret. Trey Anastasio's
signature is inlaid in mother of pearl between the
18th and 20th frets. The belly bridge is also crafted
from black ebony, as are the buttons on the Schaller
gold mini tuners.
Martin's traditional attention to detail shows in
the bone nut, compensated Tusq drop-in saddle,
vintage hue top, polished gloss body and headplate
finish, polished and beveled tortoise color
pickguard, and white bridge and end pins with
abalone dots (gold end pin jack on Ellipse model).
Packed in a vintage-inspired Geib style hardshell
case, each DC Trey Anastasio Signature Edition
guitar bears an interior label personally signed by
Trey Anastasio and Martin Chairman C. F. Martin IV,
and numbered in sequence with the edition total.
Authorized C. F. Martin dealers will take orders for
the DC Trey Anastasio Signature Edition until
September 23, 2005. The edition total and the
names of participating dealers then will be posted
on the Martin website.
List Price: $5,199.00 For more information, visit their web site at www.martinguitar.com. |
