MARTIN C-3 Description
- Grand Auditorium 000-style body, carved spruce top, arched Brazilian rosewood back, Brazilian rosewood sides, round soundhole (1931-33) or two f-holes (1933-34), five-ply top body binding with outer ivoroid layer, zipper pattern back stripe, 14/20-fret ivoroid-bound ebony fingerboard with snowflake inlays starting at the first fret, ivoroid-bound headstock overlay with vertical CF Martin logo, three-per-side gold tuners, rosewood bridge, gold trapeze tailpiece, raised unbound (1931-33) plastic pickguard with pearl inlays and B/W plastic bordering (1933-34), available in Darkened top finish, total production of 111 instruments (53 with round soundhole, 58 with f-holes), mfg. 1931-34.
Martin also produced one C-3T with a tenor neck (1934). The C-3 has features that are similar to Martin's Style 45 appointments.