MARTIN F-7 Description
- Grand Auditorium-style body, carved spruce top, arched Brazilian rosewood back, Brazilian rosewood sides, two f-holes, seven-ply top body binding with outer ivoroid layer, multi-ply back binding, zipper back stripe, mahogany neck, 14/20-fret ivoroid-bound ebony fingerboard with pearl (1935-37) or pearloid (1937-1942) hexagonal inlays starting at the third fret, three-ply headstock binding with outer ivoroid layer, vertical CF Martin logo, three-per-side nickel tuners, adj. ebony bridge, nickel-plated trapeze tailpiece, raised ivoroid-bound black pickguard, available in dark back and sides with a Shaded top finish, total production of 187 instruments, mfg. 1935-1942.
One F-7S guitar was produced with a round soundhole (1936).