MARTIN MODEL 1-21 Description
- Size 1 body, spruce top, rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe rosette (herringbone ring between two groups of five rings), five-ply top binding with outer rosewood layer, two-ply back binding with outer rosewood layer, herringbone backstripe, ebony fingerboard with slotted diamond inlays, total production of 575 instruments, mfg. 1898-1926.
The Model 1-21 was also a popular configuration prior to Martin's standardization of configurations in 1898 - every guitar built before 1898 in this configuration should be evaluated and appraised on a case-by-case basis. Martin also produced one Model 1-21P Plectrum guitar (1931).