MARTIN MODEL 1-30 Description
- Size 1 body, spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with pearl ring rosette, herringbone top purfling, ebony ivory-bound (1898-1918) or ivoroid-bound (1918-1919) fingerboard, ivory-bound (1898-1918) or ivoroid-bound (1918-1919) headstock, total production of 78 instruments, mfg. 1898-1919.
The Model 1-30 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.