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- Size 1 body, spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with pearl ring rosette, pearl top bordering that also goes around the fingerboard, ebony ivory-bound (1898-1918) or ivoroid-bound (1918-1919) fingerboard with snowflake inlays (snowflakes on three frets between 1898 and 1901 and on five frets between 1901 and 1919), ivory-bound (1898-1918) or ivoroid-bound (1918-1919) headstock, ivory (1898-1918) or ebony (1918-19) bridge, total production of 44 instruments, mfg. 1898-1919.
The Model 1-42 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.
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- Size 2 body, spruce top, rosewood (1898-1917) or mahogany (1917-1938) back and sides, round soundhole with wood colored rope pattern (1898-1902) or three-stripe rosette (1/9/1 grouping between 1902 and 1938), five-ply top binding, single-...
- Size 1 body, spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with five-stripe rosette (pearl center ring in four groups of five rings), ivory top binding, green/brown wood diagonal pattern top purfling, three-ply back bindi...
- Size 2 body, spruce top, mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with three black rings, three-ply top binding with rosewood outer layer, rosewood back binding, ebony fingerboard with two dot inlays at the 7th fret, rectangular bridge, t...
- Size 2 body, mahogany top, back, and sides, round soundhole with three thin B/W/B rings rosette, three-ply top binding with outer rosewood layer, rosewood back binding (no back binding in 1930), thin black backstripe, rosewood fingerboard...
- 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 laye...
- Size 2½ body, spruce top, mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with three black rings, three-ply top binding with rosewood outer layer, rosewood back binding, ebony fingerboard, total production of 38 instruments, mfg. 1909-1914.
- similar to the Model 2-18, except in four-string tenor configuration and two-per-side tuners, total production of 345 instruments, mfg. 1928-1930.
- Size 2½ body, spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe rosette (5/9/5 grouping), ivory (1909-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1923) top binding, herringbone top purfling, three-ply back binding with outer ivo...
