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- Size 5 body, spruce top, rosewood (1898-1917) or mahogany (1917-1989) back and sides, round soundhole with colored rope pattern rosette (1898-1902) or three-stripe rosette (1/9/1 grouping between 1902 and 1988 and 5/9/5 grouping between 1988 and 1989, rings weren't actually inlaid until the mid 1930s), five-ply top binding and single-ply back binding with rosewood (1898-1932), black (1932-36, 1966-1989), or tortoise (1936-1966) outer layer, black back stripe, unbound ebony fingerboard with no inlays (1898-1902) or dot inlays (1902-1989), three-per-side tuners, rectangular bridge, total production of 2,774 instruments, mfg. 1898-1989.
Martin also produced two Model 5-18G guitars with gut-string configuration (1954 and 1956), three Model 5-18K guitars with koa top, back, and sides (1921, 1937), and four Model 5-18T tenor guitars (1940, 1954, 1961, 1962). This model was available as a special order toward the end of the production run.
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- Size 5 body, spruce top, rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe rosette (single herringbone ring between two groups of five rings), five-ply top binding with outer rosewood layer, two-ply back binding with outer rosewo...
- Size 5 body, mahogany top, back, and sides, round soundhole with three thin W/B/W soundhole rings, three-ply top binding with outer rosewood layer (1927-1930) or no top binding (1930-1943), rosewood back binding (1927-1930) or no back bin...
- Size 5 body, spruce top, mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with three black soundhole rings, three-ply top binding with outer rosewood layer, rosewood back binding, mahogany neck, 12/19-fret unbound ebony fingerboard, three-per-sid...
- similar to the Model 5-21, except in four-string tenor configuration with two-per-side tuners, total production of 312 instruments, mfg. 1927-1928.
- tenor configuration, Size 5 body, mahogany top, back, and sides, round soundhole with three thin W/B/W rings, no binding, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard with single dot inlays, two-per-side tuners, rectangular bridge, available in Na...
- Size 5 body, spruce top, Brazilian rosewood (1901-1939, 1968-69) or Indian rosewood (1969-1981, 1988) back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe rosette (5/9/5 grouping), ivory (1901-1918), ivoroid (1918-1939), or white (1968-1981,...
- Size 5 body, spruce top, mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe rosette (1/9/1 grouping), black outer body binding, mahogany neck, 12/19-fret rosewood fingerboard, three-per-side chrome tuners, rosewood bridge with bla...
- similar to the Model 5-17 (Second Version), except in four-string tenor configuration with two-per-side tuners and 22 in. scale, total production of 3,666 instruments, mfg. 1927-1949.
