Podcast 67: Chris Martin of Martin Guitars

Published: Oct. 11, 2013, 7 p.m.

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Martin Guitars is celebrating its 180th year in business. The venerable, family-owned company is also the subject of two new books and a forthcoming 2014 exhibit at the Met. On this week\\u2019s podcast, we talk to Martin CEO Chris Martin (C.F. Martin IV) about Martin\\u2019s place in guitar history and much more. We discuss the groundbreaking Hal Leonard book\\xa0Inventing the American Guitar: The Pre-Civil War Innovations of C.F. Martin and his Contemporaries\\xa0and how Martin\\u2019s earliest creations were truly a melting pot of different guitar construction styles and techniques. Chris also discusses Martin\\u2019s important role in the world of ukuleles (a\\xa0new book on Martin ukuleles\\xa0is now available), what he\\u2019s excited about guitar-wise and much more.

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