Martin1931–1939
The Martin "Golden Era." Dreadnoughts from this period featured forward-shifted, scalloped X-bracing that produced a tone now considered the gold standard for acoustic guitar sound.
Decode Martin serial numbers →Rickenbacker1931–1953
Rickenbacker invented the electric guitar. Adolph Rickenbacker and George Beauchamp created the "Frying Pan" lap steel in 1931 — the world's first commercially produced electric stringed instrument.
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