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Acoustic: Standard Concert (0) Series
Size 0 (Concert) guitars feature a lower bout width of 13.5 inches, 4.25 (14-fret) or 4 3/16 (12-fret) in. depth, 18.375 (14-fret) or 19.125 (12-fret) in. length, and 24.9 in. scale.
For the Model 0-55, refer to the 00-17 listed in the Grand Concert Series.
0-15
- concert body style, mahogany top, back, and sides, round soundhole with thin three-stripe (W/B/W) rosette, no binding, mahogany neck, 14/20-fret rosewood fingerboard with single white dot inlays, rosewood headstock overlay with logo decal, three-per-side nickel tuners with plastic buttons, rectangular rosewood bridge, white bridge pins, tortoiseshell pickguard, available in Natural Satin finish, mfg. 1935, 1940-1961.
0-15H Hawaiian
- similar to the 0-15, except in Hawaiian configuration with a flat fingerboard with flush frets, a high nut, and a non-slanted saddle, mfg. 1939 only.
0-15T Tenor
- similar to the 0-15, except in four-string tenor configuration and two-per-side tuners, mfg. 1960-63.
0-16
- concert body style, spruce top, mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe rosette (1/9/1 grouping), three-ply top binding with black outer layer, mahogany neck, 14/20-fret rosewood fingerboard, three-per-side tuners, rectangular rosewood bridge, black bridge pins, tortoise pickguard, Natural finish, six total guitars produced, mfg. 1961 only.
0-16NY
- concert body style, spruce top, mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe rosette, black binding, mahogany neck, 12/19-fret extra-wide rosewood fingerboard with no inlays, slotted headstock with gold foil logo, three-per-side open-style tuners with plastic buttons, rosewood bridge with black bridge pins, available in Natural Satin finish, available as a Special Order, mfg. 1961-1995.
0-17 FIRST VERSION
- concert body style, spruce top, mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with three black rings, three-ply top binding with rosewood outer layer, rosewood back binding, cedar (1906-1916) or mahogany (1916-17) neck, 12/20-fret ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, slotted headstock, three-per-side nickel tuners with plastic buttons, ebony bridge, black bridge pins, available in Natural finish, mfg. 1906-1917.
0-17 SECOND VERSION
- concert body style, mahogany top, back, and sides, round soundhole with three thin W/B/W rings, three-ply top binding with rosewood outer layer (1929-1930, no binding after 1930), mahogany neck, 12/20-fret (1929-1931) or 14/20-fret (1932-1948, 1966-68) rosewood fingerboard with double pearl dot inlays, slotted (1929-1934) or solid (1929-1934) headstock, three-per-side open-style nickel tuners with plastic buttons (1929-1934) or regular tuners (1934-1948, 1966-68), rectangular rosewood bridge, black bridge pins, no pickguard (1929-1934) tortoise pickguard (1932-1948), or black pickguard (1966-68), available in Natural gloss finish, mfg. 1929-1948, 1966-68.
0-17H Hawaiian
- similar to the 0-17 Second Version, except in Hawaiian configuration with a flat fingerboard with flush frets, a high nut, and a non-slanted saddle, mfg. 1930-39.
0-17T Tenor
- similar to the 0-17, except in four-string tenor configuration and two-per-side tuners, mfg. 1932-1960.
0-18
- concert body style, solid spruce top, Brazilian rosewood (1898-1917) or mahogany (1918-1993) back and sides, round soundhole with various rosette configurations(colored-wood rope pattern between 1898 and 1902, white lines grouped 1/9/1 between 1902 and the mid-1930s, white inlaid lines grouped 1/9/1 between the mid-1930s and 1988, and 5/9/5 grouping between 1988 and 1993), five-ply top binding with rosewood (1898-1932), black (1932-1936, 1966-1993) or tortoise (1936-1966) outer layer, cedar (1898-1916) or mahogany (1916-1993) neck, 12/19-fret (1898-1934) or 14/20-fret (1934-1993) ebony fingerboard with no inlays (1898-1902) or pearl dot inlays (1902-1993), slotted (1898-1934) or solid (1934-1993) headstock, three-per-side open-style brass tuners with ivory buttons (1898-1934) or regular tuners (1934-1993), pyramid ebony bridge with black pearl dot pins, available in Natural finish, available as a Special Order, mfg. 1898-1993.
0-18K Koa
- similar to the 0-18, except has koa top, back, and sides, mfg. 1918-1935.
0-18T Tenor
- similar to the 0-18, except in four-string tenor configuration and two-per-side tuners, available as a Special Order, mfg. 1929-1993.
0-21
- concert body style, solid spruce top, rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with three ring rosette (5/herringbone/5 grouping between 1898 and 1947, 1/9/1 grouping between 1947 and 1948), five-ply top binding, two-ply back binding with rosewood (1898-1932), black (1932-1936), or tortoise (1936-1948) outer layer, herringbone backstripe, cedar (1898-1916) or mahogany (1916-1948) neck, 12/19-fret ebony (1898-1941) or rosewood (1941-48) fingerboard with slotted diamond inlays (1898-1944) or pearl dot inlays (1944-48), slotted headstock, three-per-side open-style brass tuners with ivory buttons, pyramid ebony bridge, ebony bridge pins with pearl dots, available in Natural finish, mfg. 1898-1948.
0-21K Koa
- similar to the 0-21, except has koa top, back, and sides, mfg. 1919-1929.
0-21T Tenor
- similar to the 0-21, except in four-string tenor configuration and two-per-side tuners, mfg. 1929-1935.
0-28
- concert body style, solid spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with three-ring rosette (5/9/5 grouping), ivory (1898-1918), ivoroid (1918-1931, 1937), or non-grained white (1969 only) binding, herringbone (1898-1931, 1937) or six-ply with white outer layer (1969) purfling, cedar (1898-1916) or mahogany (1916-1931, 1937, 1969) neck, 12/19-fret ebony fingerboard with no inlays (1898-1901), slotted diamond inlays (1901-1931, 1937) or pearl dot inlays (1969), slotted headstock, three-per-side brass tuners with ivory buttons, pyramid ebony bridge, ebony bridge pins with pearl dots, available in Natural finish, mfg. 1898-1931, 1937, 1969.
0-28K Koa
- similar to the 0-28, except has koa top, back, and sides, mfg. 1917-1935.
0-28T Tenor
- similar to the 0-28, except in four-string tenor configuration and two-per-side tuners, mfg. 1930-31, 1941, 1961, 1964.
0-30
- concert body style, solid spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with pearl rosette, ivory (1899-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1921) top and back binding, cedar (1899-1916) or mahogany (1916-1921) neck, 12/19-fret ivory (1899-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1921) bound ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlays, ivory (1899-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1921) slotted headstock, three-per-side open-style silver brass tuners, pyramid ebony bridge, ebony bridge, ebony bridge pins with pearl dots, available in Natural finish, mfg. 1899-1921.
0-34
- concert body style, solid spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with pearl rosette, ivory top and back binding, herringbone top purfling, cedar neck, 12/19-fret ivory-bound ebony fingerboard with pearl slotted diamond inlays at the 5th and 9th frets and a Maltese cross at the 7th fret, ivory-bound slotted headstock, three-per-side open-style silver brass tuners, pyramid ivory bridge, ebony bridge pins with pearl dots, available in Natural finish, mfg. 1898-99, 1907.
0-40
- concert body style, solid spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with pearl rosette, pearl top ivoroid top and back binding, pearl top borders and no pearl around the fingerboard on the top of the guitar, cedar neck, 12/19-fret unbound ebony fingerboard with pearl snowflake inlays, slotted headstock with three-per-side open-style silver brass tuners, pyramid ivory bridge, ebony bridge pins with pearl dots, available in Natural finish, total production of six instruments, mfg. 1912-13.
0-42
- concert body style, solid spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with pearl rosette, ivory (1898-1918) ivoroid (1918-1942) top and back binding, pearl top borders that go around the fingerboard on the top of the guitar, zipper-pattern backstripe, cedar (1898-1916) or mahogany (1916-1942) neck, 12/19-fret ivory (1898-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1942) bound ebony fingerboard with pearl snowflake inlays that started at the 3rd fret (1898-1901) or the 5th fret (1901-1942), ivory (1898-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1942) bound slotted headstock, three-per-side open-style silver tuners with pearl buttons, pyramid ivory bridge (1898-1918) or ebony bridge (1918-1942), ebony bridge pins with pearl dots, available in Natural finish, mfg. 1898-1942.
0-44
- concert body style, solid spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe rosette (5/9/5 grouping), six-ply top binding with ivory (1913-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1931) outer layer, three-ply back binding with ivory (1913-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1931) outer layer, wide white backstripe surrounded by smaller black and white lines, cedar (1913-16) or mahogany (1916-1931) 12/19-fret ivory (1913-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1931) bound ebony fingerboard, ivory (1913-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1931) bound slotted headstock, three-per-side open-style tuners, available in Natural finish, total production of 17 guitars, mfg. 1913-1931.
0-45
- concert body style, solid spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with pearl rosette, ivory (1904-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1939) top and back binding, pearl top borders that go around the fingerboard on the top of the guitar, pearl around sides, zipper-pattern backstripe, cedar (1904-1916) or mahogany (1916-1939) neck, 12/19-fret ivory (1904-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1939) bound ebony fingerboard with pearl snowflake/diamond inlays that start at the 5th fret (1904-1914) or the 1st fret (1914-1939), ivory (1904-1918) or ivoroid (1918-1939) bound headstock with pearl torch inlay (1904-1934) or vertical block CF Martin logo inlay (1934-39), three-per-side open-style brass tuners with ivory buttons, pyramid ivory bridge (1904-1918) or ebony bridge (1918-1939), ebony bridge pins, no pickguard (1904-1932) or tortoise pickguard (1932-1939), available in Natural finish, mfg. 1904-1939.