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ACOUSTIC: SIZE 7 MODELS

The 7/8-sized (Size 7) dreadnought was one of Chris Martin's first ideas in the early 1980s. After a trip in Japan, he noticed how large standard dreadnought guitars looked on the small frame of a Japanese guitar player. He came back to the factory and started to build the 7-28 - a 7/8-sized dreadnought with standard 28 style appointments. Unfortunately, the Size 7 body style never took off and only a couple hundred were ever produced. Size 7 dimensions: 13 11/16 in. lower bout width, 14.375 in. body depth, 17.5 in. body length, and 23 in. scale.

MODEL 7-28

- 7/8-sized Dreadnought-style body, spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with three ring rosette (5/9/5 grouping), six-ply top body binding with outer white layer, three-ply back binding with outer white layer, unbound ebony fingerboard, three-per-side tuners, black pickguard, available as a special order item, mfg. 1980-1993.

MODEL 7-37K

- 7/8-sized Dreadnought-style body, spruce top, koa back and sides, round soundhole with pearl ring rosette, white outer top body binding, unbound ebony fingerboard with slotted diamond inlays at the fifth and ninth frets, three-per-side tuners, tortoise pickguard, limited edition run of 95 instruments, mfg. 1980-87.