Podcast 67: Chris Martin of Martin Guitars

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’s
podcast, we talk to Martin CEO Chris Martin (C.F. Martin IV)
about Martin’s place in guitar history and much more. We discuss
the groundbreaking Hal Leonard book Inventing the American
Guitar: The Pre-Civil War Innovations of C.F. Martin and his
Contemporaries and how Martin’s earliest creations were
truly a melting pot of different guitar construction styles and
techniques. Chris also discusses Martin’s important role in the
world of ukuleles (a new book on Martin ukuleles is now
available), what he’s excited about guitar-wise and much more.