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Cases For Martin Guitars
I've heard often that Martin guitars were not supplied with cases, and purchasers bought their Martin guitars with whatever cases were available from the dealer, sourced from independent suppliers.
In truth, Martin has always sold cases, and always listed them in their catalogues.
Usually Martin offered a choice of one or two quality levels of hard shell cases, and one soft shell case in each size.
Here's the tag that came with the hard shell Martin case I purchased for my 00-21NY in the late 1960's:
Here's a copy of the Martin price list of 1965, showing prices for the various cases offered:
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