Ian Anderson Signature Martin Guitar - The Official Jethro Tull Website


	> archives > diaries > press clippings > site updates Want one? Orders must be placed by April 5, 2004. guitar detailed specifications ordering information C.F. Martin Guitar website		Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Inspires Innovative Martin Signature Edition Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson has been bending musical boundaries for 35 years. His eclectic mix of hard rock drive, folk melodies, blues edge and impressionistic lyrics has spawned eleven gold and five platinum albums, a solid solo career and an enduring place in popular music. Among the first to bring the flute to rock and roll, he also has championed small-bodied acoustic guitars for decades, playing them both on records and in concert. Anderson purchased his first small-bodied Martin guitar (an 0-16NY) in 1972 and since has accumulated a collection of more than 20 Martins. Anderson's appreciation of his original Martin¹s ability to sound great with nylon or steel strings remains strong, so much so that he asked the company to come up with something similar for his signature guitar. C. F. Martin has gone one better by creating the Ian Anderson 0-28 Ian Anderson Signature Edition, a guitar specifically designed to handle nylon or steel strings with equal aplomb. To facilitate this magic, Martin designed an innovative new bridge for the 0-28 Ian Anderson Signature Edition. The ebony pyramid bridge features a unique triangular saddle slot that allows the player to put in either a straight white Micarta® saddle with nylon strings or an offset black Micarta® saddle with steel strings, thus enabling the instrument to play in tune up and down the neck with either type strings. The 0-28 Ian Anderson Signature Edition combines this innovative bridge with Martin's historic '0' 12-fret design, only the second time Martin has offered it in a decade (the first was the 0-45 Joan Baez Signature Edition in 1998). Famous for its clear and surprisingly powerful voice, this legendary design is a favorite of collectors, and recently has seen renewed popularity among players and luthiers. Ian Anderson built his musical career on just such intriguing juxtapositions. Born in Scotland and raised in England, he played in a series of blues bands while still a teenager. In late 1967, he and three fellow musicians formed Jethro Tull, borrowing the name from an 18th century inventor. The group cut its first single the next year and landed a steady gig at the famed Marquee Club in London. In 1969 Jethro Tull with a couple of personnel changes signed a record contract, Anderson became the group's creative center, and its music evolved into cutting edge rock & roll. The single 'Living in the Past' became a hit record in England that summer and Jethro Tull was on its way. For the next several years, Tull produced hit after hit, including albums 'Benefit,' 'Aqualung' and 'Thick as a Brick,' and singles 'Aqualung' and 'Bungle in the Jungle.' Late in the 1970s, influenced by the groups like Steeleye Span, Anderson¹s compositions for Jethro Tull took on a softer, more tuneful style, but the music remained both dynamic and spellbinding. In the 1980s, Tull suffered through difficult times health problems, line-up changes and slow album sales before redeeming itself with its 1987 album 'Crest of a Knave,' a Grammy Award-winning return to the hard edged sound of old. The 1990s and the new millenium have brought fewer albums, but Jethro Tull remains a major concert draw worldwide. The recent 'Living with the Past' live album and 'Jethro Tull Christmas Album' show the group¹s musical power and prowess undiminished by time. Over the years, Ian Anderson also has made four solo albums. The most recent, 'Rupi's Dance,' released in 2003, is a spare, melodic and personal record that ranks with his very best recorded work. In keeping with his personal style, Anderson has kept the tonewoods and appointment on the 0-28 Ian Anderson Signature Edition guitar true to tradition, but with a couple of unique touches. The premium solid tonewoods include backs and sides of bookmatched East Indian rosewood, a neck of genuine mahogany and rare Adirondack spruce for the top. The top is supported by 1/4" scalloped Adirondack spruce braces for rich, full tone, but does not have a pickguard. Fine pattern herringbone purfling encircles the top, while the back features black/white wood fiber purfling and HD-28 style zig-zag backsrip. Both top and back are bound in grained ivoroid. By contrast, the rosette features a spectacular new inlay pattern: white Mother of Pearl triangle inlays form a star pattern against a black background, bordered by two sets of black/white/black/white/black wood fiber line purfling. The neck is something new, but also something very old: a generous 1 7/8-inches at the nut, the neck's modern modified V-shape and adjustable truss rod are combined with the tapered headstock, squared slots, pointed heel and elongated diamond volute of early Martins. Waverly Sloane side mounted open-geared tuners with ivoroid buttons grace the headstock, flanking both the small C.F. Martin decal logo on the East Indian rosewood headplate and the antique C.F. Martin pressure stamp on the back. The African ebony fingerboard showcases Martin's 'long pattern' diamonds & squares inlays, plus Ian Anderson's inlaid signature between the 19th and 20th fret. A bone nut, white bridge and end pins with black dots complete the appointments. Polished gloss lacquer finish protects both body and neck, with vintage toner on the top adding to its 'aged' elegance. In a nod to modern reality, the 0-28 Ian Anderson Signature Edition comes standard with Martin¹s Gold+Plus Natural I pickup for simplified recording and amplification. The pickup responds with either the nylon string or steel string saddle. Packed in a Geib style hardshell case, each 0-28 Ian Anderson Signature Edition guitar bears an interior label personally signed by Ian Anderson and Martin Chairman and CEO C.F. Martin IV, and numbered in sequence with the edition total. Orders for the 0-28 Ian Anderson Signature Edition will be accepted until April 5th, 2004, with the total number of guitars in the edition and the names of participating Martin dealers to be posted on the C.F. Martin website: www.martinguitar.com. --------------- THE MARTIN GUITAR COMPANY SPECIFICATION SHEET 0-28 Ian Anderson Signature Edition MODEL #: 0-28 Ian Anderson Signature Edition SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Specially designed bridge enables instrument to be strung or restrung with nylon or steel strings. CONSTRUCTION: Standard Series/Limited Edition BODY SIZE: "0" 12 fret TOP: Adirondack Red Spruce ROSETTE: Special Triangle Pointed Rosette In Mother Of Pearl TOP BRACING PATTERN: "0" 12-fret TOP BRACES: Scalloped 1/4" (Not Forward Shifted), Adirondack Spruce BACK: East Indian Rosewood BACK PANELS: 2 Piece BACK PURFLING: Style HD-28 Zig Zag CAUTION STAMP: None ³C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, PA² Stamping Between 1st & 2nd Frets BLOCK TO READ: (C. F. Martin & Co. Laser Etched Logo) 0-28 Ian Anderson Serial # SIDES: East Indian Rosewood END PIECE: Grained Ivoroid END PIECE INLAY: Black White Wood Fiber Inlays BINDING: Grained Ivoroid TOP INLAY STYLE: Fine Pattern Herringbone Trim SIDE INLAY: .030² Black White Fiber Side Inlay (Black Faces Ivoroid) BACK INLAY STYLE Style 28 Black White Wood Fiber Inlays NECK: Solid Genuine Mahogany, One Piece NECK SHAPE: Modified V-Shape (Like 000-28GE) with Elongated Diamond and Old Style Pointed Heel TRUSS ROD: Adjustable, Two-Way Rod HEADSTOCK: Slotted, Square, Tapered, with Square Slots, Unbound HEADPLATE: East Indian Rosewood With Small old Style Decal Logo "C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, PA" Stamp On Back Of Headstock HEELCAP: Grained Ivoroid NUT: Genuine Bone FINGERBOARD: African Black Ebony SCALE LENGTH: 24.9" # OF FRETS CLEAR: 12 # OF FRETS TOTAL: 20 FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1 7/8" FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12th FRET: 2 5/16" FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: Long Pattern Diamonds & Squares Ian Anderson Signature Inlaid In Pearl Between 18th & 19th Frets FINGERBOARD BINDING: None FINISH BODY: Polished Gloss Lacquer FINISH TOP: Polished Gloss Lacquer With Vintage Toner (Clean Rosette Inlay Lines) FINISH NECK: Polished Gloss Lacquer BRIDGE: African Black Ebony BRIDGE STYLE: Pyramid, Unique With Triangular Saddle Area That Enables Guitar To Be Strung & Intonated For Steel or Nylon Strings BRIDGE SPACING: 2 5/16" SADDLE: White Micarta® for the Classic Saddle, Black Micarta® For The Steel String Saddle TUNING MACHINES: Waverly Irving Sloane W-48 Bronze Side Mount Open Geared Tuners With Ivoroid Buttons (Metal Posts) STRINGS: Strung With SP3100 Light Gauge, Nylon Strings and Alternate Saddle Included In Case Pocket BRIDGE & END PINS: White With Black Dots PICKGUARD: None CASE: 0-Sized #515 Vintage Geib Style Hardshell Case ELECTRONICS: Gold+Plus Natural I Pickup Installed, Not Optional OTHER COMMENTS: Limited For A Specific Ordering Period To Conclude On April 5th, 2004 INTERIOR LABEL: Signed by Ian Anderson & Chris Martin; Individually Numbered In Sequence i.e. #1 of ??, #2 of ??, etc.
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