Image credits

Luthier at the bench shaping a guitar body (placeholder for the engineer’s portrait)

Christian Ericksen · Wikimedia Commons

X-bracing on an acoustic guitar top at the Martin factory

Lehigh Valley, PA from Lehigh Valley, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Guitar body in its mould at a luthier’s workshop

Brian Marks · Wikimedia Commons

Martin’s one-millionth guitar (2004, serial no. 1,000,000)

Lehigh Valley, PA · Wikimedia Commons

Martin D-28

Niranjan Arminius · Wikimedia Commons

Martin D-28 in a tatami room

IchiroNakagawa · Wikimedia Commons

Martin D-28 body and bridge

irish10567 from Little Falls, NJ, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Martin D-28 top and soundhole

irish10567 from Little Falls, NJ, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Martin D-18 Golden Era and D-28

doryfour · Wikimedia Commons

Elvis Presley’s 1942 Martin D-18 at the MET ‘Play It Loud’ exhibition

Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City · Wikimedia Commons

Martin 175th Anniversary Custom (2008)

Lehigh Valley, PA · Wikimedia Commons

Abalone-inlaid Martin dreadnought, Martin factory museum

Alex Harden from Harrisburg, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Martin guitar body close-up, Martin factory museum

Alex Harden from Harrisburg, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Sunburst Martin dreadnought on display

Alex Harden from Harrisburg, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Stauffer-style guitars by C.F. Martin Sr. (1830s, New York)

edwardhblake from Melbourne, Australia · Wikimedia Commons

Wall of album covers featuring Martin guitars, Nazareth

Alex Harden from Harrisburg, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Guitars on the wall, Martin factory tour

Alex Harden from Harrisburg, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Recreation of the 19th-century Martin workshop

Alex Harden from Harrisburg, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Martin D-28 headstock

Niranjan Arminius · Wikimedia Commons

East Indian rosewood back of a Martin D-28

Jud McCranie · Wikimedia Commons

Martin D-41 headstock inlay

sbaimo from United States · Wikimedia Commons

Pearl inlay on a Martin headstock (D-50 Koa Deluxe)

Bryan Pocius from New York, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Martin soundhole and rosette

Elías Gómez · Wikimedia Commons

A neck blank in progress

Brian Marks · Wikimedia Commons

Bridge of a 12-string guitar

Roadside Guitars · Wikimedia Commons

Bone saddle and ebony bridge pins

cogdogblog · Wikimedia Commons

Looking down the strings from the bridge

François Philipp from Munich, Germany · Wikimedia Commons

Wood blocks stamped with the Martin label

Lehigh Valley, PA from Lehigh Valley, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Workbench at the Martin factory

Lehigh Valley, PA from Lehigh Valley, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Stringing a guitar at the Martin factory

Lehigh Valley, PA from Lehigh Valley, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Final tuning of a Martin guitar

Lehigh Valley, PA from Lehigh Valley, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Rack of necks at the Martin factory

Lehigh Valley, PA from Lehigh Valley, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Different Martin necks

Lehigh Valley, PA from Lehigh Valley, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Inspecting a guitar

Lehigh Valley, PA from Lehigh Valley, PA, USA · Wikimedia Commons

Shaping a body at a luthier’s bench

Brian Marks · Wikimedia Commons

Inside a luthier’s workshop

Brian Marks · Wikimedia Commons

Guitar electronics repair

Shixart1985 · Wikimedia Commons