Martin Guitar | 2 months ago
Joan Baez has been a focal point of folk music and activism since the late 1950s. When performing, she has always preferred small-bodied Martin guitars. Baez acquired the guitar from a University of California, Berkeley, student she met in 1966. According to the former owner, Baez traded two guitars for the Martin after she played it and was amazed by its tone. After Baez acquired the guitar, she used it extensively while touring, and it can be seen on album covers and press photos. Eventually, she returned the guitar to its former owner in 1968, who then auctioned it through Freeman’s auction house in Philadelphia, and Martin Guitar acquired it from them in 2015.
