
ONCE IN A LIFETIME FOR COLLECTORS... ONLY 76 MADE. I have #5. This guitar belonged to Peter Framptons Bassist, John Regan, for 33 years. The original 5 guitars made went to the band members. John ended up with #5 out of #76 made in the USA. I have the photos of the paperwork to prove it. Since 2005, John has kept it in his personal storage room with all his other guitars. Its never been played. I have it in the original case. Framptons Camel Signature Edition #5 The Martin D-42 Peter Frampton Signature Edition Acoustic Guitar features a superb combination of solid tonewoods for big, balanced dreadnought tone. The Adirondack spruce top is reinforced with scalloped, forward-shifted 5/16 Adirondack spruce braces and matched to a back and sides of East Indian rosewood. The 1-11/16 (at the nut) low profile neck is genuine mahogany. Headplate, bridge and fingerboard are African black ebony. Classic Martin Style 42 and Style 45 appointments abound, including colorful abalone purfling around the top, fingerboard extension and rosette; black/white fine line purfling on the sides, back, endpiece, heelcap, neck, and headstock; and grained ivoroid binding throughout (fingerboard and headstock included). A colorful Style 45 mosaic backstrip bisects the back, and original Style 42 (beginning at the 5th fret) snowflake position markers accent the fingerboard. Gold-plated Waverly tuners with ivoroid butterbean knobs grace the polished headstock, and a tortoise-color, polished, and beveled pickguard protects the guitars top. The body of the instrument is finished in flawless polished gloss, with vintage toner on the top to enhance its vintage look; satin finish on the neck provides exceptional player comfort. To acknowledge the Framptons Camel connection, a small camel in mother-of-pearl nestles beneath the Old Style Martin gold decal logo on the headplate. Peter Framptons signature in mother-of-pearl appears at the base of the fingerboard between the 19th and 20th frets. Pearl-inlaid bridge and endpins for this guitar are fashioned from genuine camel bone. The Framptons Camel logo is etched on the neck block and also appears as a watermark on each guitars interior label, which is personally signed by Peter Frampton and Martin Chairman C. F. Martin IV and numbered in sequence with the Signature Edition total. Comes with a Geib-style hardshell case. Features CONSTRUCTION: Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint BODY SIZE: D-14 Fret TOP: Solid Adirondack Spruce ROSETTE: Style 45 TOP BRACING PATTERN: D-OMLE Forward Shifted TOP BRACES: Solid Adirondack Spruce Scalloped 5/16 BACK MATERIAL: Solid East Indian Rosewood BACK PURFLING: Style 45 SIDE MATERIAL: Solid East Indian Rosewood ENDPIECE: Grained Ivoroid ENDPIECE INLAY: Black/White Boltaron BINDING: Grained Ivoroid TOP INLAY STYLE: Abalone Pearl with Multiple Black/White Fiber Inlays SIDE INLAY: Black/White Boltaron BACK INLAY: Black/White Boltaron NECK MATERIAL: Select Hardwood NECK SHAPE: Low Profile NUT MATERIAL: Bone HEADSTOCK: Solid/6 String Diamond/Square Taper HEADPLATE: Solid Black Ebony /Camel Inlay /Large Old Style (Less Est. 1833) HEELCAP: Grained Ivoroid with Black/White Boltaron FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Solid Black Ebony SCALE LENGTH: 25.4 # OF FRETS CLEAR: 14 # OF FRETS TOTAL: 20 FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1 11/16 FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2 1/8 FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: Style 42 Snowflake w/ Peter Frampton Signature FINGERBOARD BINDING: Grained Ivoroid FINISH BACK & SIDES: Polished Gloss FINISH TOP: Polished Gloss w/ Vintage Toner FINISH NECK: Satin/ Polished Headplate BRIDGE MATERIAL: Solid Black Ebony BRIDGE STYLE: Standard Belly BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2 1/8 SADDLE: 16 Radius/Compensated/Bone TUNING MACHINES: Waverly Gold w/ Ivoroid Butterbean Knobs RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Martin SP 4200 Medium Phosphor Bronze BRIDGE & END PINS: Camel Bone w/ Select Pearl Dots PICKGUARD: Tortoise Color Beveled and Polished CASE: 545 INTERIOR LABEL: Signed by CFM IV & Peter Frampton
