C.F. Martin Model "CEO 5"

Got this dreadnought guitar from My Favorite Guitars in Excelsior, Mn, USA. It was a very smooth and reliable transatlantic transaction and I can honestly recommend My Favourite Guitars and the guy I dealt with, Mr. Jon Garon. 

This is how it is built:

Top: Solid Sitka Spruce with "bearclaw" grain irregularities
Back & Sides: Solid sapele (Looks similar to mahogany and is said to be similar  tonewise,
Neck:  Mahogany
Fretboard and Bridge: Striped Ebony, 
Bindings: Cream colored plastic, top sorrounded by additional herringbone marquetry,
Soundhole sorrounded by abalone herringbone inlay
Headstock logo: Golden Letters.
Neck width at Nut: 45 mm (a bit more than 1-3/4).
Scale Length: 25,4" (645,15 mm).. Serial #: 362

C. F. Martin in Nazareth, Pennsyvania claims to be the oldest comapny building guitars (or at least steel string guitars) today. The company was established in the year 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin, a German immigrant to the USA, born in Markneukirchen Germany. The company is still owned and held by a family member. Today chairman is Christian Frederick Martin IV, the 6th boss in the company's history. Martin is said to be the inventor of the dreadnought guitar. Among steel string guitars about 80-90 % have the form and size of a dreadnought. The Martin CEO % is a model from the "special editons" line. It looks similar to the D-18VS or HD-28S, both guitars in the lineage of the Ditson dreanoughts C. F. Martin & Co built in 1912. 
The neck joint is at the 12th fret. The neck has a medium height "D"-shape. The setup was great right out of the box, the action not too stiff but not too flat on the other hand either. One thing Martin is known for: The bridge pins stuck out of the bridge almost one centimeter. I put in a set of pins I hand around and they fit better.

 

Sie ist folgendermassen gebaut:

Decker: Sitkafichte massiv mit "bearclaw"-Zeichnung
boden  & Zargen  massiv Sapele, von Aussehen und Klangverhalten dem Mahagoni ähnlich,
Hals:  Mahagoni
Griffbrett und Brücke: Gestreiftes Ebenholz
Korpuseinfassungen: Kunststoff cremefarben, die Decke ist mit Herrinbone-Streifen eingefaßt,
Schallocheinfassung: "Herringbone"-Einlage aus Abalone
Logo auf Kopfplatte: Goldene Buchstaben leicht erhaben.
Halsbreite am Sattel: 45 mm 
Mensur: 645,15 mm (25,4")
 Seriennummer: # 362

Der Klang dieser Gitarre ist typisch Martin mit straffen und druckvollen Tiefmitten und Bässen. Aber diese Bässe sind geradezu gigantisch, Der Diskant ist voll, rund und - je nach Spielweise auch zart und ätherisch. Alles ist bei guter Tontrennung in eine Aura Chembalo-artiger Obertöne eingebettet.