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| C. F. Martin & Co. |
| C. F. Martin & Co. purchased the Levin company |
| in 1973, but before that, they clearly must have |
| been experimenting with having Levin build a few |
| Martin D-18 guitars. Several years ago we received |
| these photos of a 1971 Martin D-18. It appears to |
| have a regular Martin D-18 body with the neck |
| block being stamped with D-18 and a 1971 Martin |
| serial number, but with a Levin W 32 neck with a |
| Martin logo and Levin Schaller tuners. |
| Check it out here: 281632 |
| Around 1978 Levin also built the Martin LD-18 |
| model that looked just like a regular Martin D-18 |
| but with Levin Schaller tuners. The neck block is |
| stamped LD-18 and a stamp on the inside of the |
| back says: |
| C.F.MARTIN & CO |
| GÖTEBORG |
| MADE IN SWEDEN |
| Reportedly, 200 were made, and here are some: |
| xxxxxx (unknown number) |
| 563941 (1978) |
| 563955 (1978) |
| 563995 (1978) |
| Also, a 1978 Martin LD-28 has surfaced. |
| Check it out here: 563924 (1978) |
| It appears that after the production of the Levin made |
| C. F. Martin guitars had come to a halt, the remaining |
| parts were used up with Levin logo and label as with this |
| Levin W 18: 564873 (1978) |