Marr bought this 1971 Martin D-28 in 1984, and used it as his main acoustic guitar with The Smiths. He wrote and recorded a lot of songs on it, most notably “There is a Light”, and “While I Wonder”.
So, this is the Martin D-28 from the late 60s, that I wrote “There is a Light” on, and quite a lot of other Smiths songs back in the day. I wrote “While I wonder” on it and a few other things — “Cemetery Gates”.
Johnny Marr
One interesting detail about this guitar is its rare cross/star inlays on the fretboard, including one on the third fret—a feature that’s not typical for this model at all. If you look at any 1971 D-28 Martin, nearly all of them have the standard dot inlays.
This could mean the guitar was either modified or possibly a custom order from the factory.
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