Chords for Eric Clapton Collection at Gruhn Guitars: 1941 Martin 000-45
Tempo:
126.45 bpm
Chords used:
G
F#
F
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D]
[Am] [D] [G]
[D] [G]
Hey, I'm [D] Steve Krenz and we're here at Groon Guitars right here in Nashville, Tennessee,
and I'm here with George Groon with one of the special instruments from the Clapton Collection
currently here at Groon Guitars.
George, tell us a little bit about this instrument.
This is a Martin 00045 made in the year 1941.
Martin had a serial number [A] system that was consecutive numbers, so it's easy to date
the guitars and they have great record keeping.
You can just call them up [G] and give them a serial number, they can [D#] tell you what make,
what model, what year, what date it was started, what day it was shipped.
It's amazing.
But their model designation, 000, is the size.
They had 000, 000, 000, 13 1⁄2 inches [F] wide, 00 was 14 1⁄8 for [Cm] 12 fretters [F#] and 14 5⁄16
wide [A] for 14 fret [E] models.
000 are 15 inches, so this is [G#m] a 15 inch wide guitar.
[G] 45 [A] is the designation of how [F#] fancy it is, what kind of wood it has, and it was their
top of the line.
At that time they had styles 17, [F] 18, 21, 28, 42, and [N] 45.
45 is the top.
It has abalone edge trim on the top, on the sides, and on the back.
So on the sides alone, if you figure it goes all the way around here, there's actually
more pearl on the sides than there is on the front.
And there's all the pearl around the edge on the back.
So it's Brazilian rosewood, fancy wood [A] marquetry, [A#] backstripe, Adirondack [Em] spruce, snowflake in
lathes, vertical logo, ivory bindings, imitation, it's a celluloid ivory.
But the point is, this is their top of the line [F] guitar in this size.
And they only made about 125 of these, starting in 34 in 14 fret model [G] 000 and [F#] going through 42, 1942.
And then this model [G] was discontinued [F#] during World War II.
There were shortages of [F] materials and they were also short of [F#] labor due to the war.
And they just quit [F] doing the pearl trimmed [E] guitars.
So this was a very rare guitar and a very [C] high end guitar.
And as I understand it, Eric Clapton bought this guitar from you back in 2005.
Yes.
So he's had it since [F] 2005 and he has played and used it.
[A] It's in very nice, quite original condition.
It's had a little bit of work.
The tuner buttons [F#] deteriorated.
These are replacement buttons, but they are the original gears.
Some of the button material they had deteriorated.
And so we [G] can replace buttons but leave the gears intact.
[A#m] And [D] it has some normal playing wear, but it's in structurally very fine condition, [F#] cosmetically
plenty good condition.
We would never refinish a guitar that has original finish on it.
Collectors and musicians want the finish to be original.
They want sound to be preserved and you don't do that by relacquering it.
But this is a very high end piece that I consider this to be sort of, if there's one shining
gem in the entire group, so far as collectors value as an instrument, aside from memorabilia,
this may well be it.
But there's others here that are, you can't really compare this to a [G#m] Crossroads Stratocaster
or his Blackie Strat replica that is custom built to his specs.
[F#] It's a whole different thing.
You don't play the same style music on it.
But this is a wonderful [G#] guitar.
Just a gorgeous instrument, beautiful playing guitar, just plays like butter and sounds amazing.
Thank you so much George for showing it to us tonight.
[Am] [D] [G]
[D] [G]
Hey, I'm [D] Steve Krenz and we're here at Groon Guitars right here in Nashville, Tennessee,
and I'm here with George Groon with one of the special instruments from the Clapton Collection
currently here at Groon Guitars.
George, tell us a little bit about this instrument.
This is a Martin 00045 made in the year 1941.
Martin had a serial number [A] system that was consecutive numbers, so it's easy to date
the guitars and they have great record keeping.
You can just call them up [G] and give them a serial number, they can [D#] tell you what make,
what model, what year, what date it was started, what day it was shipped.
It's amazing.
But their model designation, 000, is the size.
They had 000, 000, 000, 13 1⁄2 inches [F] wide, 00 was 14 1⁄8 for [Cm] 12 fretters [F#] and 14 5⁄16
wide [A] for 14 fret [E] models.
000 are 15 inches, so this is [G#m] a 15 inch wide guitar.
[G] 45 [A] is the designation of how [F#] fancy it is, what kind of wood it has, and it was their
top of the line.
At that time they had styles 17, [F] 18, 21, 28, 42, and [N] 45.
45 is the top.
It has abalone edge trim on the top, on the sides, and on the back.
So on the sides alone, if you figure it goes all the way around here, there's actually
more pearl on the sides than there is on the front.
And there's all the pearl around the edge on the back.
So it's Brazilian rosewood, fancy wood [A] marquetry, [A#] backstripe, Adirondack [Em] spruce, snowflake in
lathes, vertical logo, ivory bindings, imitation, it's a celluloid ivory.
But the point is, this is their top of the line [F] guitar in this size.
And they only made about 125 of these, starting in 34 in 14 fret model [G] 000 and [F#] going through 42, 1942.
And then this model [G] was discontinued [F#] during World War II.
There were shortages of [F] materials and they were also short of [F#] labor due to the war.
And they just quit [F] doing the pearl trimmed [E] guitars.
So this was a very rare guitar and a very [C] high end guitar.
And as I understand it, Eric Clapton bought this guitar from you back in 2005.
Yes.
So he's had it since [F] 2005 and he has played and used it.
[A] It's in very nice, quite original condition.
It's had a little bit of work.
The tuner buttons [F#] deteriorated.
These are replacement buttons, but they are the original gears.
Some of the button material they had deteriorated.
And so we [G] can replace buttons but leave the gears intact.
[A#m] And [D] it has some normal playing wear, but it's in structurally very fine condition, [F#] cosmetically
plenty good condition.
We would never refinish a guitar that has original finish on it.
Collectors and musicians want the finish to be original.
They want sound to be preserved and you don't do that by relacquering it.
But this is a very high end piece that I consider this to be sort of, if there's one shining
gem in the entire group, so far as collectors value as an instrument, aside from memorabilia,
this may well be it.
But there's others here that are, you can't really compare this to a [G#m] Crossroads Stratocaster
or his Blackie Strat replica that is custom built to his specs.
[F#] It's a whole different thing.
You don't play the same style music on it.
But this is a wonderful [G#] guitar.
Just a gorgeous instrument, beautiful playing guitar, just plays like butter and sounds amazing.
Thank you so much George for showing it to us tonight.
Key:
G
F#
F
D
A
G
F#
F
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey, I'm [D] Steve Krenz and we're here at Groon Guitars right here in Nashville, Tennessee,
and I'm here with George Groon with one of the special instruments from the Clapton Collection
currently here at Groon Guitars.
George, tell us a little bit about this instrument.
This is a Martin 00045 _ made in the year 1941. _ _ _
Martin had a serial number [A] system that was consecutive numbers, so it's easy to date
the guitars and they have great record keeping.
You can just call them up [G] and give them a serial number, they can [D#] tell you what make,
what model, what year, what date it was started, what day it was shipped.
It's amazing.
But their model designation, 000, is the size.
They had 000, 000, 000, 13 1⁄2 inches [F] wide, 00 was 14 1⁄8 for [Cm] 12 fretters [F#] and 14 5⁄16
wide [A] for 14 fret [E] models.
000 are 15 inches, so this is [G#m] a 15 inch wide guitar.
[G] 45 _ [A] is the designation of how [F#] fancy it is, what kind of wood it has, and it was their
top of the line.
At that time they had styles 17, [F] 18, 21, 28, 42, and [N] 45.
45 is the top.
It has abalone edge trim _ on the top, on the sides, and on the back.
So on the sides alone, if you figure it goes all the way around here, there's actually
more pearl on the sides than there is on the front.
_ And there's all the pearl around the edge on the back.
So it's Brazilian rosewood, fancy wood [A] marquetry, _ [A#] backstripe, Adirondack [Em] spruce, _ snowflake in
lathes, vertical logo, ivory bindings, imitation, it's a celluloid ivory.
But the point is, this is their top of the line [F] guitar _ in this size.
And they only made about 125 of these, starting in 34 in 14 fret model [G] 000 and [F#] going through 42, _ 1942.
_ And then this model [G] was discontinued [F#] during World War II.
There were shortages of [F] materials and they were also short of [F#] labor due to the war.
And they just quit [F] doing the pearl trimmed [E] guitars.
So this was a very rare guitar and a very [C] high end guitar.
And as I understand it, Eric Clapton bought this guitar from you back in 2005.
Yes.
So he's had it since [F] 2005 and he has played and used it. _
[A] It's in very nice, quite original condition.
It's had a little bit of work.
The tuner buttons [F#] deteriorated.
These are replacement buttons, but they are the original gears. _
Some of the button material they had deteriorated.
And so we [G] can replace buttons but leave the gears intact.
_ [A#m] And [D] it has some normal playing wear, but it's in structurally very fine condition, [F#] cosmetically
plenty good condition.
We would never refinish a guitar that has original finish on it. _
_ Collectors and musicians want the finish to be original.
They want sound to be preserved and you don't do that by relacquering it.
But this is a very high end _ piece that I consider this to be sort of, if there's one shining
gem in the entire group, _ so far as collectors value as an instrument, _ _ _ aside from memorabilia,
this may well be it.
But there's others here that _ are, you can't really compare this to a [G#m] Crossroads Stratocaster
or his Blackie Strat replica that is custom built to his specs.
[F#] It's a whole different thing.
You don't play the same style music on it.
But this is a wonderful [G#] guitar.
Just a gorgeous instrument, _ beautiful playing guitar, just plays like butter and sounds amazing.
Thank you so much George for showing it to us tonight. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey, I'm [D] Steve Krenz and we're here at Groon Guitars right here in Nashville, Tennessee,
and I'm here with George Groon with one of the special instruments from the Clapton Collection
currently here at Groon Guitars.
George, tell us a little bit about this instrument.
This is a Martin 00045 _ made in the year 1941. _ _ _
Martin had a serial number [A] system that was consecutive numbers, so it's easy to date
the guitars and they have great record keeping.
You can just call them up [G] and give them a serial number, they can [D#] tell you what make,
what model, what year, what date it was started, what day it was shipped.
It's amazing.
But their model designation, 000, is the size.
They had 000, 000, 000, 13 1⁄2 inches [F] wide, 00 was 14 1⁄8 for [Cm] 12 fretters [F#] and 14 5⁄16
wide [A] for 14 fret [E] models.
000 are 15 inches, so this is [G#m] a 15 inch wide guitar.
[G] 45 _ [A] is the designation of how [F#] fancy it is, what kind of wood it has, and it was their
top of the line.
At that time they had styles 17, [F] 18, 21, 28, 42, and [N] 45.
45 is the top.
It has abalone edge trim _ on the top, on the sides, and on the back.
So on the sides alone, if you figure it goes all the way around here, there's actually
more pearl on the sides than there is on the front.
_ And there's all the pearl around the edge on the back.
So it's Brazilian rosewood, fancy wood [A] marquetry, _ [A#] backstripe, Adirondack [Em] spruce, _ snowflake in
lathes, vertical logo, ivory bindings, imitation, it's a celluloid ivory.
But the point is, this is their top of the line [F] guitar _ in this size.
And they only made about 125 of these, starting in 34 in 14 fret model [G] 000 and [F#] going through 42, _ 1942.
_ And then this model [G] was discontinued [F#] during World War II.
There were shortages of [F] materials and they were also short of [F#] labor due to the war.
And they just quit [F] doing the pearl trimmed [E] guitars.
So this was a very rare guitar and a very [C] high end guitar.
And as I understand it, Eric Clapton bought this guitar from you back in 2005.
Yes.
So he's had it since [F] 2005 and he has played and used it. _
[A] It's in very nice, quite original condition.
It's had a little bit of work.
The tuner buttons [F#] deteriorated.
These are replacement buttons, but they are the original gears. _
Some of the button material they had deteriorated.
And so we [G] can replace buttons but leave the gears intact.
_ [A#m] And [D] it has some normal playing wear, but it's in structurally very fine condition, [F#] cosmetically
plenty good condition.
We would never refinish a guitar that has original finish on it. _
_ Collectors and musicians want the finish to be original.
They want sound to be preserved and you don't do that by relacquering it.
But this is a very high end _ piece that I consider this to be sort of, if there's one shining
gem in the entire group, _ so far as collectors value as an instrument, _ _ _ aside from memorabilia,
this may well be it.
But there's others here that _ are, you can't really compare this to a [G#m] Crossroads Stratocaster
or his Blackie Strat replica that is custom built to his specs.
[F#] It's a whole different thing.
You don't play the same style music on it.
But this is a wonderful [G#] guitar.
Just a gorgeous instrument, _ beautiful playing guitar, just plays like butter and sounds amazing.
Thank you so much George for showing it to us tonight. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _