Martin D-28 58957

Tony Rice used 58957, which he owned at the time, for several of his instructional materials produced by Homespun, including the "Tony Rice Masterclass" DVD

Clarence White playing 58957 on The Andy Griffith Show

Clarence White played 58957 during his time with The Kentucky Colonels

Tony Rice playing Shady Grove on 58957

Tony Rice, with Jake Stargel, plays a solo on 58957 during his tune, Manzanita, during a performance with Mountain Heart at the 2010 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.

Jake Stargel, probably noodling Garfield's Blackberry Blossom or something, on 58957.

Martin D-28 58957 is one of the best known acoustic guitars in the world, having been owned by Clarence and Roland White, and Tony Rice.

Lucas White recalled that he learned "A lot of people don't know this... Snuffy Smith spent a lot of time working on that guitar. He spent a lot of time adjusting it the way Tony wanted it; he spent a lot of time getting it set up and keeping it consistently set up. When Tony came off the road a lot of times he'd stop over at Snuffy's cuz Snuffy was up until like five o'clock in the mornng - he was on Tony's time...you know what's crazy is that I learned how to fit new frets into Tony's guitar. So I'm banging on Tony's neck, with Snuffy's supervision, and I'm 14 or 15 years old man. My grandfather never would have let that happen if he knew that was going on."

External Links

• Fretboard Journal - 58957: Tony Rice and his Holy Grail Martin D-28
• Lessons With Marcel: What Billy Strings Did With Tony Rice's Guitar