"Small DiGoni" Hybrid X Braced Spanish Martin Guitar

While the instrument made for Madame Di Goni is thought by some to be Martin's first X  braced guitar, this size 3 Martin, which fits the description of a "Small DiGoni" has the same hybrid of X and fan bracing with a number of Spanish influenced features that precede those on the DiGoni guitar. 





 


 





While Martin often mixed older features with newer ones, this guitar, an early version of a Style 3-24, has an early tie style bridge rather than a later pyramid pin bridge, an early elegantly curved Spanish heel, aback strip of straight holly lines, an early wide version of the slotted headstock with large bone rollers, a rosette more reminiscent of a Martin & Coupa with tiny dentils, rather than the more standard Style 21 herringbone, and a broad full 2" wide neck width, along with a faux Spanish foot, and an earlier rounded popsicle brace.