[davidd]

Originally Posted by Br1ck

Look, there is a known and documented four year period when for regulatory reasons, Martin had to change their glue. It took some time for the issue to show up. My 2014 from the known four year period took eight years to materialize. Three days at Gryphon and it was fixed on warranty with no problems. Saying Martin has binding issues by saying my 30+ year old Martin has binding separation is like saying my 90 Ford truck is bad because it blew a head gasket. There is almost universal celluloid binding issues on those twenties guitars, and hide glue is causing braces to come lose too.

Well, if it is a known and documented manufacturing error then why hasn't Martin actually acknowledged the issue? It isn't so much that this has been happening on such a large scale with their guitars, but that Martin has been deceptive by their omission of taking any responsibility other than having under warranty guitars in the USA repaired. If you bought outside of the USA or used in the USA you are out of luck.

They obviously are afraid of the Lemon Laws kicking in and therefore being on the hook for potentially millions of dollars in repair costs.