Martin Classical Guitar 1976

[Classicallady]

I have a 1976 Martin 016 New York Concert series guitar passed on to me by my uncle.
Any information on this guitar? It's in great condition with a few wear marks from use. She sounds sweet but tuning problems

[Carey]

I had one of those of the same vintage, IIRC. No back binding or purfling,
right? It was nice, but had a buzz that I couldn't sort out.

[DJ in FL]

Some new strings will make you both feel better. Just like wives these gits sometimes need SPECIAL attention to get back in the groove! GOOD LUCK.

[Bikewer]

Back around then we got a big income-tax rebate and treated ourselves to new guitars. I got a D-18, and my wife chose a very similar guitar to yours, but I forget the model designation.
Very plain nylon-string model that went for about 500 bucks back then. (My D-18 was 600....)
Great sounding little guitar.... My wife used it for self-acompaniment for the sorts of “folkie” songs we were doing back then.

[Classicallady]

My uncle said he was in a resale music shop on Main St in Denver and saw what a beauty the guitar was. That case alone is pricey these days. What is an income tax rebate? Har har.
Nice folksy guitar for sure. The sound is pretty and I recently got an acoustic amp and wow. Very cool

[redir]

Yeah those were really more of a folkie guitar then a classical. They are braced very strangely, I cannot quite remember exactly how (I think I took a picture once) but it's not like the traditional fan braced classical or even like any contemporary classical designs.

Cool guitars non the less though.

[Cameleye]

Martin's 0-16NY was built with Martin's X bracing, just like their steel string guitars. It really isn't a classical. Most folks just string them with Silk&Steel though they can also handle regular light gauge strings.