OM-28 PERRY BECHTEL AND HD-28 MARTIN GUITARS

...'George Harrison borrowed the Perry Bechtel OM-28 for a televised Dylan tribute Concert at Madison Square Garden ... Bob played his leather-stained herringbone.'
from Dick Boak's MARTIN GUITAR MASTERPIECES book      
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)
   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

OM-28 PERRY BECHTEL MARTIN GUITAR

...'In 1993, a PERRY BECHTEL Commemorative OM-28 was conceived to pay tribute to the man who is credited with the development of the 14-fret neck on Martin guitars...

...For several years, Cesar Díaz was Bob's guitar technician and amplifier specialist. Cesar was also a great player and joined in with Bob's band for a time, during which he often visited Martin to stock up on plenty of strings and to acquire a variety of stock and custom guitars for the tour. A few HD-28s and an OM-28 Perry Bechtel were purchased.'
 from Dick Boak's MARTIN GUITAR MASTERPIECES book      
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)
   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

MARTIN CUSTOM DREADNOUGHT GUITAR WITH BOB'S SIGNATURE

A custom 14-fret slotted head Dreadnought Martin guitar with ''Tex Fletcher'' style letters commissioned by Cesar Díaz (Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties) for Bob Dylan

'through a good bit of custom experimentation, it became clear that Dylan liked the full-sized Dreadnoughts with full-thickness necks and bright Engelmann spruce tops. In reverence to Jimmie Rodgers, Bob had a particular appreciation for slotted headstocks.
There is a ''Tex Fletcher'' Dreadnought in the Martin Museum with thin block lettering on the fingerboard. Cesar conveyed to me that Bob liked that style of lettering, so I drafted a special ''Bob Dylan'' fingerboard that was subsequently inlaid by David Nichols of Custom Pearl Inlay. The fingerboard  found its place on a Custom Dreadnought that Cesar delivered to Bob, but by the time it was completed , Cesar's role in the band was changing. Eventually, Cesar stopped working with Dylan altogether and there was some question whether  the Custom Dreadnought remained in the corral of Dylan instruments.'
 from Dick Boak's MARTIN GUITAR MASTERPIECES book       guitar's picture by John Sterling Ruth
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

MARTIN 00-18

1986 Promotional shot with a Martin 00-18 guitar...

The People Speak HOWARD ZINN's A People's History of the USA

January 2009.

Performance of Woody Guthrie's "Do Re Mi" with Ry Cooder & Van Dyke Parks from the "The People Speak" Project, with a Gibson Country Western.

Hank Williams' Martin D-28 Guitar

This Old Guitar - Hank Williams Martin D-28


A one hour radio program of an interview with Neil Young on CD called Companion contains extensive insight into Prairie Wind's recording, as well as, much other interesting stuff. In the interview by JODY DENBERG, Neil is asked about the Martin guitar that belonged to Hank Williams.
NEIL YOUNG: Yeah. I bought it from, uh, uh, off a friend of mine Grant Boatwright (sp?) put me together with, uh, this fellow Tut Taylor (sp?) he had an old, uh, collection of guitars. And, uh, I went down there and there it was, and he took it out of the back and brought it out and I bought it. I couldn't believe that I could buy it. That I, you know, but I did. And now I have it. And, you know, I've got it for a while and I'm taking care of it.


JODY DENBERG: But you're generous with it. You've lent it to some of your friends?


NEIL YOUNG: You know, Bob Dylan was using my bus. He, he didn't have his own tour bus yet. And he was just getting into using buses, and, uh, so I let him use mine and, uh, when I gave it to him I, I told him that, uh, Hank was in the back and that if he wanted to use Hank, that Hank would be there for him. And so I don't know what he did with it, but he had it with him for a long time. And I don't know what he wrote or what he did, but I know, you know, something must have happened back there.

1993 Fender Stratocaster

1993 Fender Stratocaster owned by Bob Dylan. One of the very first aluminum Strat's. Dave Stewart owns one exactly like this one. Original shipping documents to Dylan's guitar tech, Cesar Diaz. OHSC.


This picture and its legend appears like this at  http://www.abalonevintage.com

SUNBURST GIBSON J-200

France 1992...with a Gibson J-200...this is not the same guitar pictured on the 'Nashville Skyline' album...you can tell the difference between the Nashville 'moustache' bridge with pearl inlays and the empty one...

Martin HD-28 Sunburst Top

Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...Thinline Goldplus Acoustic Pickup System...and their serial numbers!!!!.. between august 25th and the end of september 1992 Cesar paid for 5 Martin guitars...


INVOICE
August 25th, 1992
Payment in full has been received from
Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan)
473 North Courtland Street
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
for the following:
1 each      Martin HD-28 with Case
Serial # _______________
Sunburst Top
PAID IN FULL / CHECK (Diaz Amplifiers)
Thanks to dick boak
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

Martin MC-28 Serial # 518513

Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...thinline Goldplus...and their serial numbers!!!!..

INVOICE
September 24th, 1992
Payment in full has been received from
Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan)
473 North Courtland Street
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
for the following:
1 each      Martin MC-28 with Case Serial # 518513
(Thinline GoldPlus Installed Inclusive)
PAID IN FULL / CHECK # 862 (Diaz Amplifiers) 

Thanks to dick boak
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

Martin OM-21 Limited Edition G.O.M. Guitar of the Month Serial # 510291

Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...thinline Goldplus...and their serial numbers!!!!..


INVOICE
September 24th, 1992
Payment in full has been received from
Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan)
473 North Courtland Street 
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 
for the following:
1 each      Martin OM-21 with Case 
Limited Edition G.O.M. Guitar of the Month
Serial # 510291 
PAID IN FULL / CHECK # 862 (Diaz Amplifiers) 
Dealer:  David Sheppard
Stringed Instruments & Repair
1820 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, NC 27403
(919) 274-2395 
Thanks to dick boak
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

Martin HD-28 with Case Serial # 517887

Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...thinline Goldplus...and their serial numbers!!!!..


INVOICE
September 24th, 1992
Payment in full has been received from
Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan)
473 North Courtland Street
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
for the following:
1 each      Martin HD-28 with Case Serial # 517887
Engelmann Spruce Utilized But Not Specified
Aging Toner On Top
(Thinline GoldPlus Installed Inclusive)
PAID IN FULL / CHECK # 862 (Diaz Amplifiers)
Dealer:  David Sheppard
Stringed Instruments & Repair
1820 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, NC 27403
(919) 274-2395 


Thanks to dick boak
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

Martin HD-28 with Case Serial # 517031

Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...thinline Goldplus...and their serial numbers!!!!..


INVOICE:
Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan) 
1 each      Martin HD-28 with Case Serial # 517031 
Engelmann Spruce Top Specified 
(Thinline GoldPlus Installed Inclusive) 
PAID IN FULL / CHECK (Diaz Amplifiers) 
Dealer:  David Sheppard
Stringed Instruments & Repair
1820 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, NC 27403
(919) 274-2395 


Thanks to dick boak
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

30th Anniversary Concert - 16 October 1992 NYC

The Bob fest celebrated with a  MARTIN "HD-28"

Tv: Austin, Tx 28 April 1993

Celebrating  Willie Nelson's Big Six-0 - Austin 28 April with a Martin HD-28 

Masked and Anonymous - Los Angeles 2-15 July 2002

Filmed  with a  GIBSON J-45 DUAL PICKGUARD and a SUNBURST FENDER STRATOCASTER

Newport Folk Festival - 3 August 2002

At Newport 2002 with  SUNBURST FENDER STRATOCASTER an a GIBSON J-45 DUAL PICKGUARD

Grammy Awards NY, 25 Feb.1998

At the Grammy Awards with a bomb and a Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Bologna, It. , Pope show 27 Sep.1997

Playing for the pope with a GIBSON LES PAUL ULTIMA

Hyde Park, London 29 June 1996

At  Hyde Park, London - Prince's Trust Concert with an acoustic GIBSON J-50 and a SUNBURST FENDER STRATOCASTER

Unplugged Sony Music Studios, NY 17,18 Nov. 1994

The Mtv Unplugged with a Martin HD-28

'Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan ...Bob took a special liking to one of the HDs and played it for several years--or at least long enough for a dark stain to develope at the edge of the guitar where he rested his leather -jacketed arm while playing. This HD-28 was used during the performance that was recorded for MTV Unplugged.'
                                                       from Dick Boak's MARTIN GUITAR MASTERPIECES book
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

Woodstock Festival - 14 August 1994

At Woodstock with a  SUNBURST FENDER STRATOCASTER and a MARTIN HD-28

Nara, Japan 22 May 1994

At Nara for the Great Music Experience with a Martin HD-28

Dave Letterman Show 18 Nov.1993

1993...at the Late Letterman show with a Martin HD-28

CARMINE STREET GUITAR

This is Bob in China,  current 2011 tour,  with a  Rick Kelly guitar...this guitar appeared on stage on the 2010  USA Fall Tour  replacing the  JAMES TRUSSART STEEL O MATIC GUITAR...look at the eagle head sculpted on the wood...beautiful... http://www.kellyguitars.com/index.html


thanks to Evan Volow and Guitarz (http://guitarz.blogspot.com)

Royal Albert Hall, London - 26 & 27 May 1966

'Judas' at the Royal Albert Hall with the  GIBSON NICK LUCAS SPECIAL and the BLACK FENDER '50s TELECASTER

Supper Club 16,17 Nov.1993

At the Supper Club with a  MARTIN HD-28

Clinton Innauguration Washington 17 Jan.1993

At the Bill Clinton Inauguration with a GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD

Dave Letterman Show NY, 18 Jan.1992

No Letterman with a  BLACK FENDER '50s TELECASTER

Hammersmith London Feb.1991

At the Hammersmith with the  GIBSON CF-100, behind him we can see the GIBSON J-180...the electric choosed was a SUNBURST FENDER STRATOCASTER

Hammersmith London Feb.1990

At the Hammersmith with a BLACK FENDER STRATOCASTER and a GIBSON J-180

Rock&Roll Hall of Fame 20 Jan. 1988

With a GIBSON SG Standard with Maestro VOS at the Hall of fame

'Hearts of Fire' 1986

'Hearts of fire' film with a Natural Fender Stratocaster

Farm Aid Champaigne, Il 22 Sep. 1985

With the Heartbreakers and a  SUNBURST FENDER STRATOCASTER

Live Aid Philadelphia 13 July 1985

Stoned in Philadelphia with a MARTIN D-28

Dave Letterman Show Ny, 22 March 1984

This is Bob at the rehearsals for the Letterman show with the same guitar he played live at the show...SUNBURST FENDER STRATOCASTER

Peace Sunday, Pasadena, Ca 6 June1982

SUNBURST WASHBURN TANGLEWOOD

On June 6 1982, Bob Dylan gave his only live performance of the year. At the time he was between projects (1981's Shot Of Love and 1983's Infidels), and had not appeared on stage since the previous November.

The concert was called "Peace Sunday: We Have A Dream", a six-hour concert for nuclear disarmament, and it took place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The acts that day included speakers Ed Asner, Jesse Jackson, Cesar Chavez, with music by Stevie Wonder, Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Dan Fogelberg, Gary U.S. Bonds and Bonnie Raitt. Dylan was a surprise guest during Joan Baez's set.

Toronto 19 April 1980 Tv

Three guitars on Toronto Tv 80: one acoustic, the YAMAHA L-6 1978 and two Stratos, the sunburst fender stratocaster'62 and the 'wings' BLACK FENDER STRATOCASTER 1978

Grammy Awards L.A., 27 Feb.1980

Playing the awarded 'Gotta serve somebody' with the new 'wings' BLACK FENDER STRATOCASTER 1978

Saturday Night Live NY, 20 Oct.1979

At the SNL with the brand new  YAMAHA L-6 1978 and the 'wings' BLACK FENDER STRATOCASTER 1978

The Last Waltz San Francisco, Ca 25 Nov.1976

At the Last Waltz with this gorgeous  SUNBURST FENDER STRATOCASTER

Fort Collins Colorado. Tv show 23 May 1976

At Fort Collins three guitars were played by Dylan: one GIBSON J-35, the SUNBURST FENDER TELECASTER 50s and the new NATIONAL GLENWOOD PROFESSIONAL GUITAR...

Clearwater, Fl Tv show 22 April 1976

At the Clearwater show Bob played 3 guitars: 2 telecasters, a natural one with black pickguard and the regular sunburst and Dylan's Martin 00-21...

Hurricane Carter Benefit II Houston, Tx 25 Jan.1976

Three guitars on the second Hurricane Benefit, one electric: a fender Tele SUNBURST FENDER TELECASTER 50s and two acoustics: one Martin D-45 MARTIN D-45 and a Gibson J-35 GIBSON J-35 ... 

Hurricane Carter Benefit NY, 8 Dec.1975

Three guitars on the first Hurricane Benefit, one electric: a fender Tele SUNBURST FENDER TELECASTER 50s and two acoustics: one Martin D-45 MARTIN D-45 and a Gibson J-35 GIBSON J-35 ... By the way...which one is Bob?...

Tribute to John Hammond Chicago 10 Sep.1975

At this tribute show on Tv with his Martin 00-21  MARTIN 00-21

SNACK Benefit San Francisco 23 March 1975

At this benefit show in Frisco with a beauty...a black Gibson Les Paul standard...GIBSON LES PAUL

Friends of Chile NY, 9 May 1974

Concert for Chile with a Martin 00-21... MARTIN 00-21

New Year's Evening THE BAND show Academy of Music, NY 31 Dec.1971

At this show with The Band Bob played two electrics: his loving Blonde Telecaster  BUTTERSCOTCH BLONDE FENDER TELECASTER '52 and a Junior Gibson Sg MODIFIED GIBSON SG LES PAUL JUNIOR

Concert for Bangladesh NY, 1 Aug.1971

Supporting George with a Martin D-28...