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Martin Guitar Introduces Jeff Daniels Custom Guitar

The Martin OM Jeff Daniels Custom Artist Edition, designed in collaboration with the award-winning film and stage actor, retails for $4,999.

Upper Nazareth-based  recently introduced a Custom Artist Edition Guitar, the OM Jeff Daniels, which was designed in collaboration with the award-winning film and stage actor.

In 2001 the "Dumb and Dumber" actor started playing a 1934 Martin C-2 archtop. The broken top had been replaced with a soundboard of Adirondack spruce, in effect converting it into an Orchestra Model (OM), according to a press release. That guitar became Daniels’ constant companion in the studio and on stage and it became the template for the Martin OM Jeff Daniels Custom Artist Edition.

“My new OM looks great and it has terrific balance all the way up the fretboard,” Daniels said in the press release. “I’m noticing a solid low end that my original 1934 C-2 seems to lack. I remember striving for that element when we were specing it out, so mission accomplished! I’ve passed it around among several guitar-playing crew members on set and everyone is impressed with the sound right out of the box -- acoustic guitar heaven.”

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Daniels has taken his passion for music public with five albums of mostly self-penned songs and occasional tours.

“We all know that Jeff Daniels is a talented actor, but I was unaware of what a tremendous musician, songwriter and guitarist Jeff Daniels is,” said Chris Martin IV, CEO of Martin Guitar, in the press release. “It is obvious that playing guitar is a very important part of his life. We are greatly honored at the opportunity to collaborate with him on this special project."

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Authorized C. F. Martin dealers are currently taking orders for the OM Jeff Daniels Custom Artist Edition, which retails for $4,999. Participating dealers are listed on the C. F. Martin website, www.martinguitar.com.

And next up for Daniels: He'll star in the lead role in Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming HBO series “The Newsroom.”


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