Dick Boak
Dick Boak’s legendary career with C. F. Martin & Co. started in 1976 and spanned 42 years.Now retired, Dick is still building guitars for fun, creating new pointillist illustrations, writing songs anddoing occasional speaking engagements.
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Martin Guitar -Founded in 1833, our guitars were strummed by Civil War soldiers around campfires,helped shape the sound of modern music at the turn of the 20th century, and were played by music’s firstsuperstars like Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry. Decades later, Martins floored the crowd at Woodstock,then took center stage on MTV Unplugged, and can be heard on countless classic and contemporary songsacross all genres of music. Artists like Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, NeilYoung, John Mayer, Seth Avett, and many others all played Martins, creating much of the soundtrack ofthe last century.
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