C.F. Martin & Co., in partnership with Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, will release two Ink & Wood limited-edition guitars featuring iconic imagery from Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins. It took more than 50 hours to C.F. Martin to produce the two instruments, “Homeward Bound” and “True Love.”
The guitars will retail for $19,999.00 are available to order worldwide beginning January 2019 through Martin’s established dealer and distributor networks.
The two guitars will debut Jan. 24-27 at Winter NAMM in Anaheim, Calif., before embarking on a nationwide tour at Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum events throughout 2019.
C.F. Martin & Co. used state-of-the-art techniques to craft the nautical and floral themed instruments, including a method known as inlay, the art of removing fragments of wood from the guitar base to replace them with a specified design.
Never painted or drawn, the images on the guitars are made from different colored pearl and wood that has been reworked and reimagined to create the iconic designs of Norman Collins, shared by the Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum bottle.
With the goal to mimic the visual of tattoos on skin, the added technique of sand shading the wood adds a three-dimensional quality by placing individual pieces in hot sand to burn it to just the right shade. This creates a gradient effect that adds depth and weight to the designs.