The fingerboard and saddle are all Rosewood and the frets show no wear despite 40 years of use. The tuners also are like new made by Kolb a german company that Martin used for their own guitars at that time but no longer available today. Most tuners of that era show signs of age with bent and corroded knobs and damaged gears but these ones are like new and are obviously of excellent quality German engineered design. The guitar will be of interest to of Martin guitars as It is very rare especially in UK and the USA.
In Holland they are not quite so rare but they are something of a secret cult amongst a small band of collectors that are aware of their quality and of the Martin design. Value? An all solid guitar nylon string guitar designed by Martin that still plays well is going to be of interest but their rarity makes it very difficult to value them as there are none on the market and experts consulted have not come across them. Vega dreadnoughts do appear occasionally in the USA and the UK but Alpha nylon string guitars are much rarer. The Alpha A-100 was meant to be one of the cheaper guitars made by Vega/ Alpha for C F Martin but looked at today a handmade guitar with solid German Spruce top and solid East Indian Rosewood back and sides would not be cheap and these guitars were meant to be made with mahogany back and sides. The rosette on these cheaper guitars was meant to be a painted on budget affair but this one has a beautiful micro-mosaic marketry rosette.
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