Sorry to hear she's bulging. Sometimes the guitar can live with it though and you can compensate by shaving the saddle down a bit and adjusting the truss rod.
Unfortunately, when the lift is severe the only thing that will correct the playing action is a neck reset. That's intensive labour and expensive. At that point you need to be realistic about how much money you should be investing, after all this ain't a vintage Martin! I hope that isn't necessary. Good luck with your restoration.
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I believe this is a copy of the Martin D37 K. The K stood for Koa wood construction. The MT series for El Degas back in the 60/70 (mostly MIJ) when I dealt with B&J tended to go up in price as the numbers went higher. So the MT1 was the low end and MT19 was the highest.
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Hey Freddie, nice to see you on the board again. Hope all is well with you.
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