Replicates the specs, materials, and processes used in the construction of the original pre WWII instrument.
The Martin D 28 Authentic Guitar is a hand constructed model that draws its inspiration from a stellar 1937 example and employs the use of hide glue as well as vintage "T" bar neck reinforcement. Other significant features on the Martin guitar include an Adirondack red spruce top with circa 1937 sculpted Adirondack bracing, a nitrate tortoise colored pickguard, Golden Era Style 28 diamonds and squares as fingerboard position markers, grained ivoroid bindings, black ebony fingerboard and bridge, fossil ivory nut and saddle, antique white bridge pins and a vintage style case.
Martin D 28 Authentic Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Features:
- Construction: Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint
- Body size: D 14 Fret
- Top: Solid Adirondack Spruce
- Rosette: Style 28
- Top bracing pattern: Standard X Scalloped (Circa 1937 Style), Forward shifted
- Top braces: Solid Adirondack Spruce 5/16''
- Back material: Solid Brazilian Rosewood
- Back Purfling: HD Zigzag
- Side material: Solid Brazilian Rosewood
- End piece: Grained Ivoroid
- End piece inlay: Black/White Boltaron
- Binding: Grained Ivoroid
- Top inlay style: Fine Herringbone
- Side inlay: None
- Back inlay: Black/White Boltaron
- Neck material: Solid Genuine Mahogany
- Neck shape: 1937 Contour
- Nut material: Fossilized Ivory
- Headstock Solid Brazilian Rosewood/Square Taper
- Headplate: Solid Brazilian Rosewood w/Large Golden Era Style
- Heelcap: Grained Ivoroid
- Fingerboard material: Solid Black Ebony
- Scale length: 25.4
- # of frets clear: 14
- # of frets total: 20
- Fingerboard width at nut: 1 3/4''
- Fingerboard width at 12th fret: 2 1/4''
- Fingerboard position inlays: Diamonds and Squares Long Pattern Golden Era
- Fingerboard binding: None
- Finish back & sides: Polished Gloss
- Finish top: Polished Gloss w/Aging Toner
- Finish neck: Polished Gloss
- Bridge material: Solid Black Ebony
- Bridge style: 1930 Style Belly Long Saddle
- Bridge string spacing: 2 5/16''
- Saddle: 16" radius/ Fossilized Ivory
- Tuning machines: Gotoh Nickel w/ Butter Bean Knobs
- Recommended strings: Martin M550 Phosphor Bronze
- Bridge & endpins: Antique White/Black Dots
- Pickguard: Delmar Tortoise Color
- Case: V18A Vintage Style
- Interior label: None
- Electronics: None
Martin D 28 Authentic Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Includes:
The D 28 Authentic Acoustic is both a piece of musical history and a superior instrument for your music today! Order now.
