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Martin D-28 Authentic 1937 Acoustic Guitar

Original price $7,499.00 - Original price $7,499.00
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$7,499.00
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New: The item is brand new as received from the manufacturer with a full manufacturer warranty. Instruments such as guitars, snare drums, drum kits, brass and woodwind instruments may be opened for photography and quality control inspection and may not be in a factory sealed box.

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The Martin D-28 Authentic 1937 Acoustic Guitar is a Faithful Recreation of a Highly Revered Legend

Perhaps the most revered vintage D-28s are the ones created in 1937 with forward-shifted hand-scalloped X-bracing, an Adirondack spruce top, and a 1.75 inch neck width. This model is an updated version made with Guatemalan rosewood back and sides, and it includes some subtle spec refinements to make it even more faithful to the original. One of the major updates is a more accurate body profile based on dreadnoughts from the 1930s and 40s. Martin's VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) is employed to age the top and braces, which captures the tone from the 1930s era. Martin's craftspeople can recreate the pleasing visual aesthetics of a vintage guitar and reproduce the particular tones previously reserved for vintage instruments.


SPECIFICATIONS

  • Body Size: Authentic D-14 Fret
  • Top Finish: Vintage Gloss
  • Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint - Hide Glue Construction
  • Back and Side Finish: Vintage Gloss
  • Bracing Pattern: Forward Shifted X Brace
  • Scale Length: 25.4 inches
  • Brace Shape: Scalloped
  • Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1.75 inches
  • Top Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
  • Neck Shape: Authentic 1937
  • Back Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
  • Neck Taper: Standard Taper
  • Side Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
  • Electronics: No

Top

  • Top Color: Clear
  • Bridge Style: Authentic Belly - Glue in Long Saddle
  • Binding: Grained Ivoroid
  • Bridge String Spacing: 2.3125 inches
  • Top Inlay Material: Bold Herringbone
  • Bridge Material: Ebony
  • Top Detail: None
  • Bridge Pin Material: Faux Ivory
  • Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
  • Bridge Pin Dots: Black Plastic
  • Pickguard Inlay: None
  • Saddle: Bone
  • Rosette: Multi-Stripe
  • Saddle Radius: 16 inches

Body

  • Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
  • Back and Sides Color: None
  • Brace Size: 0.3125 inches
  • Back Detail: None
  • Back Purfling/Strip: Zig-Zag Authentic
  • Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
  • Heelcap: Grained Ivoroid
  • Side Detail: None
  • Endpiece: Grained Ivoroid
  • Side Inlay Material: None
  • Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe

Neck

  • Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony
  • Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss
  • Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2.25 inches
  • Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
  • Fingerboard Inlay Style: 1937 Diamonds and Squares Long Pattern
  • Number of Frets Total: 20
  • Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
  • Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
  • Fingerboard Binding Material: None
  • Side Dots: Grained Ivoroid

Headstock

  • Headstock Shape: Solid with 1937 Taper and Diamond
  • Tuning Machines: Waverly Nickel Open Back
  • Headplate Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
  • Knob: Butterbean
  • Headplate Logo Style: Script Golden Era Overlay
  • Nut Material: Bone
  • Headplate Binding Material: None
  • Headplate Detail: None

Miscellaneous

  • Case: Ply Hardshell
  • Left Handed Availability: true
  • Label: None


Manufacturer: C. F. Martin & Co.
Model: D28 AUTH 1937 2022
SKU: I715759-N-1-WHXA


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