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Martin Custom Shop 28 Style Sinker Redwood-East Indian Rosewood Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Natural
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Description
The Martin Custom Shop 28 Style Sinker Redwood-East Indian Rosewood Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar offers premium tonewoods and timeless design for serious musicians. Handcrafted with a sinker redwood top and East Indian rosewood back and sides, this guitar delivers a rich, balanced sound with shimmering highs and a tight bass response. The dovetail neck joint, scalloped X-bracing and ebony fingerboard provide exceptional resonance and playability.
Resonant Redwood Top
The sinker redwood top gives this dreadnought a warm, complex tone with impressive projection. Redwood is prized for its musicality, with a wide dynamic range and chimey highs. The wood was salvaged from turn-of-the-century buildings, giving it an aged patina and tight grain structure for responsive sound. When you strum the first chord, you'll hear why redwood is a favorite of discerning players.
Premium Rosewood Back and Sides
The East Indian rosewood used for the back and sides comes from old-growth trees, producing wood with striking figure and tonal properties. Rosewood is a traditional dreadnought tonewood, providing a focused low end, clear mids and airy treble. Paired with the redwood top, the rosewood back and sides achieve a balanced and versatile sound suitable for any musical style.
Playability and Craftsmanship
A dovetail neck joint, ebony fingerboard and bone nut and saddle provide a solid foundation for this guitar's tone and playability. The modified low oval neck profile gives you a comfortable profile for chording and single-note runs. The scalloped X-bracing and forward-shifted design help produce a broad tonal range with rich bass and shimmering highs. Built using hide glue and time-honored techniques, this guitar is made to be played for generations.
Classic Dreadnought Style
With its square-shoulder dreadnought body, Style 28 rosette and vintage-inspired appointments, this guitar has visual appeal to match its tone. The faux-tortoise pickguard protects the top while the antique white binding adds an understated elegance. For musicians wanting rosewood/redwood tone and premium craftsmanship in a traditional package, this Custom Shop dreadnought delivers.
Features
- Premium sinker redwood top, east indian rosewood back and sides
- Ebony fingerboard with abalone inlays, dovetail neck joint
- Scalloped x-bracing, bone nut and saddle, grover tuners
- Grover Nickel V97 tuning machines
Specs
- Body size: Dreadnought
- Top material: Premium sinker redwood
- Top finish: Gloss
- Back and side material: Premium wild grain East Indian rosewood
- Back and sides finish: Gloss
- Bracing: Scalloped spruce, forward shifted X-brace
- Rosette: Style 28
- Material: Mahogany
- Finish: Satin
- Shape: Modified low oval
- Construction: Dovetail joint at 14th fret
- Scale length: 25.4"
- Number of frets: 20
- Material: Ebony
- Width at nut: 1.75"
- Width at 12th fret: 2.125"
- Inlay material: Abalone
- Inlay style: Diamonds and squares long
- Bridge material: Ebony
- Bridge style: Modern belly
- Nut material: Bone
- Saddle material: Compensated bone
- Tuning machines: Grover Nickel V97
- Pickguard: Faux tortoise
- Bridge pin material: Not specified
- Bridge pin dots: Faux tortoise
- Heelcap: Antique white
- None
- Orientation: Right handed
- Number of strings: 6
- Case: Softshell (case item number 12C630)