Martin Marquis D-28 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Natural

Crafted to evoke the same powerful tone and sonorous projection as a pre-WWII D-28, the Martin D-28 Marquis Acoustic Guitar differs only by using the much less scarce, and therefore more affordable, Indian rosewood instead of Brazilian rosewood. Using only premium-grade solid Indian rosewood for the back and sides and a solid Adirondack spruce top, the Marquis Guitar delivers powerful sounds with scalloped Adirondack spruce braces and forward-shifted X-bracing. A special aging toner gives the wood a vintage countenance.The list of historically accurate details, nearly overwhelming and totally exhaustive, captures the authentic spirit of the Martin D-28: mahogany blocks/dovetail neck joint construction, slot-through saddle, herringbone binding, neck dart, zipper back marquetry, ivoroid binding, herringbone top trim, Waverly butterbean tuners, and old-style wood fiber rosette.The Martin D-28 Marquis also has a beveled and polished tortoise pickguard; ebony bridge with long saddle; modified V-shaped neck; ebony fretboard (1-3/4" nut, 25-2/5" scale) with diamond and square inlays; and fossil ivory nut, saddle, and bridgepins (with black dots).The Martin D-28 Marquis Acoustic Guitar is a lovingly crafted Indian rosewood version of the discontinued D-28GE.

• Solid Adirondack spruce top
• Scalloped 5/16'' Golden Era solid Adirondack spruce braces
• Forward-shifted X-bracing
• Solid East Indian rosewood back
• Sitka Golden Era back braces
• HD Zig Zag back purfling
• Solid East Indian rosewood sides
• Old-style wood fiber inlay rosette; Style 28
• Grained ivoroid endpiece
• Black/white wood fiber endpiece inlay
• Grained ivoroid binding
• Fine herringbone top inlay
• Black/white fiber back inlay
• Genuine mahogany neck
• Mahogany blocks/dovetail neck joint construction
• Modified V neck shape
• Fossilized ivory nut
• Solid/long diamond/tapered headstock shape
• Solid Indian rosewood headplate
• Grained ivoroid heelcap
• Solid black ebony fingerboard
• 20 frets
• 25-2/5" scale
• Neck/body joint at 14th fret
• 1-3/4'' nut width
• Diamonds and squares long pattern fretboard inlays
• Solid black ebony bridge
• 1930s style belly - long saddle bridge
• 2-5/16'' string spacing at bridge
• 16'' radius/fossil ivory bridge saddle
• Nickel open gear tuners w/butterbean knobs
• Fossil ivory w/black dots bridge and end pins
• Martin SP 4200 Medium Phosphor Bronze strings (recommended)
• Tortoise color/beveled and polished pickguard
• Polished gloss/dark filler body finish
• Polished gloss/aging toner top finish
• Semi-gloss/dark mahogany stain/dark filler neck finish
• 545 Geib-style case