Martin D-42 East Indian Rosewood/Sitka Spruce Modern Deluxe Acoustic Guitar – #M2837878 – Mint, Open Box

Get A New Take On A Vintage Classic – The Martin D-42 East Indian Rosewood/Sitka Spruce Modern Deluxe Acoustic Guitar

The D-42 Modern Deluxe is a new take on Martin Vintage. This guitar is packed with custom features and modern technology that you have to see, feel, and hear for yourself. The vintage appointments include a Sitka spruce VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) top, a dovetail neck joint, and natural protein glue construction giving it the rich, fully aged Martin tone that has inspired generations. The look is unlike anything in our production line with European flamed maple binding (on the body, fingerboard, and headplate), stylish gold frets, gold open-gear tuners, and an ornate torch logo inlaid in pearl on the headstock. Some ultra-modern features include Liquidmetal® bridge pins with abalone dots and a composite carbon fiber bridgeplate that boosts volume, and a new neck shape that is slightly asymmetrical for maximum hand comfort up and down the fretboard. This guitar is anything but standard.

SPECIFICATIONS

Overview 

• Body Size: D-14 Fret
• Finish Top: Gloss
• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
• Back And Side Finish: Gloss
• Bracing Pattern: Forward Shifted X Brace
• Scale Length: 25.4″
• Brace Shape: Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width At Nut: 1 3/4”
• Top Material: Sitka Spruce With VTS
• Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe
• Back Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Neck Taper: High Performance Taper
• Side Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Electronics Options (Optional):
• Fishman Gold Plus Natural I
• Fishman Infinity Matrix
• Fishman Presys Plus
• Fishman Ellipse Matrix Blend
• LR Baggs Anthem
• Recommended Strings: Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0 – Medium (MA550T)

Top

• Top Color: Clear
• Bridge Style: Modern Belly – Drop In Saddle
• Binding: European Flamed Maple
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32″
• Top Inlay Material: Abalone With Multi-stripe
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Top Detail: None
• Bridge Pin Material: Liquid Metal
• Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
• Bridge Pin Dots: Abalone
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Compensated Bone
• Rosette: Abalone With Multi-stripe
• Saddle Radius: 16″

Body

• Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce With VTS
• Back And Sides Color: None
• Brace Size: 5/16″
• Back Detail: None
• Back Purfling/Strip: Style 45 Golden Era
• Back Inlay Material: Multi-stripe
• Heelcap: European Flamed Maple With Multi-stripe
• Side Detail: None
• Endpiece: European Flamed Maple
• Side Inlay Material: Multi-stripe
• Endpiece Inlay: Multi-stripe

Neck

• Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Finish Neck: Gloss
• Fingerboard Width At 12th Fret: 2 1/8”
• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Golden Era Style 45 Snowflake
• Number Of Frets Total: 20
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone With Mother Of Pearl
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: European Flamed Maple With Multi-stripe
• Side Dots: Abalone

Headstock

• Headstock Shape: Solid With Square Taper, Diamond And Square Corners
• Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear
• Headplate Material: Ebony
• Knob: Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style: Torch Inlay
• Nut Material: Bone
• Headplate Binding Material: Maple With Multi-stripe

Misc

• Case: Ply Hardshell
• Left Handed Availability: True
• Label: None
• PLEKED: True

Manufacturer: C. F. Martin & Co.
Model: D-42 MODERN DELUXE
SKU: I683128-GA99925112837878-1-WHXC
UPC: 729789586115

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