Martin Custom Shop DSS Hops and Barley Walnut/Sinker Redwood Acoustic Guitar – #M2672492 – Mint, Open Box

Beautifully Crafted Homage to Very Special Grains – The Martin Custom Shop DSS Hops and Barley Walnut/Sinker Redwood Acoustic Guitar

This limited edition instrument is another collector’s dream guitar from Martin & Company. It pays homage to the special grains made famous for their use in beer making. The instrument is crafted with highly flamed walnut back and sides, which fall somewhere on the tone spectrum between koa and mahogany, to produce a very balanced sound that mellows out to a nice warm tone over time.

The top is made with sinker redwood, and complemented by European flamed maple and pearl inlay binding on the front, and Guatemalan rosewood for the headplate and pickguard. Headstock, fingerboard, rosette, pickguard, and bridge are adorned with a combination of abalone, mother-of-pearl, and wood inlay, depicting images of hops and barley in their various forms.

The instrument combines some Authentic Series build features like the dovetail neck joint, hide glue construction, and a 1931 old-style logo, and also includes modern features like Liquidmetal® bridge pins and a comfortable high-performance taper neck. This model is limited to 100 instruments and includes a paper label signed by C. F. Martin IV.

SPECIFICATIONS

Overview

• Body Size: D-14 Fret Slope Shoulder
• Finish Top: Gloss
• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint – Hide Glue Construction
• Back and Side Finish: Gloss
• Bracing Pattern: X Brace
• Scale Length: 25.4″
• Brace Shape: Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4″
• Top Material: Sinker Redwood
• Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
• Back Material: Walnut
• Neck Taper: High Performance Taper
• Side Material: Walnut
• Electronics: None

Top

• Top Color: Toasted Burst
• 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: Custom Design
• Bridge Pin Material: Liquid Metal
• Pickguard: Guatemalan Rosewood
• Bridge Pin Dots: Abalone
• Pickguard Inlay: Custom Inlay
• Saddle: Compensated Bone
• Rosette: Custom Inlay
• Saddle Radius: 16″

Body

• Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce
• Back and Sides Color: None
• Brace Size: 5/16″
• Back Detail: Highly Flamed
• Back Purfling/Strip: Custom
• Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Heelcap: Birdseye Maple
• Side Detail: Highly Flamed
• Endpiece: European Flamed Maple
• Side Inlay Material: None
• 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: None
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Custom Design
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Shell and Wood
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: None
• Side Dots: Abalone

Headstock

• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
• Tuning Machines: Vintage Copper Open Gear
• Headplate Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
• Knob: Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style: Custom Inlay
• Headplate Binding Material: None

Miscellaneous

• Case: Ply Hardshell
• Label: Paper Label Signed by CFM IV
• Pleked: true

Manufacturer: C. F. Martin & Co.
Model: DSSHOPSANDBARLEY
SKU: I709763-GA99925112672492-1-WHXC
UPC: 729789613842

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