Martin OM-42 Acoustic Guitar

Timeless Elegance, Exceptional Tone – The Martin OM-42 Acoustic Guitar

The stylish design of the 40 Series adds panache to the classic tone and feel of East Indian rosewood back and sides, a spruce scalloped X-braced top, and hand-fit dovetail neck joint. Open geared tuners, antique white binding, polished gloss finish, a tortoise colored pickguard and abalone pearl inlay offer shimmer with exemplary tone. Long scale and a sleek modified low-oval neck with narrow taper mean strumming and picking for hours in comfort and bliss.

SPECIFICATIONS

Overview

• Body Size: 000-14 Fret
• Finish Top: Gloss
• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
• 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: Spruce
• Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
• Back Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
• Side Material: East Indian Rosewood

Top

• Top Color: Aging Toner
• Bridge Style: Modern Belly – Drop in Saddle
• Binding: Antique White
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32″
• Top Inlay Material: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Top Detail: None
• Bridge Pin Material: White Plastic
• Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
• Bridge Pin Dots: Abalone
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Compensated Bone
• Rosette: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
• Saddle Radius: 16″

Body

• Brace Material: Spruce
• Back and Sides Color: None
• Brace Size: 1/4″
• Back Detail: None
• Back Purfling/Strip: Style 45
• Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Heelcap: Antique White with Multi-Stripe
• Side Detail: None
• Endpiece: Antique White
• 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: Style 45 Snowflake
• Number of Frets Total: 20
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: Antique White with Multi-Stripe
• Side Dots: Black

Headstock

• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
• Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear
• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Knob: Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style: Block Inlay
• Nut Material: Bone
• Headplate Binding Material: Grained Ivoroid with Multi-Stripe
• Headplate Detail: None

Miscellaneous

• Case: Ply Hardshell
• Label: None
• Pleked: true

Manufacturer: C. F. Martin & Co.
Model: OM-42 2018
SKU: I553168-N-0-WHXC
UPC: 729789548946

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