The Martin D-28 is the Dreadnought by which all others are judged. Constructed of solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, Sitka spruce top and mahogany neck, this instrument has been a favorite of artists from Hank Williams Sr. to Jimmy Page.
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Here we’re looking at a Martin OMC 28E built late in 2006 in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Like the OM, it pairs a Sitka Spruce top with Indian Rosewood for the sides back and headplate, and also for the bridge and bound fingerboard. The neck and body blocks are Mahogany and Sitka Spruce is used for the bracing.
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MORE →The Martin M38 uses Martin’s largest non-dreadnought body design, sometimes called the ‘0000’ body because of its size and balanced shape. Martin’s M body draws from a guitar built for David Bromberg by Matt Umanov in the 1960s, which itself is a flat-top conversion of a Martin F-7, an archtop model built between 1935 and 1939, and from 1941 into 1942. The M38 was built from 1977 to 1997, as the 0000-38 from 1997 to 1998, and again as the M38 from 2007 to 2011. Currently Martin builds the M36 as a standard model.
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MORE →Here we have another Martin D-28 Brazilian Rosewood Dreadnought steel string guitar dating to 1969. This was officially the last year that the Martin guitar company used Brazilian Rosewood, though it was found in smaller portions until about 1973 when their last supplies were exhausted. The Dreadnought steel string, as found on guitars like the C F Martin D-28 Brazilian and the rest of their ‘D’ line, has been one of the most successful guitar designs. Used by countless guitarists and on many recordings, the Dreadnought brought banjo-matching volume.
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MORE →Here we’re looking at a Martin 00018 Standard Series steel string guitar in nearly-new condition, built during 2019 at the Martin plant in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. It is very clean, with no appreciable wear of any kind. Almost ideal for fingerstyle playing, the Martin 00018 Standard delivers a very even harmonic representation, with lots of top end sparkle
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MORE →Built from 1955 to 1969, the Martin D-21 was a bridge between the Mahogany D-18 and the Rosewood D-28 models, with Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides but without extra binding or decoration. Martin stopped building the D-21 about the same time their stocks of Brazilian Rosewood were exhausted, and demand for the model was not enough to justify shifting it to Indian Rosewood.
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