Sound Pure's Take
Condition: Used, Very Good
Fellow OM fans: Have you ever thought to yourself, "I love the versatile tone of my OM, but just wish there was more of it"? You're not alone! That's why Martin got around to making the 0000, aka M model, and this offering from the Martin Custom Shop is a stellar example of the form. You get the taut yet shapely body and tone you know and love from an OM with dreadnought-level volume, all thanks to a (very slightly!) wider lower bout. Match up that classic Martin combo of a Sitka spruce top with East Indian rosewood back and sides, and you get what I'd say is a sound like a better-balanced D-28: quick, bold and brassy, with very confident mids, crystalline treble and a tight yet still substantial low end. Finally, the modified-V neck and 1.75" nut width accommodates all styles of play, just as you need from any OM.
SP Luthier Notes: Fret dress and setup
From Martin and Co.
Scalloped X-bracing, herringbone trim and antique white binding offers a bold, complex tone and timeless style. Sitka spruce and East Indian rosewood pair with a sleek modified low-oval neck for a feel you won't want to put down and comfort that means you won't need to.
- Model
- 0000-28V
- Year
- 2018
- Serial
- 2191220
- Body Size
- 0000-14 Fret
- Construction
- Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint
- Bracing Pattern
- J/0000 LE - #2B (FOR M0 FWD SHIFT)
- Brace Shape
- Scalloped (Golden Era)
- Top Material
- Sitka Spruce
- Back Material
- Solid East Indian Rosewood
- Side Material
- Solid East Indian Rosewood
- Finish Top
- Gloss
- Back & Side Finish
- Gloss
- Scale Length
- 25.4"
- Fingerboard Width at Nut
- 1 3/4"
- Neck Shape
- Modified V
- Electronics
- None
- Top Color
- Aging Toner
- Binding
- Grained Ivoroid
- Top Inlay Material
- Bold Herringbone
- Top Detail
- None
- Pickguard
- Tortoise
- Pickguard Inlay
- None
- Rosette
- Style 28
- Bridge Style
- Vintage Belly - Drop In Long Saddle
- Bridge String Spacing
- 2 5/16"
- Bridge Material
- Ebony
- Bridge Pin Material
- White
- Bridge Pin Dots
- Faux Tortoise
- Saddle
- Bone
- Saddle Radius
- 16"
- Brace Material
- Adirondack Spruce
- Brace Size
- 5/16"
- Back Purfling/Strip
- HD Zig-Zag w/18 Strip on Each Side
- Heelcap
- Grained Ivoroid
- Endpiece
- Grained Ivoroid
- Endpiece Inlay
- B/W/B Boltaron
- Back & Sides Color
- None
- Back Detail
- None
- Back Inlay Material
- Grained Ivoroid
- Side Detail
- None
- Side Inlay Material
- B/W/B Boltaron
- Neck Material
- Genuine Mahogany
- Finish Neck
- Satin
- Neck Color
- Dark Mahogany
- Number of Frets
- 20
- Neck Joins Body at
- 14th Fret
- Side Dots
- White
- Fingerboard Material
- Ebony
- Fingerboard width at 12th Fret
- 2 1/4"
- Fingerboard Inlay Style
- Diamonds & Squares - Short Pattern
- Fingerboard Inlay Material
- Select Abalone
- Fingerboard Binding Material
- None
- Headstock Shape
- Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
- Headplate Material
- Solid East Indian Rosewood
- Headplate Logo Style
- Large Old Style
- Headplate Binding Material
- None
- Tuning Machines
- Gotoh Nickel Open-Geared
- Knob
- Butterbean
- Nut Material
- Bone
- Case
- Hardshell
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