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Condition: Used, Very Good

SP Luthier Notes: Setup, Cosmetic Work

From Martin and Co.

The D-28 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 that give it the rich, fully aged Martin tone that has inspired generations. The look is unlike anything in our production line to date with European flamed maple binding, stylish gold frets, gold open-gear tuners, and a unique 1930s style script logo inlaid in pearl on the headstock. Some ultra-modern features include Liquidmetal® bridge pins with red dots and a composite carbon fiber bridgeplate that boosts volume. And we’ve included a new neck shape that is slightly asymmetrical for maximum hand comfort up and down the fretboard. This guitar is anything but standard.

Model: Modern Deluxe D-28E

Serial: 2349771

Year: 2019

Body Size: D-14 Fret

Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint

Bracing Pattern: Forward Shifted X-Brace

Brace Shape: Scalloped

Top Material: Sitka Spruce with VTS

Back Material: East Indian Rosewood

Side Material: East Indian Rosewood

Finish Top: Gloss

Back & Side Finish: Gloss

Scale Length: 25.4"

Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4"

Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe

Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper

Electronics: Optional

Top Color: Clear

Binding: European Flamed Maple

Top Inlay Material: Bold Herringbone

Top Detail: None

Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern

Pickguard Inlay: None

Rosette: Style 28 Multi-Stripe

Bridge Style: Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle

Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"

Bridge Material: Ebony

Bridge Pin Material: Liquidmetal

Bridge Pin Dots: Red Acrylic

Saddle: Compensated Bone

Saddle Radius: 16"

Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS

Brace Size: 5/16"

Back Purfling/Strip: Zig-Zag Authentic

Heelcap: European Flamed Maple

Endpiece: European Flamed Maple

Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe

Back & Sides Color: None

Back Detail: None

Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe

Side Detail: None

Side Inlay Material: None

Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany

Finish Neck: Satin

Neck Color: Dark Mahogany

Number of Frets: 20

Neck Joins Body at: 14th Fret

Side Dots: Abalone

Fingerboard Material: Ebony

Fingerboard width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8"

Fingerboard Inlay Style: Diamonds and Squares Long Pattern

Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone

Fingerboard Binding Material: None

Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper and Diamond

Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood

Headplate Logo Style: Stylized Script Overlay

Headplate Binding Material: None

Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear

Knob: Butterbean

Nut Material: Bone

Pickup: Fishman Aura VT

Case: Hardhsell

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

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