Martin Custom Shop D, 28-Style Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar, Adirondack Spruce/Cocobolo

This Martin Custom Shop D 28-Style Dreadnought arrives as a product of careful consideration in the pursuit of crafting a refined and distinguished acoustic guitar. We here at Russo Music pride ourselves on our Martin Custom Expert status and aim to deliver on that title with this meticulously crafted Martin acoustic.

On a trip to the Martin Guitar factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, some of our accomplished Russo Music staff decided on some of the key features this guitar exhibits. For fans of Martin Guitar and great acoustics universally, we hope this guitar is as compelling to you as it is to us.

This Martin Custom Shop model begins with an outstanding “D” Dreadnought-shaped body. Taking note from the HD28 model, this piece’s body fits easily under the arm and plays with a bold voice – only enhanced with many fine Martin features. The top of this dreadnought is formed from Adirondack spruce cut to a Martin Authentic thickness. A gloss finish is dashed upon this spruce with an Aging Toner color that gives the overall top a deep and rich aesthetic when inspecting the detailed grains and intricacies. Antique White binding outlines the Adirondack top alongside a Herringbone inlay – a classic feature indicative of HD28 models. To found the basis of the top’s playing experience, a Black ebony Modern Belly bridge is affixed to the top with a drop-in Compensated Bone saddle. The features contributing to this model’s playing experience continue further with an internal forward-shifted spruce X Brace bracing pattern, utilized to accommodate this guitar’s 25.4” scale length. Cocobolo forms the rest of this guitar’s dreadnought shape across its back and sides. Assembled in two pieces, this wood is rich and distinct for an overall distinguished tonewood body assembly.

Martin’s fine appointments continue on this Custom Shop piece with a select hardwood neck in a Modified Low Oval profile. An additional High Performance taper enhances the playing experience across the neck and the full 25.4” scale length, along with a Dovetail neck joint. An oiled Black ebony fingerboard measuring with a sixteen-inch radius meets up with the select hardwood neck and bears twenty frets formed with Standard fret wire. Along the board, Martin’s Diamond and Squares long fret inlays detail the dark ebony in abalone for a fine highlight. Toward the end of the board, a bone nut measures 1.75” and bridges access to this model’s Grover Nickel tuning machines. This Martin Custom Shop piece travels in a Martin molded hardshell case with a Martin Custom Shop credentials book.

As a product of our own design, we can’t help but be slightly partial to this Custom Shop’s design and sound. We hope this model inspires as much excitement for the world as it does for us.