Martin Custom Shop 0000-14 Grand Auditorium, 3-Piece Sinker Mahogany Back, Adirondack Spruce Top

Custom M body with 3 piece Sinker Mahogany back and Adirondack Red Spruce top Item ID: C21095988

Description

From the Martin Custom Shop, a 0000 bodied, 14-fret Grand Auditorium acoustic guitar, with a stunning 3 piece back and an Adirondack Spruce top.

The wood used on the back and sides of this guitar is hand selected by Russo Music from a batch of premium Belize Mahogany that had been pulled from the murky, muddy depths of the Central American river system. For hundreds of years, these timbers have been washed over by sediment as they aged to perfection on the floor of these former logging highways. The logs are excavated by locals in Belize and processed at the Martin Factory for use by the Martin Custom Shop. You can see the effect of 100+ years of waterflow, mud, organism decay, and sediment quite clearly. Sinker is prized for its extremely warm and balanced tone across the frequency spectrum.

This Martin Custom 0000-14 Fret Sinker/Adi guitar was designed to be heard. The 0000 Grand Auditorium body size, or M-body, is big and bold, with the touch sensitivity akin to a 000 and the volume cap like a Dreadnought. The 16" bout is 3/8" wider than a dread, The Adirondack Red Spruce top, supported with an Adi Spruce X brace pattern, is loud and responsive. The back and sides are Russo Music hand selected Sinker Mahogany, with the back being a 3-piece configuration. 

The neck is the modified low oval with high performance taper, which is Martin's most popular modern neck profile. Ebony fingerboard is radiused to 16" and features MOP dots. Tuners are Schaller Nickel GrandTune with butterbean keys. Style 28 rosette, tortoiseshell pickguard, and a Sinker headplate with the Old-Style Gold decal round it out.

Ships complete with a 5-ply hardshell case.  

Specs

Top Material
Adirondack Red Spruce
Back/Sides Material
3 Pc Back, Sinker Mahogany, Russo Music Select CC-2
Neck Material
Mahogany
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Fingerboard Radius
16"
Fingerboard Inlay
Style 38, All .188" Mother of Pearl
Body Shape
M/0000 Grand Auditorium 14 Fret
Fret Size
Standard, 20
Neck Profile
Modified Low Oval w/ High Performance Taper
Scale Length
25.4"
Tuning Machines
Schaller Nickel GrandTune Butterbean
Nut
1 3/4" Bone
Bracing
Adirondack X Brace
Electronics
None
Bridge
Modern Belly, Black Ebony
Finish
Gloss Body, Natural Finish, Satin Neck
Case
5 Ply Hardshell