{"product_id":"martin-custom-dreadnought-acoustic-guitar-sloped-shoulder-spruce-indian-rosewood","title":"Martin Custom Shop \"D\" Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar, Sloped Shoulder 28 Style, Italian Alpine Spruce\/Wild Grain East Indian Rosewood","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt happens every now and again, you get something truly special – just like this Martin Custom Shop Sloped Shoulder \"D\" Dreadnought with an Italian alpine spruce top and Wild Grain East Indian rosewood back and sides. With hand-selected woods from our expert team here at Russo Music, this Martin Custom Shop build builds out with exotic woods, highly modern playability elements, and refined aesthetic flourishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere at Russo Music, we're proud to hold the distinction of being one of a few nationwide \"Martin Custom Expert\" dealers. This distinction grants us opportunities for unique, custom Martin acoustic guitars, like this sloped shoulder dreadnought here. Today, we've got this formidable D-28 with hand-selected woods from our team here at Russo Music for a masterful dreadnought at every turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Martin Custom Expert acoustic starts out with a D 14-Fret dreadnought body made up by an Italian alpine spruce top and Wild Grain East Indian rosewood back and sides – the latter of which being hand-selected by our team. These two top-shelf tonewoods summon a robust, rich voice that fills a room with complexity and nuance. Part of the specialty of this hand-selected \"D\" is its sloped shoulder shape, hearkening to beloved Gibson acoustic guitars of generations past. Visually, this Custom Expert model blooms with European flamed maple body binding and a gloss Aging Toner top color for an aesthetic that shines on larger and smaller scales. Within its sloped shoulder body, the model's Italian alpine spruce is lined with hand-shaped scalloped spruce braces in a forward-shifted X-Brace pattern for bold bass response.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt this point, this Custom Expert \"D\" dreadnought brings on a select hardwood neck with dovetail neck joint assembly and Martin Modern Adhesive. These modern elements further this guitar's modern playability alongside the neck's satin finish with a Golden Era Modified Low Oval profile with a High Performance taper for an effortless feel in the palm. Matched by an oiled black ebony fingerboard with twenty Standard-sized frets and understated Mother of Pearl inlays, this neck and fingerboard combo is seamless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo solidify this Custom Shop's whole experience, this sloped shoulder dreadnought features a number of high-quality hardware specifications. At the base of its scale length, a black ebony Golden Era Modern Belly bridge with a drop-in compensated bone saddle lands for a solid connection and transfer string-to-body. Toward the headstock, Grover nickel tuning machines line up with a bone nut for smooth stringing experiences. Visually, this Custom Expert dreadnought features up-close-and-personal flourishes like HD Zig Zag purfling along its Indian rosewood back make it impressive on every scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of sloped shoulder dreadnoughts, this Martin Custom Shop Expert strikes so many chords for a totally masterful model.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Highlight --\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRusso Music Martin Custom Shop Expert build\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMartin D-14 Fret sloped shoulder \"D\" dreadnought body shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eItalian alpine spruce top with Martin Aging Toner gloss top color\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRusso Music hand-selected two-piece premium Wild Grain East Indian rosewood back and sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMartin Golden Era hand-shaped scalloped spruce braces in forward-shifted X-Brace pattern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSatin-finished neck with Martin Modern Adhesive and dovetail neck joint assembly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGolden Era Modified Low Oval neck profile with High Performance taper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOiled black ebony fingerboard with twenty Standard frets and Mother of Pearl Style 28 inlays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack ebony Golden Era Modern Belly bridge with drop-in compensated bone saddle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrover nickel tuning machines and bone nut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEuropean flamed maple top binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHD Zig Zag back purfling with spruce center strip and Spanish cedar ribbons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMartin five-ply hardshell case included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Martin Guitars","offers":[{"title":"M3032513","offer_id":55530425581736,"sku":"C25034728|||M3032513","price":5670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1210\/3886\/files\/C25034728_CUSTOM-SHOP-D-DREADNOUGH-SLOPED-SHOULDER-8STYLE-ITALIAN-ALPINE-SPRUCE-RUSSOMUSIC-SELECTED-WILD-GRAIN-EAST-INDIAN-ROSEWOOD_M3032513_2.jpg?v=1770936923","url":"https:\/\/www.russomusic.com\/products\/martin-custom-dreadnought-acoustic-guitar-sloped-shoulder-spruce-indian-rosewood","provider":"Russo Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}