The Guitar Magazine – July 2019

(lu) #1

KEY FEATURES


PRICE £4,295 (inc. hard case)
DESCRIPTION Acoustic 6-string guitar,
made in the USA
BUILD Torrefied Sitka spruce top with
forward-shifted and scalloped Adirondak spruce
bracing, solid rosewood back and sides, mahogany
neck with High Performance Taper profile, ebony
bridge and fingerboard, rosewood peghead overlay,
14th-fret neck join, gold-plated Waverly open-gear
tuners, bone nut and compensated saddle,
Liquidmetal bridge pins, herringbone purfling,
multi-stripe rosette, flame-maple body binding,
titanium truss rod
SCALE LENGTH 645mm/25.4"
NECK WIDTH 44.8mm at nut, 54.2mm at 12th fret
NECK DEPTH 19mm at 1st fret, 21mm at 9th fret
STRING SPACING 38.5mm at nut,
54.5mm at bridge
WEIGHT 1.9kg/4.2lb
ELECTRONICS Optional
LEFT HANDERS Yes
FINISH Nitrocellulose gloss body, satin neck
CONTACT Westside Distribution
westsidedistribution.com, martinguitar.com

strips to reinforce necks. T-bar rods lasted
until the war, when ebony and T-bars were
used interchangeably depending upon the
availability of steel.
The point is that low-mass necks were
a feature on many great vintage Martins


Unusual European
maple bindings
contrast beautifully
with herringbone
purfling and
East Indian rosewood
back and sides

The Modern Deluxe
range has a slim and
asymmetrical version
of Martin’s High
Performance profile
and Plek’d gold frets

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