Martin Authentic Series D-28 Authentic 1937 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar - VTS Aged Adirondack Spruce Top with Guatemalan Rosewood Back and Sides

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Martin D-28 1937 Authentic VTS Aged Dreadnought

If you’re looking for a new guitar that looks and sounds like you’ve been playing it for 80 years, you have just found your holy grail of guitars. The Aged version of the D-28 Authentic 1937 includes all of the goodness that comes with Martin’s Authentic Series instruments, like hide glue construction and hand-scalloped X bracing. Plus, the VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) that ages the wood to replicate the sound of a vintage Martin. The result is a tactile, visual, and auditory experience that will transport you all the way back to the 1930s. And we know you’re going to like it there.

 

Overview:

• Body Size:
• Authentic D-14 Fret
• Finish Top:
• Vintage Gloss - Aged
• Construction:
• Dovetail Neck Joint - Hide Glue Construction
• Back and Side Finish:
• Vintage Gloss - Aged
• Bracing Pattern:
• Authentic 1937 Forward-Shifted X-Brace
• Scale Length:
• 25.4"
• Brace Shape:
• Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut:
• 1 3/4''
• Top Material:
• Adirondack Spruce with VTS
• Neck Shape:
• Authentic 1937
• Back Material:
• Guatemalan Rosewood
• Neck Taper:
• Standard Taper
• Side Material:
• Guatemalan Rosewood
• Electronics:
• None
• Electronics Options:
• None

 

Top

• Top Color:
• Vintage Toner
• Bridge Style:
• Authentic Belly - Glue in Long Saddle - Aged
• Binding:
• Grained Ivoroid
• Bridge String Spacing:
• 2 5/16''
• Top Inlay Material:
• Bold Herringbone
• Bridge Material:
• Ebony
• Top Detail:
• Aged
• Bridge Pin Material:
• Ivory Pattern - Aged
• Pickguard:
• Tortoise Pattern Aged
• Bridge Pin Dots:
• Black Plastic
• Pickguard Inlay:
• None
• Saddle:
• Bone
• Rosette:
• Multi-Stripe
• Saddle Radius:
• 16"

 

Body:

• Brace Material:
• Adirondack Spruce with VTS
• Back and Sides Color:
• None
• Brace Size:
• 5/16"
• Back Detail:
• Aged
• Back Purfling/Strip:
• Zig-Zag Authentic
• Back Inlay Material:
• Multi-Stripe
• Heelcap:
• Grained Ivoroid
• Side Detail:
• Aged
• Endpiece:
• Grained Ivoroid
• Side Inlay Material:
• None
• Endpiece Inlay:
• Multi-Stripe

 

Neck:

• Neck Material:
• Genuine Mahogany
• Fingerboard Material:
• Ebony
• Finish Neck:
• Vintage Gloss - Aged
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret:
• 2 1/4''
• Neck Color:
• Dark Mahogany
• Fingerboard Inlay Style:
• 1937 Diamonds and Squares Long Pattern
• Number of Frets Total:
• 20
• Fingerboard Inlay Material:
• Abalone
• Neck Joins Body At:
• 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material:
• None
• Side Dots:
• Grained Ivoroid

 

Headstock:

• Headstock Shape:
• Solid with 1937 Taper and Diamond
• Tuning Machines:
• Aged Waverly Nickel Open Back
• Headplate Material:
• Guatemalan Rosewood
• Knob:
• Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style:
• Authentic Style CFM Script Overlay
• Nut Material:
• Bone
• Headplate Binding Material:
• None
• Headplate Detail:
• Aged

 

Miscellaneous:

• Case:
• Hardshell
• Label:
• None

Model:	D28AUTHENTIC1937AGED
Manufacturer:	Martin