Martin D-28 1937 Authentic VTS Aged Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar - 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