C. F. Martin D-28 1937 Authentic VTS Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (2022), made in Nazareth, PA, serial # 2700779, natural finish, Guatemalan rosewood back and sides, spruce top; mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, original black hard shell case.
This Martin D-28 Authentic takes the venerable rosewood Dreadnought design back closer to its Depression-era roots, with features that experienced players had been asking the company for decades. These include hand scalloped, forward X bracing on the torrefied spruce top, hide glue and cloth strip construction and the wider 1 3/4" nut used in the mid-'30s. This guitar has the back and sides fashioned from Guatemalan rosewood, which many players and builders now consider the best substitute for the venerated but hard to obtain Brazilian variety. This species has a reddish-brown to dark brown colored heartwood contrasting the almost white sapwood, seen to dramatic advantage on the back and sides of this D-28. The top has minimal "aging toner" applied so has a "whiter" look to the spruce than some of their past reissues that sometimes got an "Orangey" hue. This is a lovely instrument to play and a nice example of Martin re-imagining their own roots for the 21st century.
Overall length is 41 in. (104.1 cm.), 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.).
This guitar presents as practically unplayed, with only light scuffs and handling marks. It is only a couple of years old but has already developed a big, booming sound. The original case and hangtags are included. Overall Excellent + Condition.
