This is a 2024 MINT Martin D42...... This was ordered by a good friend of mine and he never played it, hard times and he had to sell it....Never Played other setting it up upon arrival and it comes with its original HSC.....even has its original shipping box. This is in brand new condition and plays and sounds Fantastic. get it here and save a little money.

The 2024 Martin D-42 Standard Series features a premium blend of traditional styling and modern playability, built at the historic factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.Tonewoods & Materials

• Top: Solid Sitka Spruce, sorted for high grain stability and finished with Martin’s signature amber Aging Toner.
• Back & Sides: Solid East Indian Rosewood, providing deep, rich bass responses and complex high-end overtones.
• Neck: Solid Genuine Mahogany (typically South American), finished in a durable satin coating to prevent sticky hands.
• Fingerboard & Bridge: Solid Ebony, offering a smooth, fast playing surface and clean note separation.

Internal Architecture

• Bracing Pattern: Forward-Shifted X-Brace.
• Brace Shape: Hand-scalloped for increased top flexibility and prominent low-end resonance.
• Brace Material: 5/16" Sitka Spruce.
• Neck Joint: Traditional Dovetail neck joint, glued by hand to ensure optimal mechanical transfer of string vibration to the body.

Neck Profile & Geometry

• Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval profile paired with the High-Performance Taper. This creates a slim, modern feel that stays comfortable all the way up the neck.
• Nut Width: 1 3/4" (44.5 mm) bone nut.
• String Spacing at Bridge: 2 5/32".
• Scale Length: 25.4" standard long scale.

Appointments & Finish

• Inlays: Elegant Style 45 abalone snowflake fingerboard markers.
• Top Trim: Highly colorful Style 42 Abalone inlay that wraps around the perimeter of the top and borders the fingerboard extension.
• Binding: Grained Ivroid binding protecting the body, fretboard, and headstock edges.
• Headplate: East Indian Rosewood overlay featuring a gold foil script logo and open-gear gold tuners with butterbean knobs.
• Finish: Full gloss nitrocellulose lacquer on the body, optimized to thin down over time and let the wood breathe.