Iconic Rosewood Resonance Engineered with Cutting-Edge Innovation

The Guitar Sanctuary is proud to offer the Martin D-28 Modern Deluxe Rosewood Dreadnought. Taking the world's most legendary acoustic guitar design as its foundation, the Modern Deluxe edition blends vintage pre-war tonal characteristics with ultra-lightweight structural engineering for unmatched volume, projection, and harmonic richness.

Sanctuary Expert Note: "If you love the deep, overtone-rich voice of a solid rosewood dreadnought but want modern playability and immediate broken-in response, the D-28 Modern Deluxe delivers. The combination of a VTS torrefied top and a carbon fiber bridge plate gives this guitar effortless projection and huge dynamic headroom."

Product Intelligence Matrix

• Category / Sub-Type: Premium Acoustic Dreadnought / Modern Vintage Hybrid
• Tone Profile: Deep, Resonant, Rich Overtones, Powerful Bass with Crystal-Clear Highs
• Best For: Flatpicking, Heavy Rhythm Strumming, Studio Recording, Bluegrass, Singer-Songwriters
• Compared To: Martin Standard D-28, Martin HD-28, Collings D2H, Bourgeois Country Boy Rosewood
• Structural Innovations: Titanium Truss Rod, Carbon Fiber Bridge Plate, Liquidmetal Bridge Pins
• Made In: Nazareth, Pennsylvania, USA

Key Architectural Features

• VTS Torrefied Top: Solid Sitka spruce treated with Martin's Vintage Tone System (VTS) aging process to replicate the tonal maturity, openness, and projection of a pre-war vintage top.
• Solid East Indian Rosewood Back & Sides: Delivers the legendary D-28 bass response, complex overtones, and scooped midrange that have defined recorded acoustic guitar sound for generations.
• Carbon Fiber Bridge Plate & Liquidmetal Pins: Features a composite carbon fiber bridge plate that maximizes top energy transfer without adding weight, paired with Liquidmetal bridge pins that increase overall acoustic volume and sustain.
• Titanium Truss Rod Neck: Equipped with a two-way titanium truss rod that reduces neck mass by nearly 64% compared to traditional steel rods, enhancing balance and overall instrument resonance.
• Vintage Deluxe Ergonomics: Features a slightly asymmetrical, vintage-inspired neck carve designed to fit comfortably in the hand across all 20 frets.
• Boutique Appointments: Elegant styling includes European flamed maple binding, gold open-gear tuners, gold fretwire, and a pearl script headstock inlay.

Technical Specifications

• Body Size: D-14 Fret Dreadnought
• Top Wood: Solid Sitka Spruce with VTS (Vintage Tone System)
• Back & Sides Wood: Solid East Indian Rosewood
• Bracing Pattern: Forward-Shifted Scalloped X-Brace (5/16" Adirondack Spruce / VTS)
• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint with Natural Protein Glue
• Binding: European Flamed Maple
• Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe with High-Performance Taper
• Nut & Saddle Material: Bone Nut / Compensated Bone Saddle
• Nut Width: 1-3/4" (44.4 mm)
• Scale Length: 25.4"
• Fingerboard & Bridge: Solid Ebony
• Bridge Pins: Liquidmetal with White Acrylic Dots
• Included Case: Martin Deluxe Hardshell Case

Photos are of one from our inventory, individual color and grain will vary from guitar to guitar.

BODY SIZE: D-14 Fret
FINISH TOP: Gloss
CONSTRUCTION: Dovetail Neck Joint
BACK & SIDE FINISH: Gloss
BRACING PATTERN: Forward-Shifted X-Brace
SCALE LENGTH: 25.4"
BRACE SHAPE: Scalloped
FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1 3/4''
TOP MATERIAL: Sitka Spruce with VTS
NECK SHAPE: Vintage Deluxe
BACK MATERIAL: East Indian Rosewood
NECK TAPER: High-Performance Taper
SIDE MATERIAL: East Indian Rosewood
ELECTRONICS: Optional
RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Authentic Acoustic Lifespan® 2.0 Medium - 92/8 Phosphor Bronze MA550T TOP TOP COLOR: Clear
BRIDGE STYLE: Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
BINDING: European Flamed Maple
BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2 5/32"
TOP INLAY MATERIAL: Bold Herringbone
BRIDGE MATERIAL: Ebony
TOP DETAIL: None
BRIDGE PIN MATERIAL: Liquidmetal®
PICKGUARD: Faux Tortoise
BRIDGE PIN DOTS: Red Acrylic
PICKGUARD INLAY: None
SADDLE: Compensated Bone
ROSETTE: Style 28 Multi-Stripe
SADDLE RADIUS: 16" BODY BRACE MATERIAL: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
BACK & SIDES COLOR: None
BRACE SIZE: 5/16"
BACK DETAIL: None
BACK PURFLING/STRIP: Zig-Zag Authentic
BACK INLAY MATERIAL: Multi-Stripe
HEELCAP: European Flamed Maple
SIDE DETAIL: None
ENDPIECE: European Flamed Maple
SIDE INLAY MATERIAL: None
ENDPIECE INLAY: Multi-Stripe NECK
NECK MATERIAL: Genuine Mahogany
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Ebony
FINISH NECK: Satin
FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2 1/8''
NECK COLOR: Dark Mahogany
FINGERBOARD INLAY STYLE: 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: Abalone HEADSTOCK HEADSTOCK SHAPE: Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
TUNING MACHINES: Gold Open Gear
HEADPLATE MATERIAL: East Indian Rosewood
KNOB: Butterbean
HEADPLATE LOGO STYLE: Stylized Script Inlay
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
HEADPLATE BINDING MATERIAL: None MISC CASE: Ply Hardshell
LEFT HANDED AVAILABILITY: Yes
LABEL: None
PLEKED: Yes