Calling all Black Crowes fans! Martin is proud to bring you the Rich Robinson Custom Signature Edition D-28. This model is a guitar player’s dream, and it is the first model that Martin has ever made as a visual and sonic representation of an artist’s personal instrument. The instrument that served as its inspiration is a 1954 D-28 that was handed down from Robinson’s father, who played it on stage at the Grand Ole Opry; as a traveling musician with the Hillbilly Highway; and in his folk band, The Appalachians, during the 1950s and ‘60s. After inheriting his father’s guitar, Robinson used it to write most of the original Black Crowes’ songs from the band’s studio albums. This soulful representation of that beloved guitar is crafted with Aged satin-finished East Indian rosewood for the back and sides and an Aged spruce top that is finished with a very thin vintage gloss. It also features rearward-shifted non-scalloped bracing, which offers a very balanced tone and added volume. It includes some 1950s style vintage build characteristics, like Martin’s signature dovetail neck joint, authentic hide glue construction, an ebony fingerboard and bridge, and Aged nickel tuners. Another custom feature requested by Robinson is a bridge with the wings slightly softened for comfort. The model includes a specially designed label signed by Robinson and numbered in sequence.

Other specifications of the D-28 include:

• Body Size: D-14 Fret
• Finish Top: Vintage Gloss - Aged
• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint - Hide Glue Construction
• Back and Side Finish: Vintage Gloss - Aged
• Bracing Pattern: Rearward Shifted X Brace
• Scale Length: 25.4"
• Brace Shape: Non-Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 11/16''
• Top Material: Spruce
• Neck Shape: 1954 Rich Robinson Barrel and Heel
• Back Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Neck Taper: Standard Taper
• Electronics: None
• Top Color: Antique Toner
• Bridge Style: Modern Belly - Drop in Long Saddle
• Binding: Antique White
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/8"
• Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Top Detail: Aged
• Bridge Pin Material: Bone
• Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
• Bridge Pin Dots: None
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Bone
• Rosette: Multi-Stripe
• Saddle Radius: 16"
• Brace Material: Spruce
• Back and Sides Color: None
• Brace Size: 5/16"
• Back Detail: Aged
• Back Purfling/Strip: Style 28
• Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Heelcap: Antique White
• Side Detail: Aged
• Endpiece: Antique White
• Side Inlay Material: None
• Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe
• Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss - Aged
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Dots
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Mother of Pearl
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: None
• Side Dots: Yellow
• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
• Tuning Machines: Aged Nickel Enclosed Gear
• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Knob: Oval
• Headplate Logo Style: Script Golden Era Overlay
• Headplate Binding Material: None
• Case: Molded Hardshell
• Label: Paper Label Signed by Rich Robinson, Numbered in Sequence
• Pleked: true
• 4 lbs 8 oz
• #2727798

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