Custom Shop Build Overview

This Martin Custom Shop Black Walnut Dreadnought is part of a special Custom Shop edition available to select Martin dealers and visitors to the Nazareth, Pennsylvania factory.

Inspired by the earlier Cherry Hill Custom series, these Black Walnut builds offer a distinctive tonal and visual alternative within the Martin lineup. This guitar was part of a carefully curated order placed during multiple factory visits, where tonewoods were personally selected to ensure exceptional quality and consistency.

Featuring a spruce top paired with Black Walnut back and sides, this dreadnought delivers a unique tonal profile that blends the warmth of mahogany with the clarity and overtone presence often associated with rosewood.

Tone & Performance

The Black Walnut tonewood combination produces a balanced, versatile voice with strong projection and refined detail.

  • Warm, focused low-end with clear, articulate highs
  • Balanced midrange that sits well in a mix or ensemble
  • Excellent note separation for strumming and flatpicking
  • Controlled resonance with added tonal complexity

The result is a powerful yet refined dreadnought voice suited for both stage and studio use.

Custom Shop Craftsmanship

Handcrafted in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, this instrument features Martin’s traditional dovetail neck joint and all-solid tonewood construction for maximum resonance and long-term stability.

The forward-shifted scalloped X-bracing enhances responsiveness, projection, and sustain, allowing the top to move freely and efficiently.

The guitar is visually elevated by European flamed maple binding, adding a striking contrast to the Black Walnut body and reinforcing its Custom Shop identity.

Why This Guitar Stands Out
  • Custom Shop Black Walnut dreadnought build
  • Factory-access edition inspired by the Cherry Hill series
  • Spruce top with Black Walnut back and sides
  • Unique tonal balance between mahogany warmth and rosewood clarity
  • European flamed maple binding upgrade
  • Forward-shifted scalloped bracing for enhanced performance
  • Hand-selected during Martin factory visits
  • Handcrafted in Nazareth, Pennsylvania
  • Brand new with full Martin Lifetime Warranty

Serial Number: 2929871

Professionally inspected and ready to ship.

Features & Specifications
  • Construction: Mahogany Blocks / Dovetail Neck Joint
  • Top: Spruce
  • Bracing: Forward Shifted X – Scalloped 5/16"
  • Back & Sides: Black Walnut
  • Neck: Genuine Mahogany – Modified Low Oval
  • Fingerboard & Bridge: Ebony
  • Nut Width: 1 3/4"
  • Scale Length: 25.4"
  • Frets Clear: 14
  • Bridge Spacing: 2 5/32"
  • Nut & Saddle: Bone
  • Top Inlay: Style 18
  • Fingerboard Inlays: Old Style 18
  • Binding: European Flamed Maple
  • Tuners: Nickel Grover
  • Finish Top: Clear
  • Finish: Gloss Body / Satin Neck
  • Bridge Style: Modern Belly
  • Bridge & End Pins: Black
  • Pickguard: Tortoise
  • Case: Hardshell Case

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ConditionBrand New (New)
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Brand
Model
  • Custom Shop D 14-Fret Dreadnought
Finish
  • Gloss
Categories
Year
  • 2025
Made In
  • United States
Pickup
  • None
Series
String Type
  • Steel
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Body Shape
  • Dreadnought
Active Preamp
  • No
Number of Frets
  • 20

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