Meet your brand-new old friend. The Martin DE Retro Plus Mahogany is the real deal – a genuine Martin that’s not your grandparent’s guitar but might one day be your grandkid’s.

Inspired by the legendary 18-style flagship models, this acoustic-electric Dreadnought combines powerful tone and iconic design with cutting-edge craftsmanship. Its torrefied solid spruce top is thermally aged for enhanced resonance and a beautifully seasoned sound, delivering the rich, broken-in tone of a vintage instrument from the first strum. It’s the same premium feature long reserved for the Authentic and Modern Deluxe series, now available for the first time ever in the Road Series. Combined with solid mahogany back and sides, scalloped spruce X bracing, a Performing Artist neck, and an ebony fingerboard and bridge, this guitar has everything you could want in an acoustic.

 It even comes stage-ready with Martin E1 electronics, featuring a built-in tuner and controls for dialing in your perfect live tone.

Ideal as a gigging workhorse or your first step into premium acoustics, this guitar delivers best-in-class quality at an unbeatable value for serious players, and a lifetime of inspiration for anyone who picks one up. Just be warned, you won’t be able to put it down – because nothing compares to a Martin.

Overview Body Size: D-14 Fret Finish Top: Gloss Construction: Mortise & Tenon Neck Joint Back and Side Finish: Gloss Bracing Pattern: X-Brace Scale Length: 25.4" Brace Shape: Scalloped Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4'' Top Material: Torrefied Spruce Neck Shape: PA Profile Back Material: Mahogany Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper Side Material: Mahogany Electronics: Yes Electronics Options: Martin E1
Top Top Color: Aging Toner Bridge Style: Modern Belly Binding: Black Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32" Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe Bridge Material: Ebony Top Detail: None Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic Pickguard: Faux Tortoise Bridge Pin Dots: None Pickguard Inlay: None Saddle: White Tusq Rosette: Old Style 18 Boltaron Saddle Radius: 16"
Body Brace Material: Spruce Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany Brace Size: 5/16" Heelcap: Black
Neck Neck Material: Select Hardwood Fingerboard Material: Ebony Finish Neck: Satin Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8'' Neck Color: Dark Mahogany Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18 Number of Frets Total: 20 Fingerboard Inlay Material: Faux Abalone Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret Side Dots: White
Headstock Headstock Shape: Solid Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood Knob: Butterbean Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay Nut Material: White Corian Headplate Binding Material: None
Misc Case: Softshell Left Handed Availability: true Label: Paper Label Pleked: true

SKU 11DERETROPLUSMAH

ConditionBrand New (New)
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Brand
Model
  • Road Series DE Retro Plus Mahogany
Finish
  • Mahogany
Categories
String Type
  • Steel
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Active Preamp
  • Yes
Series
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Offset Body
  • Non-Offset Body
Wood Top Style
  • Plain
Body Shape
  • Dreadnought
Finish Style
  • Gloss
Top Material
  • Spruce
Back Material
  • Mahogany
Pickup
  • Undersaddle Piezo Pickup
Sides Material
  • Mahogany
Fretboard Material
  • Ebony
Color Family
  • Tan
  • Natural
Number of Frets
  • 20

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