Authentic Inspired

The all-new Custom Shop 000-28 1937 rewards players with the sonic superiority of Martin’s Authentic Series and the everyday practicality of a workhorse guitar. Regarded as the cornerstone of performance, Martin’s highly prized 1937 models set the benchmark for generations of instruments that followed. This guitar sports time-tested features like Authentic bracing, hide glue and cloth strip construction, and an adjustable truss rod which gives enthusiasts the day-in, day-out reliability of an instrument that travels well AND responds to seasonal adjustments as it matures. With the all-new Custom Shop 000-28 1937 the stars have aligned again.

Visually, this Model takes advantage of a proprietary Vintage Low Gloss process with a selection of craft-quality finishes. It is available in a natural or vintage Ambertone burst finish AND your preference of our proprietary low-gloss or the new Stage 1 lightly aged finish. Lacking the heavy wear and tear of an instrument that’s seen considerable use, the Stage 1 finish with light cracking and crazing is inspired by those rare vintage instruments that were simply kept in the case and tucked away for decades. The Stage 1 finish bears the marks of time but not the battle scars common on many vintage re-creations.

Overview:

• Body Size: 000-14 Fret
• Finish Top: Vintage Gloss
• Back and Side Finish: Vintage Gloss
• Bracing Pattern: X Brace
• Scale Length: 24.9"
• Brace Shape: Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
• Top Material: Adirondack Spruce
• Neck Shape: Modified V 30s Style Heel
• Back Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Neck Taper: Standard Taper
• Side Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Electronics: None

Top:

• Top Color: None
• Bridge Style: 1930 Style Belly - Glue in Long Saddle
• Binding: Antique White
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/16''
• Top Inlay Material: Bold Herringbone
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Top Detail: None
• Bridge Pin Material: Bone
• Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
• Bridge Pin Dots: Black Plastic
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Bone
• Rosette: Style 28 Multi-Stripe
• Saddle Radius: 16"

Body:

• Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce
• Back and Sides Color: None
• Brace Size: 1/4"
• Back Detail: None
• Back Purfling/Strip: Zig-Zag Authentic
• Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Heelcap: Antique White
• Side Detail: None
• Endpiece: Antique White
• Side Inlay Material: None
• Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe

Neck:

• Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/4''
• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Diamond & Square Long
• Number of Frets Total: 20
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: None
• Side Dots: Antique White

Headstock:

• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
• Tuning Machines: Waverly Nickel Open Back
• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Knob: Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style: Script Golden Era Overlay
• Nut Material: Bone
• Headplate Binding Material: None

Miscellaneous:

• Case: Ply Hardshell
• Label: None
• Pleked: true