Serial Number: 2929416
Instrument Weight: 4.38 lbs
Neck Depth:

The D-42 Modern Deluxe is a new take on Martin Vintage. This guitar is packed with custom features and modern technology that you have to see, feel, and hear for yourself. The vintage appointments include a spruce VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) top, a dovetail neck joint, and natural protein glue construction giving it the rich, fully aged Martin tone that has inspired generations. The look is unlike anything in our production line with European flamed maple binding (on the body, fingerboard, and headplate), stylish gold frets, gold open-gear tuners, and an ornate torch logo inlaid in pearl on the headstock. Some ultra-modern features include Liquidmetal® bridge pins with abalone dots and a composite carbon fiber bridgeplate that boosts volume, and a new neck shape that is slightly asymmetrical for maximum hand comfort up and down the fretboard. This guitar is anything but standard.

Top Material: Sitka Spruce with VTS
Rosette: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
Bracing Pattern: Forward Shifted X Brace
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
Brace Size: 5/16"
Back Material: East Indian Rosewood
Back Purfling/Strip: Style 45 Golden Era
Side Material: East Indian Rosewood
Endpiece: European Flamed Maple
Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe
Binding: European Flamed Maple
Top Inlay Material: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
Side Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe
Neck Taper: High Performance Taper
Plek: Yes
Nut Material: Bone
Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper, Diamond and Square Corners
Headplate Material: Ebony
Headplate Logo Style: Torch Inlay
Headplate Binding Material: Maple with Multi-Stripe
Heelcap: European Flamed Maple with Multi-Stripe
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Scale Length: 25.4"
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Number of Frets Total: 20
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone with Mother of Pearl
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Golden Era Style 45 Snowflake
Fingerboard Binding Material: European Flamed Maple with Multi-Stripe
Side Dots: Abalone
Back and Side Finish: Gloss
Finish Top: Gloss
Top Color: Clear
Finish Neck: Gloss
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Bridge Material: Ebony
Bridge Style: Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
Saddle: Compensated Bone
Saddle Radius: 16"
Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear
Knob: Butterbean
Bridge Pin Material: Liquid Metal
Bridge Pin Dots: Abalone
Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern