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A torrefied spruce top, solid mahogany body, and Martin E1 electronics make the DE Retro Plus Mahogany a stage-ready Dreadnought with vintage tone, modern playability, and timeless style—your brand-new old friend. 

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 our 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 our 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.

Highlights:

D-14 Fret body size
Mahogany back and sides
Torrefied Spruce top
Aging Toner
PA Profile with High-Performance Taper
Mahogany back
Softshell case
Recommended Strings: Authentic Acoustic Lifespan® 2.0 Guitar Strings Phosphor Bronze - Light 

Top
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Top Material: Torrefied Spruce 
Finish Top: Gloss 
Top Color: Aging Toner 
Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe 
Top Detail: None 
Binding: Black 
Bridge Material: Ebony 
Bridge Style: Modern Belly 
Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32" 
Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic 
Bridge Pin Dots: None 
Pickguard: Faux Tortoise 
Pickguard Inlay: None 
Rosette: Old Style 18 Boltaron 
Saddle: White Tusq 
Saddle Radius: 16" 

Body:


Body Size: D-14 Fret 
Construction: Mortise & Tenon Neck Joint 
Back Material: Mahogany 
Side Material: Mahogany 
Back and Side Finish: Gloss 
Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany 
Back Detail: None 
Side Detail: None 
Back Purfling/Strip: None 
Back Inlay Material: None 
Side Inlay Material: None 
Bracing Pattern: X-Brace 
Brace Shape: Scalloped 
Brace Material: Spruce 
Brace Size: 5/16" 
Heelcap: Black 
Endpiece: None 
Endpiece Inlay: None  

Neck
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Neck Shape: PA Profile 
Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper 
Neck Material: Select Hardwood 
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany 
Finish Neck: Satin 
Scale Length: 25.4" 
Number of Frets Total: 20 
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret 
Fingerboard Material: Ebony 
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8'' 
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4'' 
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18 
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Faux Abalone 
Fingerboard Binding Material: None 
Side Dots: White  

Headstock:

Headstock Shape: Solid 
Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood 
Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay 
Headplate Binding Material: None 
Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear 
Knob: Butterbean 
Nut Material: White Corian

Note that we are one of the largest Martin dealers on the planet their full standard line, along with an amazing collection of Custom Shop models in stock so please contact us if you don't see what you're looking for. This guitar is factory fresh with full warranty.