Rich, Full Tone with Elegant Detailing - The Martin D-42 East Indian Rosewood/Spruce Acousitc Guitar

The Martin D-42 is a trusted blend of power and pearl, designed for players who seek bold tone and stunning visual details. Its Dreadnought body size delivers a loud, projective sound with strong bass, clear trebles, and rich overtones, making it perfect for both powerful strumming and intricate picking. Handcrafted with a solid spruce top and solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, the D-42 produces a resonant, balanced voice suited to all playing styles. The gloss genuine mahogany neck, featuring a Golden Era (GE) Modified Low Oval profile, high-performance taper, and 25.4" scale length, ensures smooth playability and precision. Adorned with intricate abalone details, the D-42 features snowflake inlays on the bridge and bound ebony fingerboard, a shimmering rosette, and pearl trim on the top that wraps elegantly around the fingerboard. Complete with antique white binding, an ebony bridge with bone pins, and gold open gear tuners, the D-42 is a guitar you can trust to unleash the artist within.

Martin’s refreshed Standard Series for 2025 enhances tone, comfort, and style. Sitka spruce GE top bracing, as featured on the Modern Deluxe Series, delivers vintage-inspired tone and sustain, while updates like a reimagined neck profile, thinner fingerboard, and refined bridge and heel improve playability and aesthetics. Each guitar includes a hardshell case.

SPECIFICATIONS

Overview

• Body Size: D-14 Fret
• Finish Top: Gloss
• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
• Back and Side Finish: Gloss
• Bracing Pattern: Forward-Shifted X-Brace
• Scale Length: 25.4"
• Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
• Top Material: Spruce
• Neck Shape: GE Modified Low Oval
• Back Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
• Side Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Electronics: None

Top

• Top Color: Aging Toner
• Bridge Style: GE Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
• Binding: Antique White
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
• Top Inlay Material: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Top Detail: None
• Bridge Pin Material: Bone
• Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
• Bridge Pin Dots: Abalone
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Compensated Bone
• Rosette: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
• Saddle Radius: 16"

Body

• Brace Material: Spruce
• Back and Sides Color: Natural
• Brace Size: 5/16"
• Back Detail: None
• Back Purfling/Strip: Style 45 with Black Stripe
• Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Heelcap: Antique White with Multi-Stripe
• Side Detail: None
• Endpiece: Antique White
• Side Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe

Neck

• Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Finish Neck: Gloss
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Style 45 Snowflake
• Number of Frets Total: 20
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: Antique White with Multi-Stripe
• Side Dots: Black

Headstock

• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
• Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear
• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Knob: Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style: Block Inlay Golden Era
• Nut Material: Bone
• Headplate Binding Material: Antique White with Multi-Stripe
• Headplate Detail: None

Miscellaneous

Manufacturer: C. F. Martin & Co.
Model: D-42 2025
SKU: I811547-N-1-WHXC
UPC: 729789680783

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