The Martin 000-42 is a trusted blend of tone and craftsmanship, designed for players who value exceptional sound and stunning visual details. Its Auditorium body size offers a balanced tone across all six strings, with deep bass, rich overtones, and clear trebles that suit any playing style. Handcrafted with a solid spruce top and solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, the 000-42 produces a resonant, warm voice. The gloss genuine mahogany neck, featuring a Golden Era (GE) Modified Low Oval profile, high-performance taper, and 24.9" scale length, provides effortless playability and precision. It features exquisite abalone details, including snowflake inlays on the bound ebony fingerboard, a shimmering rosette, and pearl trim on the top that elegantly wraps around the fingerboard. Complete with antique white binding, an ebony bridge with bone pins, and gold open gear tuners, the 000-42 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.

• Model: Standard Series 000-42
• Body Size: 000-14 Fret
• Finish Type: Polished Gloss
• Top Wood: Solid Spruce w/Aging Toner
• Top Inlay: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
• Bracing: Golden Era Scalloped, 5/16" Spruce X-Brace
• Back & Sides Wood: Solid East Indian Rosewood
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Neck Finish: Gloss
• Neck Joint: Dovetail
• Neck Shape: Golden Era Modified Low Oval w/High-Performance Taper
• Neck Dimensions: .810 1st - .890 9th
• Fingerboard Wood: Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlays: Abalone Style 45 Snowflakes
• Frets : 20
• Scale Length: 24.9"
• Nut Width: 1 3/4"
• Nut Material: Bone
• Binding: Antique White
• Rosette: Abalone w/Multi-Stripe
• Tuners: Gold Open-Geared w/ Butterbean Knobs
• Bridge: Ebony, Golden Era Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
• Saddle: 16" Radius/Compensated Bone
• Saddle Spacing: 2 5/32"
• Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
• Case: Black 5-Ply Hardshell