Awesome Adirondack Action 
To cop this vintage-style tone, we asked the folks at Martin to equip these Martins with Adirondack spruce tops and bracing. It’s no secret that we love Adirondack spruce to an unhealthy degree so let’s dive into the reasons for our obsession with this stellar tonewood.

Adirondack spruce produces a plethora of pleasing timbres. From the get-go, it gives the guitar a woody, percussive attack with piano-like roundness and an exceptionally wide dynamic range. You can coax plenty of different sounds out of a guitar with an Adirondack top simply by altering your right-hand technique, so it really facilitates expressive playing!

Part of the reason for this is the otherworldly amount of headroom that Adirondack spruce offers. Every acoustic guitar’s top has a point at which it cannot get any louder. Once you hit that point, the top is “maxed-out” and playing harder yields more compression rather than more volume.

For guitars with Adirondack tops, that point is much, much higher than normal. So, you can really hit hard with your right hand without losing any clarity. Think of it like this: if electric guitar players prize amps that can “go to eleven,” acoustic guitarists prize Adirondack spruce because it can go to quadruple-fortissimo. Nevertheless, it is still quite expressive and open-sounding at lower volumes.

New in mint condition played for one hour and purchased March 2026.

Built by Martin Custom Shop at their factory in Nazareth, PA. 

Guitar specs: single ‘O’ Body Style – 24.9" scale – 1-11/16” nut width.

Traditional X-Pattern Scalloped Bracing – Indian Rosewood Fingerboard, Bridge and Peghead Veneer – Vintage Traditional Compound Dovetail – Genuine Mahogany Neck, Back and Sides – Vintage-Style Grover Tuners – Traditional-Style Geib Hardcase. Torrified Adirondack spruce top . Custom dark stain.