Martin D-28 Authentic 1937 Aged VTS Guatemalan Rosewood (236)

Serial Number: 2991236
Instrument Weight: 4.15 lbs
Neck Depth: .81-1.04 (9th)

If you're looking for a new guitar that looks and sounds like you've been playing it for 80 years, you have just found your holy grail of guitars. 1937 was an excellent year for guitars, with a perfect storm of craftsmanship, innovation, and materials. The Aged version of the D-28 Authentic 1937 includes all of the goodness that comes with Martin's Authentic Series instruments, like hide glue construction and hand-scalloped X-bracing. Plus, it adds the VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) that ages the wood to replicate the sound of a vintage Martin. Martin's craftspeople can recreate the pleasing visual aesthetics of a vintage guitar and reproduce the particular tones previously reserved for vintage instruments. Now Martin has reintroduced a more accurate body profile based on dreadnought shapes from the early Golden Era of Martin's history. The result is a tactile, visual, and auditory experience that will transport you all the way back to the 1930s. And we know you’re going to like it there.

Body Size: Authentic D-14 Fret Finish Top: Vintage Gloss - Aged Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint - Hide Glue Construction Back and Side Finish: Vintage Gloss - Aged Bracing Pattern: Authentic 1937 Forward-Shifted X-Brace Scale Length: 25.4" Brace Shape: Scalloped Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4'' Top Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS Neck Shape: Authentic 1937 Back Material: Guatemalan Rosewood Top Color: Vintage Toner Bridge Style: Authentic Belly - Glue in Long Saddle - Aged Binding: Grained Ivoroid Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/16'' Top Inlay Material: Bold Herringbone Bridge Material: Ebony Top Detail: Aged Bridge Pin Material: Ivory Pattern - Aged Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern Aged Bridge Pin Dots: Black Plastic Pickguard Inlay: None Saddle: Bone Rosette: Multi-Stripe Saddle Radius: 16" Neck Taper: Standard Taper Side Material: Guatemalan Rosewood Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS Brace Size: 5/16" Back Detail: Aged Back Purfling/Strip: Zig-Zag Authentic Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe Heelcap: Grained Ivoroid Side Detail: Aged Endpiece: Grained Ivoroid Side Inlay Material: None Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany Fingerboard Material: Ebony Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss - Aged Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/4'' Neck Color: Dark Mahogany Fingerboard Inlay Style: 1937 Diamonds and Squares Long Pattern Number of Frets Total: 20 Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret Fingerboard Binding Material: None Side Dots: Grained Ivoroid Headstock Shape: Solid with 1937 Taper and Diamond Tuning Machines: Aged Waverly Nickel Open Back Headplate Material: Guatemalan Rosewood Knob: Butterbean Headplate Logo Style: Authentic Style CFM Script Overlay Nut Material: Bone Headplate Binding Material: None Headplate Detail: Aged