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1950 Martin D-28 Brazilian/Adirondack (Red)
There’s more raw, rich vintage tone wrapped up in this 1950 Martin D-28 than a whole stack of Bluegrass pickers would know what to do with–and that’s an understatement. The bass response is immense but well-focused; pluck the low E string and it cracks like a rifle (a really big, high-caliber rifle). The middle register is warm and equally precise, perfectly separated from trebles which are themselves sweet and articulate, not shrill. We’re looking at a definitive Bluegrass cannon, in all its Brazilian Rosewood and Adirondack Spruce glory. In pretty good shape for its 66-year-old self, this D-28 is one of the best Dreadnoughts we’ve had through the shop in some time, and thanks to its new neck this 1950 Martin has an adjustable truss rod, so you can be certain it will continue to play powerfully and easily. Set up butter smooth, she practically plays herself. This D-28 comes in a Martin molded plastic hardshell case, but we can also supply the original case if desired.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.38 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.13 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian 
2007 Martin D-28 Authentic 1937 Brazilian/Adirondack (Red)
Widely regarded as the finest year to be a D-28 at the Martin factory, 1937 has been synonymous with the classic Martin Dreadnought sound ever since. So it should come as no surprise that once Martin got into the game of making spec-for-spec recreations of their original vintage instruments that they’d turn to the 1937 D-28 for inspiration. This is one of the original run of 50 D-28 Authentic 1937 guitars built in 2007 with Brazilian Rosewood–and compared to the later Authentic 1937 version with Madagascar Rosewood, the impact of the Brazilian is profound.
Everything about this guitar is period correct, down to the butterbean style tuner knobs. Here’s a short list: forward shifted and hand-scalloped Adirondack Spruce braces, bone nut and saddle, aging toner in the finish to reproduce that vintage yellow, “barrel and heel” neck profile (C at the nut, becoming a soft V at the heel), Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, Adirondack Sprue top, herringbone trim and zigzag back strip. Set up to be the loudest Dreadnought you can imagine, this D-28 Authentic 1937 has an enormous voice, epic sustain, and profoundly rich basses with bell-like trebles. A few minutes with this guitar, and you can tell why the originals are so exceedingly valuable.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.38 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian 
1969 Martin D-28 Brazilian/Sitka
We’ve been fortunate enough to auction of no fewer than four guitars in support of hurricane relief, but we can still help out a lot more. We’re going to keep the momentum going by auctioning a fifth guitar! This time we’ve got a vintage classic: our 1969 Martin D-28. This guitar is being offered in an online auction to provide aid to those affected. 25% of the final bid will go to this fundraiser as a tax-deductible donation: http://unidosporpuertorico.com/en/. This guitar was originally $5,295, but we’re starting the bidding at only $3,750. Please email your bids to [email protected]. In the order that we receive bids, we will update the current price above. Bids within the U.S., please. The auction will close at 12pm EST Sunday, November 26th. Once the donation is finalized, we will ship you the guitar for free! Thank you for helping out!
1969 was a very good year to be a Martin D-28–this newly restored Dreadnought has miles and miles of sweet tunes behind it, and many miles yet before it. All the superlatives which made Martin guitars legendary–their thunderous projection, warmth, clarity, and depth–are out in full force once you tune this D-28 up to pitch.
Flatpickers! You have no idea how clean and energetic a tone you can get from the Sitka Spruce top on this guitar, almost without trying. If you’re interested in a beautiful piece of guitar history that’s optimized for flatpicking Bluegrass, Blues, and anything in between, we’d recommend taking this Martin for a spin. Brazilian Rosewood was becoming increasingly scarce by 1969, so we were happily surprised to find such an excellent set for the back and sides on this Dread. Do yourself a favor and come play this D-28 before it goes!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.69 in String Spacing 2.13 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Brazilian 
2004 Martin D-41 Indian/Sitka
This is a Dreadnought’s Dreadnought: a 2004 Martin D-41 in Indian Rosewood and Sitka Spruce! In superb condition, this Martin features the D-41 Abalone package, consisting of top trim, rosette, headstock inlay, and fretboard markers. A sharp-dressed guitar for sure, this D-41 has the tone to back up its visual flair, with a huge, rumbling voice that’s rich and opened up.
The bass is 100% Dreadnought with lots of punch and a well-defined edge, and the setup is optimized for flatpicking with a crisp, easy string feel that’s easy on the hands. Putting this guitar through its Bluegrass paces, we found the projection to be fierce without turning into a muddy wash, even when driven hard. The trebles possess a subtle array of overtones that help fill out the voice and lend a little extra color to your solos. Complete with an undersaddle pickup and Martin molded hardshell case, this D-41 is ready for your next gig, or porch session, or airport jam.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.72 in String Spacing 2.16 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Indian 
2001 Martin D-45GE Brazilian/Adirondack (Red)
We get vintage Martins through our shop all the time, so we’re well-acquanted with that old-school opened-up sound, and there’s a palpable difference compared to newer Martins. This D-45GE, however, offers all the rich, explosive tone of a vintage instrument with only a few years to its name! Modeled after a 1937 D-45 down to the Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides and Adirondack Spruce top, this 2001 D-45GE is a piece-for-piece recreation of one of man’s greatest guitars.
Whether you’re a fingerstylist of a flatpicker, playing Traditional, Bluegrass, or Jazz, this Martin is a finely-honed tool capable of matching you note for note with consistent projection across all six strings. The bass is warm and enveloping, perfectly balanced with the other registers. Under even a delicate touch, this D-45GE lights up like fireworks on July 4th, with sweet treble overtones hanging in the air like smoke from the mortars. In true vintage style, this Martin has a modified “V” neck and a glass-smooth setup for easy playability, and a 1 3/4″ nut.
All of that is to say, this 2001 Martin D-45GE is a marvel of tone, aesthetics, and vintage vibe–the worthy decendent of a living legend.
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
1976 Martin D-76 East Indian/Sitka
This Dreadnought feels patriotic every day of the year! Adorned with stars across the fretboard and stripes across the three-piece Indian Rosewood back and Sitka Spruce top, this Martin D-76 is number 1,855 of 1,976 guitars that Martin built in commemoration of the United States’ Bicentennial, making this the guitar for the year of 1855 (the last year of the California Gold Rush).
In excellent shape, this D-76 has a rich voice that’s backed up by Martin’s trademark Dreadnought projection, making this a Fourth of July firecracker for Bluegrass or Old Time flatpickers, and comes with its original Martin hardshell case in a unique shade of soft blue.
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.69 in String Spacing 2.13 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Indian 
1999 Martin HD-28 Custom Brazilian/Adirondack (Red)
To all you Bluegrass pickers, we apologize: this custom HD-28 from Martin here makes lesser Dreadnoughts sound, well, less. Built to its previous owner’s own specs in 1999, this HD-28 has gorgeous chocolate-dark Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides an Adirondack Spruce top, and is bound up neatly in a herringbone-and-ivoroid binding package. This Dreadnought has been blessed with some fearsome low end growl, and can wind up to a fierce projective force with even a light attack.
By request, Martim finished the Mahogany one-piece neck with a satin finish that feels like velvet to your left hand, and won’t gum up when you really get into that solo at your next session. Practically as clean and unscratched as the day it was finished, this HD-28 is in splendid condition, with miles and miles left in both the saddle and the frets, and comes with a Martin TKL hardshell case to make sure it stays that way.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.38 in Nut Width 1.69 in String Spacing 2.13 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
2011 Martin OMM John Renbourn Madagascar/Alpine
In combining Mr. Renbourn’s tastes with Martin Guitars’ talents, this guitar stands at the apex of traditional design and contemporary fingerstyle tone. According to Martin, one of John Renbourn’s favorite body styles was the original Orchestra Model, so naturally when the opportunity arose for the two to collaborate on a design, they chose an OM shape with a 14-fret, 25 1/4″ scale length for added tension in lowered tunings. When dropped into DADGAD or the like, this OMM exudes strength and clarity, with none of the tubbiness in the bass notes that similar guitars struggle against. Whether it’s fingerpicked Irish jigs, English ballads, or American Blues, this Martin offers an excellent separation of notes and hearty sustain. The voice is well-balanced across all registers, and the Madagascar Rosewood back and sides, when combined with the Alpine Italian Spruce top, fill out the tonal palette with shimmering overtones that warm the air and lend a complex, lush color to your fingerstyle arrangements. Bound up in a Martin TKL case, there’s no chance of any harm coming to this beauty when it’s not in your hands.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Alpine, Rosewood - Madagascar 
2001 Martin 00-18CTN Mahogany/Sitka
From Elizabeth Cotten’s Country Blues picking to your own brand of fingerstyle, this 2001 00-18CTN from Martin Guitars is guaranteed to liven up the room with its strong, crisp voice cutting through the air. With a slim 1 11/16″ nut and 00-size body, this guitar is easy, both on the hands and the ear. The bass strings have a well-defined edge that’s balanced with the other registers, and the punchy tone of the Mahogany back and sides is powerfully amplified by the Sitka Spruce top. With Elizabeth Cotten’s signature sharing space with a gorgous MOP train at the 12th fret, this guitar pays subtle homage to the model Country Blues singer for which this guitar is named, and is in practically mint condition. Wrapped up in a Martin TKL hardshell case to transport the 00-18CTN to the gig, this 00 has is included with a Fishman Thinline Natural I pickup to get you through the set with nothing but faithful amplification and zero feedback.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.88 in Nut Width 1.69 in String Spacing 2.13 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Mahogany 
2004 Martin HD-40 Tom Petty 18/274 East Indian/Italian
Rich, comprehensive tone; silky smooth setup; gorgeous appointments–this 2004 Martin HD-40 is a Tom Petty Limited Edition, number 18 of 274, and it lives up to its heritage handsomely. We’re looking at a fingerstylist’s dream Dreadnaught, folks: encompassing sonority with an excellent balance across the strings, and a newly refretted fingerboard (by our own Ken Jones) for a glassy playing experience. Explorations into lowered tunings like DADGAD yield clean, crisp voices–no flat or tubby bass strings on this HD-40. The Italian Spruce and East Indian Rosewood have been thoroughly opened up and played-in by the guitar’s previous owner, giving this Dreadnaught an effortless richness which makes a simple G Major chord sound bigger, fuller, more dynamic. Coupled with a bombproof Fishman Ellipse VT preamp and undersaddle pickup, all that richness translates faithfully into amplified territory. That means these sweet, present trebles won’t be lost in the mix, nor will the expressiveness of the low-end.
True to Tom Petty’s style, this guitar features an illustration of the phases of the moon across the fretboard and culminates in a shower of stars on the upper frets and, or course, Mr. Petty’s signature on the 20th fret. Looking for a dynamite guitar for home or at the gig? This HD-40 is the ticket, and comes in a Hiscox hardshell case to ensure it remains in good health for years to come.
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Rosewood - Indian 
1951 Martin 000-28 Brazilian/Spruce
Needless to say, this old Martin’s seen a lot of the world since it was first played in 1951, and because of those travels this 000-28 has got some powerful stories to tell. The Brazilian Rosewood back and sides are completely opened up, rendering that strong, vigorous vintage tone which Martin lovers pore through every antique store and pawn shop in search of. This 000-28 has a responsive Spruce top and an agile, energetic voice that really lends itself to American Traditional fingerpicking arrangements, but has plenty of sustain and projection for flatpicking as well.
With the necessary setup work out of the way, this 000-28 is in peak playing condition, meaning that all that rich, explosively opened-up tone can be played with ease. Ready for many more decades of great music, this guitar reminds us what true vintage really sounds like.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.75 in Nut Width 1.69 in String Spacing 2.16 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Brazilian 
2007 Martin D-18V Custom Mahogany/Adirondack (Red)
This Martin may have been built in 2007, but to look at it you’d swear it was brand new. The alluring Sunburst finish is practically untouched, but the Mahogany back and sides and Adirondack Sruce top have been played in nicely, so the voice is well-opened up and expressive. Being a custom order D-18V, this guitar has some special additions which set it apart from the pack, namely the Slope Shoulder body, which gives this Martin a warm and complex voice.
Between a low-end which is warm and well-defined and trebles that shimmer in the air, there’s also great separation between the strings, perfect for fingerpicking, but this Dreadnaught also responds beautifully to a flatpick and an aggressive attack: there’s plenty of bark for everyone. This Custom D-18V comes with its original Martin TKL hardshell case, so there’s little chance of this immaculate instrument coming to harm during your travels.
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany 
2005 Martin ECHF East Indian/Italian
A stormy temperament; 14 frets for crisp, snappy tone; darkly deserving to be played–the Bellezza Nera (“Black Beauty“) from Martin is not a guitar to be trifled with. Number 47 of 476, you won’t find many other 2005 Martin 000s with this kind of tone and playability. Frankly, we’re impressed: the voice is bright and responsive with the Italian Spruce top, exceedingly well-balanced with the East Indian Rosewood–just the kind of articulation and string-to-string seperation you want for fingerpicking–and the feel of the 000 body cradled in your lap is instantly intimate. Built in collaboration with Eric Clapton, Hiroshi Fujiwara, and Dick Boak, this is a guitar best served like Turkish coffee: black as night and sweet as sin.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.88 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Rosewood - Indian 
1937 Martin C-2 Conversion Brazilian/Spruce
The long and varied career of the Martin Guitar Company has had many fascinating turns across the decades. Back in the 1930s, Martin tried their hand at building Archtop guitars, many of which were later retopped as flattop acoustics. The C-2 Conversion we have here is just such a guitar–and we steel-string players couldn’t be happier. The Brazilian Rosewood back and sides are chocolate-rich (as is the voice), and the Spruce top has been masterfully braced for maximum projection. This is an excellent example of Martin’s early OM designs: tight waist, compact curves, and a well-balanced voice with low-end rumble that’s perfectly attuned to sweet, present treble strings.
According to its owner–tthe Irish multi-instrumentalist virtuoso John Doyle–this one was built in 1937, and is excellently broken-in and opened up, and plays with a vigorous tonality matched only by its shocking clarity. Martin’s OM shape gives this guitar a dynamic range which excels at fingerstyle with a thumbpick to bring out the crisp bass notes, or with flatpicks to make tunes sound full and complex, and the rounded neck profile is exceedingly comfortable on the hands. A guitar of this uniqueness won’t be here long; you’ll need to come play it before it’s gone!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.69 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Brazilian 
2003 Martin D-42K2 Koa/Koa
Koa, Koa, and more Koa! One of Martin’s coveted all-Koa Dreadnoughts, this 2003 D-42K2 has the lucky opportunity to have the best of both worlds: it sounds as gorgeous and aggressive as it looks. The typical Koa tone, this guitar has in spades–dry and crisp, with lots of punch in the mids–and with the typical Dreadnought voice (huge and brash), this guitar reinforces why Martin Dreadnoughts are the best in the business.And she packs a wallop, of that you can be sure. Flatpicked Old Time or American Trad music rings with muscularity and bark. Country Blues fingerpicking really lets the trebles shine, accentuating the great balance across the strings. With projection like an ocean wave–tsunami-size–and a sustain which hovers like endless sky, this D-42K2 has a primal, vigorous tone perfect for group settings and an aggressive attack. And, with shimmering Abalone trim, inlay, and rosette, you’ll be the envy of every guitarist.