Martin 00LOLIVER Oliver Acoustic Guitar - Julie Heffernan's "Self-Portrait as Arms and the Men"
- Brand: Martin
- Product Code: 00LOLIVER
- Availability: In Stock
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AED 11,499.00
Across Martin’s nearly 200-year-long history, the spirit of boundary-pushing innovation has driven the company's ascension to world-renowned musicality, a standing cemented among the pantheon of history’s greatest musicians. Available now at Sadek Music, this striking limited-edition Martin 00L Oliver was born from Martin's collaboration with lauded American painter Julie Heffernan, whose celebrated 2006 piece, Self-Portrait as Arms and the Men, adorns the solid FSC-certified Sitka spruce top. The model’s name honors Heffernan’s eldest son, Oliver, and the dazzling mix of styles present throughout the artwork — conjuring takes on fairy tale-inspired colors and motifs, represented through the lens of the surreal — has Sweetwater’s Guitar Workshop thoroughly enamored by its detailed application, vivid presence, and robust construction. With ebony and solid koa comprising the back, sides, fretboard, and bridge, and a suite of classic Martin style appointments including their time-tested X-brace pattern, the 00L Oliver is built for both sonic performance and visual impact. A select number of these guitars are available worldwide — and Sadek Music is proud to offer you the opportunity to own this essential piece of art — and instrument — history!
Crafted with a premium foundation
For the 00L Oliver, Martin tapped its Grand Concert body. This tried-and-true element delivers a svelte sloped-shoulder 6-string that supplements its spruce top with medium-flame figured koa at its sides and 2-piece back, while its genuine mahogany neck is capped with an ebony fretboard. Especially when used as a top wood for acoustics, Sitka spruce is many a luthier’s preference given its expansive dynamic range, powerful projection, enduring resonance, and fundamental-focused voicing that largely eschews overtones. The koa back and sides imbue your foundational tones with a rich yet balanced presence that’s crisp, snappy, and shimmering throughout the spectrum, adding a touch of extra emphasis to your midrange frequencies that will only get better with age. Genuine mahogany was used for the 00L Oliver’s neck. Tonally, mahogany shares many properties with koa that mutually reinforce one another, including sparkling harmonics and hefty, organic mids, adding to mahogany’s distinctive adaptability to “light-” and “dark-handed” play styles. An ebony fretboard completes the tetrad of tonewoods of this 00L Oliver, prized for its bell-like clarity, near-limitless sustain, and pervasive presence that packs precision into every register.
Style and substance abound
The 00L and its variations have found homes among myriad styles and player preferences, but these guitars truly shine in the hands of fingerpicking specialists — especially in studio settings. The Martin 00L Oliver, available now at Sadek Music, carries on this tradition with its sloped-shoulder profile, enhancing articulation and projection while retaining a versatility that virtually any player will appreciate. Its Modified Low Oval neck profile offers an ideal balance of in-hand comfort and responsive playability, made even smoother with a satin finish. A 20-fret ebony fingerboard adorned with Martin’s Old Style 18 inlays, and framed with elegant tortoiseshell-style binding on the top, back, and sides, serves as the perfect complement to Julie Heffernan’s striking artwork.
X-braced with plenty of projection and precision
Martin’s time-tested X-bracing system undergirds the exceptional output of the 00L Oliver. The namesake crisscrossed bracing design is paramount to the quintessential Martin sound, methodically crafted to temper physical strength and flexibility with unencumbered resonance and the endurance to hold up to the tension of steel strings. What results is a pliable dynamic range with detailed, reactive tones abounding. Moreover, the 00L Oliver, in particular, utilizes scalloped braces. Because the 00L shape errs on the smaller of Martin’s acoustic guitar-body sizes, this tends to pare down on bass-heavy sounds. By itself, this makes any 00L a fantastic studio 6-string.
Julie Heffernan: wanderlust, into the wicked, wonderful, and whimsy
Describing where and how Julie Heffernan’s inspirations, influences, or upbringing intersect with her work is no easy task. The world-revered painter’s pieces have been exhibited everywhere from New York City and San Francisco to Tokyo and Cassis, France. Her paintings tap into a complex nexus of motifs — environmental disaster, divinity, destruction, detritus, and delight — while also threading through the theological and symbolic undercurrents of her Catholic upbringing. These elements merge into vividly imaginative landscapes, rendered in a kaleidoscopic surrealism that begs the question, “What if Hieronymus Bosch illustrated children’s fairy tale books?” Her figurative imagery — populated with natural, man-made, fantastical, and surreal elements — forms a brightly lit yet melancholic menagerie of introspection and existential reflection. It’s this deep reverence Heffernan holds for the often-overlooked wonders of nature that made her partnership with Martin such a natural fit. The resulting 00L Oliver, available now at Sadek Music, reflects Martin’s commitment to sustainability while echoing Heffernan’s artistic legacy, her compassion for the future, and the beauty of the world she envisions for her sons.
Martin 00L Oliver Features:
- Limited-edition acoustic guitar designed in collaboration with American painter Julie Heffernan
- FSC-certified, solid Sitka spruce top features Heffernan’s "Self-Portrait as Arms and the Men"
- Medium-flame koa back and sides conjure rich harmonics and resounding projection
- Genuine mahogany neck supplies blossoming overtones and prismatic character, remaining adaptable to multiple playstyles
- Ebony fretboard and bridge conjure enduring sustain, bell-like clarity, and powerful presence in every register
- Sloped shoulder, Modified Low Oval neck profile, and dovetail neck joint expertly accommodate fingerpicked play styles and beyond
- X Brace system and scalloped braces optimize weight, physical flexibility, projection, and responsiveness
- Old Style 18 fretboard inlays add a dash of classic Martin aesthetics that complement the top’s eye-catching artwork
- 1.75-in. bone nut and nickel open-gear tuning machines reliably keep your sound buzz-free and in tune
Tech Specs
- String Type:Steel
- Number of Strings:6
- Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
- Body Shape:00L Sloped Shoulder Auditorium
- Back & Sides Wood:Solid Medium Flame Koa
- Top Wood:Solid FSC Certified Sitka Spruce
- Top Finish:Satin
- Color:Julie Heffernan's "Self portrait as arms and the men"
- Body Bracing:X-brace
- Binding:Faux Tortise
- Neck Wood:Genuine Mahogany
- Neck Finish:Satin
- Neck Shape:Modified Low Oval
- Radius:16"
- Fingerboard Material:Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay:Old Style 18
- Number of Frets:20
- Scale Length:24.9"
- Nut Width:1.75"
- Nut Material:Bone
- Saddle Material:Compensated Bone
- Bridge Material:Ebony
- Tuning Machines:Nickel Open-gear
- Strings:Martin Retro Light, .012-.054
- Case/Gig Bag:Softshell Case
Guitar Brands | |
Martin Guitar Series | Custom Signature Editions |
Guitars | |
Left / Right Handed | Right Handed |
Top Wood | FSC Certified Sitka Spruce |
Neck Wood | Genuine Mahogany |
Number of Strings | 6 |
String Type | Steel |
Body Bracing | X-Bracing |
Strings | Martin Retro Light, .012-.054 |
Cases / Gig bag | Martin Softshell Case |
Color | |
Color | Julie Heffernan's "Self portrait as arms and the men" |