Martin Guitar D42 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar - Natural

Patterned After Prewar Martin Dreadnoughts

The latest Martin D-42, with its iconic prewar Style 45 snowflake inlays and heirloom visuals, looks, plays, and sounds better than ever. This D-42's High Performance Taper mahogany neck delivers modern playability without disrupting the iconic Martin dreadnought strum. Its high-grade Sitka spruce top with aged toner finish looks and sounds like an antique dream; underneath, forward-shifted, scalloped X-bracing enhances bass for a big, resonant bottom end. Butterbean gold open-gear tuners, abalone inlays, and antique white binding complete the look.

Vintage appeal, modern convenience

This beautiful dreadnought takes its cue from Martin's coveted prewar acoustics. It's an old soul with a host of vintage features and appointments, including an aged-finish high-grade spruce top, traditional Style 45 snowflake fingerboard inlays, antique white binding, and gold butterbean tuning knobs. Even so, this D-42's bass-enhancing bracing and Martin's latest High Performance Taper Modified Low Oval neck equip it for 21st-century recording and performance

Martin D-42 Acoustic Guitar Features:

• Patterned After prewar Martin Dreadnoughts
• Heirloom visuals: Style 45 snowflake inlays, butterbean tuning knobs, and an aged-toner finish
• East Indian rosewood back and sides and Sitka spruce top deliver stellar tone
• Forward Shifted X Bracing enhances bass
• Slimmer, High Performance Taper mahogany neck with tonally rich ebony fingerboard
• Plek'd for impeccable response and feel

Tech Specs

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Body Shape:Dreadnought
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Color:Natural, Aging Toner
• Finish:Gloss
• Top Wood:Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood:East Indian Rosewood
• Body Bracing:Scalloped Forward Shifted X-bracing
• Binding:Antique White
• Neck Wood:Mahogany
• Neck Shape:Modified Low Oval, High Performance Taper
• Radius:16"
• Fingerboard Material:Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Abalone Style 45 Snowflake
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.4"
• Tuning Machines:Gold Open Gear
• Bridge Material:Ebony
• Nut/Saddle Material:Bone/Bone
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Strings:SP Acoustic 92/8 Phosphor Bronze Medium
• Case Included:Hardshell Case