Martin Y25OM42 Standard Series OM-42 Acoustic Guitar - Natural Aging Toner

The Martin OM-42, now available at Sadek Music, strikes the perfect balance of refined style, effortless playability, and timeless craftsmanship. Recently refreshed as part of Martin’s new Standard Series, this model masterfully blends Golden Era features with modern enhancements, making it a top choice for Martin enthusiasts, professional players, and discerning collectors alike. The OM-42 showcases an exceptional pairing of solid spruce and East Indian rosewood, supported by GE-scalloped X-bracing for superior resonance, projection, and tonal clarity. Its comfortable orchestra body and 25.4-inch scale length invite expressive playing across all styles — from intricate fingerpicking to dynamic strumming. Visually, the OM-42 exudes sophistication, adorned with extensive binding, abalone accents, Style 45 Snowflake inlays, and elegant gold tuners that highlight its premium character. Whether you’re performing on stage, recording in the studio, or expanding your Martin collection, the Martin OM-42 delivers a flawless combination of beauty, balance, and brilliance — exclusively at Sadek Music.

Enviable embellishments abounding

Available at Sadek Music, the Martin OM-42 stands out with its remarkable visual artistry. Its Style 45 abalone inlays extend across the guitar, perfectly complemented by Style 45 Snowflake inlays on the fingerboard. Full Antique White binding traces the contours of the body, fingerboard, and headstock, lending the OM-42 a warm, historic glow. Additional details include a multi-stripe rosette, an elegantly inlaid “CF Martin” logo, and striking gold open-gear tuning machines, ensuring the OM-42 captivates both in sound and appearance. Every facet of this guitar is designed with meticulous care, creating a level of curb appeal and craftsmanship that is unmistakably Martin.

An opportunely crafted orchestra

Guitarists across the globe, including countless ones here, understand that Martin’s OM-42 design checks a ridiculous number of boxes in terms of convenience for the constant performer. Most notably, this blueprint conjoins the sized-down body of an orchestra model with a standard 25.4-inch scale length, as opposed to its short-scale 000-bodied counterparts, resulting in premier playing versatility that artists have coveted for nearly a century. Fingerstyle players will also enjoy this OM-42’s responsiveness, which maximizes the impact of the playing style’s softer attack across its smaller, Golden Era-braced top surface.

The special tones of a 42

Available at Sadek Music, the Martin OM-42 delivers an exceptional musical experience thanks to its premium, all-solid tonewoods. Its spruce top offers a perfectly balanced voice, blending crisp treble, defined midrange, and tight low-end response. Paired with East Indian rosewood back and sides, the OM-42 achieves a rich, resonant tone that is ideally suited to its orchestra-style body. A 16-inch radiused ebony fingerboard atop a resonant mahogany neck, carved to Martin’s GE Modified Low Oval profile, completes the tonal foundation. The result is gorgeous sustain, clarity, and articulation across every chord and phrase, making the OM-42 a standout in both performance and recording settings.

Standard Series: Revisiting Timeless Martin Tradition Available at Sadek Music

Martin’s Standard Series celebrates the company’s nearly two-century legacy of acoustic guitar craftsmanship. Honoring the iconic designs that shaped American steel-string guitar history, the refreshed Standard Series combines the looks and tone of Martin’s golden-era vintage models with modern performance enhancements for today’s players. Updates include GE (Golden Era) bracing for remarkable responsiveness, thinner fingerboards with beveled edges, a vintage-style heel, angled nuts, and GE belly bridges with bone or ebony pins. The series also reintroduces a trio of legendary models — 000-17, D-17, and OM-45 — now enhanced with musician-requested features that blend tonal authenticity with contemporary comfort and versatility. With the Standard Series, Martin continues to harness the power of its most revered acoustics, delivering instruments that are as timeless as they are modern, exclusively available at Sadek Music.

Martin OM-42 Standard Features:

• Well dressed with Style 45 Snowflake inlays, abalone inlaying, Antique White binding, gold tuning machines, and a multi-stripe rosette
• Laden with Martin Golden Era appointments for period-correct style and playability, from GE-scalloped X-bracing to fingerboard beveling and beyond
• OM-42 body offers a smaller and easier-to-command body with a full 25.4-in. scale length to thrive under any circumstance
• All-solid construction of spruce-topped rosewood achieves incredible natural tone equalization, balancing shimmer, punch, and tight response
• Resonant mahogany neck with GE Modified Low Oval profile feels absolutely fantastic in hand
• Ebony fingerboard with 16-in. radius delivers smooth and luscious sustain

Tech Specs

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Body Shape:OM-42 Standard Orchestra
• Back & Sides Wood:Solid East Indian Rosewood
• Top Wood:Solid Spruce
• Top Finish:Gloss
• Color:Aging Toner
• Body Bracing:Scalloped X-bracing
• Binding:Antique White
• Neck Wood:Genuine Mahogany
• Neck Finish:Gloss
• Neck Shape:GE Modified Low Oval
• Radius:16"
• Fingerboard Material:Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Style 45 Snowflake
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.4"
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Nut Material:Bone
• Saddle Material:Compensated Bone
• Bridge Material:Ebony
• Tuning Machines:Gold Open-gear
• Strings:Martin Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0, .012-.054
• Case/Gig Bag:Hardshell Case