Martin 00-28

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A heavenly tonewood duo

The Martin 00-28 features a solid spruce top which produces a sublime, versatile sound that accommodates many genres and techniques with ease, from lighter fingerpicking styles to heavier strumming patterns. Spruce exudes a crystal-clear tone with exceptional dynamics, promising deep lows, a warm midrange, and singing highs.

East Indian rosewood back and sides complement such a divine top, giving you a balanced and versatile tonal palette. Delve into rich warmth, superb resonance, and tremendous volume - rosewood's delicious sonic capabilities are bound to engulf you completely.

Martin's 00 body

With a compact and comfortable 00 body, you are promised hours of joyful play, whether playing seated or standing. Its compact size is also perfect for fingerpicking players, as the smaller shape enables the guitar to keep overtones in check, contributing to a focused and articulate sound that can be mic'd up for studio and stage purposes. Furthermore, its bigger bout and scalloped bracing enable the 00-28 to project great volume, making it also ideal for singer/songwriters to compose with.

Smooth, flawless fretting

Practice for hours on the sleek select hardwood neck. It features a modified low oval profile and high performance taper that allows you to play with sublime comfort. And attached on top is a stunning ebony fretboard. Not only does it look striking, but it also brings a wealth of characteristics that will enhance your playing experience even more. Ebony's naturally high oil content gives it a smooth and fast finish, lending itself to quick and immaculate fretting techniques. Its high level of durability also means it can handle the frequent attack of your fingertips without wearing away. Whether it’s a simple guitar practice session at home or a sold-out gig with an awestruck crowd, the ebony fretboard promises to thrive and deliver.

Ebony also provides some truly exciting sonic capabilities. It is an extremely responsive tonewood that offers a beautifully bright sound, making it a gorgeous accompaniment to rosewood and spruce. Project your music with purpose and brilliant volume, ebony's snappy and crisp attack ensures that every single note cuts through the mix astonishingly well, leaving nothing unheard. This exquisite sound produced by a high-quality tonewood is exactly what acoustic players look for.

Incredible stability

In order to deliver an exceptional, clear tone and sustain a comfortable playing experience, it is important to have a sturdy and durable structure. The 00-28 provides the utmost stability from the inside. Within the spruce and rosewood body there is scalloped X-bracing which offers robustness and resonance. The scalloped shape of the bracing means parts have been scooped out, allowing the spruce top to vibrate freely and this results in a more dynamic sound that retains structural reliability. Scalloped bracing is an enticing feature, particularly on Martin guitars as it takes us back to their "Golden Era" when all their steel-string guitars featured this sturdy and resonant brace shape. Such instruments are still held with such high regard now, and so you can trust that the 00-28 has been constructed with history, experience, and an abundance of knowledge behind it.

The benefits of such an innovative brace do not stop there. An X-bracing pattern offers an exceptionally sturdy structure that accommodates high-tension steel strings. Tune up and play without worrying about any potential guitar body tragedies, X-bracing is strong enough to withstand any amount of pressure.

Specifications

• Product Code: 00-28

Body & Bridge

• Body Size: 00-14 Fret
• Body Shape: Grand Concert
• Top Material: Solid Spruce
• Top Finish: Aging Toner Gloss
• Body Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Bridge Style: Modern Belly Drop In Saddle
• Bridge Pins: White Plastic
• Bridge Pin Dots: Faux Tortoise
• Bracing Pattern: X Brace
• Brace Shape: Scalloped
• Brace Material: Spruce
• Binding: Antique White
• Top Inlay Material: Bold Herringbone
• Rosette: Multi-Stripe

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck Material: Select Hardwood
• Neck Colour: Dark Mahogany
• Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
• Neck Taper: High Performance
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay: Abalone Diamond & Squares Long Pattern
• Number of Frets: 20
• Nut Material: Bone
• Scale Length: 25.9''

Hardware

• Hardware Colour: Nickel
• Tuning Machines: Open Gear
• Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
• Case: Molded Hardshell

Please note: Martin do not ship their guitars with the strap button installed on the bottom of the guitar. They do this to avoid any impact cracks that may occur during shipping. You can find your strap button inside the case compartment.