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Key Features
- Golden Era inspired 12-string guitar with modern enhancements
- High-performance neck taper offers improved playability and comfort
- Bone bridge pins enhance tonal clarity and sustain
- Bold herringbone inlay adds to the classic aesthetic
Martin HD12-28 (2025) Overview
The Martin HD12-28 Refreshed is a 12-string Golden Era inspired guitar that blends timeless craftsmanship with modern enhancements. Featuring East Indian rosewood back and sides paired with a solid spruce top, this guitar delivers a rich, resonant tone with impressive depth and clarity. Its forward-shifted, non-scalloped X-bracing and GE Modern Belly bridge offer improved sustain and dynamic response, making it perfect for full, vibrant acoustic sound.
Designed for comfort and playability, the HD12-28 boasts a High Performance Taper neck with a Modified Low Oval profile, ensuring a smooth and comfortable grip. Premium appointments like bone bridge pins, a bold herringbone inlay, and a faux tortoise pickguard give it a classic aesthetic, while chrome enclosed gear tuners provide perfect tuning stability.
Product Ref: 323516
Full Description
View Full DescriptionGolden era-inspired tone
The Martin HD12-28 Refreshed captures the essence of the Golden Era with its forward-shifted, non-scalloped X-bracing. This bracing design allows the solid spruce top to resonate more freely, producing a rich, balanced tone with enhanced sustain and dynamic range. The combination of East Indian rosewood back and sides further deepens the tonal warmth, delivering a full-bodied sound that is perfect for intricate fingerpicking and bold strumming alike.
Exceptional playability and comfort
Designed with the player in mind, the HD12-28 features a Modified Low Oval neck shape paired with a High Performance Taper. This combination offers a slimmer, more comfortable grip, making it easier to navigate the fretboard, even during extended playing sessions. The carefully bevelled fingerboard edges provide a smooth feel, making this 12-string a joy to play.
Premium materials and craftsmanship
Every detail of the HD12-28 reflects Martin's commitment to quality craftsmanship. From the solid spruce top and East Indian rosewood back and sides to the bone nut, saddle, and bridge pins, each component is selected for its tonal contribution and durability. The bold herringbone inlay and faux tortoise pickguard add classic visual appeal, blending vintage design with modern refinements for a guitar that looks as exceptional as it sounds.
Reliable tuning and performance
Maintaining stable tuning on a 12-string guitar is essential, and the HD12-28 excels with its chrome enclosed gear tuners. These tuners provide precise, smooth adjustments, ensuring that each string stays in tune through dynamic playing and environmental changes. Combined with the compensated bone saddle, this setup guarantees accurate intonation and consistent performance, letting you focus entirely on your music.
Specifications
- Product Name: Martin HD12-28 Refreshed
- Product Code: CFM-GTR-HD1228
Body
- Top Material: Solid spruce
- Back and Sides Material: East Indian rosewood
- Bracing Pattern: Forward-shifted, non-scalloped X-brace
- Brace Shape: GE-Non-Scalloped
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Top Colour: Aging toner
- Binding: Antique white
- Purfling: Zig-zag with black stripe
- Rosette: Style 28 multi-stripe
- Pickguard: Faux tortoise
Neck & Fretboard
- Neck Material: Select hardwood
- Neck Shape: GE Modified Low Oval
- Neck Taper: High Performance Taper
- Neck Joint: Dovetail neck joint
- Scale Length: 24.9"
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay: Diamond and square long
- Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 13/16"
- Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/4"
- Number of Frets: 20
- Nut Material: Bone
Hardware
- Bridge Material: Ebony
- Bridge Style: GE Modern Belly-12 String with drop-in saddle
- Saddle Material: Compensated bone
- Bridge Pin Material: Bone
- Tuning Machines: Chrome enclosed gear
- Headplate Material: East Indian rosewood
- Headplate Logo Style: Script old style overlay
- Case: Moulded hardshell
- Recommended Strings: Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0 - Extra Light (MA500T)
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