Martin

“The Martin HD-28 is a legendary acoustic guitar, trusted by generations of players and played by countless icons across genres. Its Dreadnought body size and scalloped bracing delivers the bold tone with strong bass, clear trebles, and rich overtones that has defined acoustic music for nearly a century. Martin’s Standard Series enhances tone, comfort, and style. Sitka spruce Golden Era top bracing, as featured on the Modern Deluxe Series, delivers vintage-inspired tone and sustain, while updates like a re-imagined neck profile, thinner fingerboard, and refined bridge and heel improve playability and aesthetics.” – From the Martin Website

The HD-28 is fitted with Martin's Modified Low Oval/High Performance Taper neck. First introduced in Martin's Performance Series guitars, this neck, with its slimmer overall shape, has become the default choice for the new Standard Series guitars. The "Low Oval" feature means that the profile of the back of the neck is changed - its mass is reduced slightly producing a contour that is very hand friendly. And the "High Performance Taper" refers to the neck's more parallel shape transitioning from lower to higher neck positions. With a wider 1 3/4" width at the nut and narrower 2 1/8" width at the 12th fret, the overall feel going from low to high is more uniform. Additionally, the strings are now spaced closer together at the bridge - 2 5/32". The combination of these features, plus the neck's sleek satin finish makes this guitar's playability remarkably smooth and comfortable.

And, to enhance its sound even more, the X-brace on the HD-28 is now forward shifted. This design, borrowed from Martin's Vintage Series guitars, in combination with the use of scalloped top braces, relaxes the instrument's top in the area where its bridge is coupled. This strategy can liberate more of the string's vibrational energy and, therefore, can improve the voice of a guitar. In the case of this guitar, we applaud Martin's choice to re-position the X-brace in the "pre-war" fashion which shares qualities of sound for which its "Vintage Series" cousins are celebrated - namely increased power, depth, and color.

• Dreadnought Body Size
• Solid Sitka Spruce Top
• Scalloped Forward-Shifted X-Brace
• Solid Indian Rosewood Back and Sides
• Multi-Stripe Rosette
• Gloss Finish
• Select Hardwood Neck
• Ebony Fingerboard
• Diamonds and Squares Long Pattern Fingerboard Inlays
• East Indian Rosewood Headstock Veneer
• Modified Low Oval Neck Carve with High Performance Taper
• Satin Neck Finish
• Ebony Bridge
• Nickel Open Gear Tuners with Butterbean knobs
• Faux Tortoise Pickguard
• Bone Nut
• Bone Saddle
• 1 3/4” Nut Width
• 25.4” Scale Length
• Hardshell Case