D42 Modern Deluxe Dreadnought

Martin D-42 Modern Deluxe High End Dreadnought

The D-42 Modern Deluxe is a new take on Martin Vintage. This guitar is packed with custom features and modern technology that you have to see, feel, and hear for yourself. The vintage appointments include a spruce VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM (VTS) top, a dovetail neck joint, and natural protein glue construction giving it the rich, fully aged Martin tone that has inspired generations. The look is unlike anything in our production line with European flamed maple binding (on the body, fingerboard, and headplate), stylish gold frets, gold open-gear tuners, and an ornate torch logo inlaid in pearl on the headstock. Some ultra-modern features include Liquidmetal bridge pins with abalone dots and a composite carbon fiber bridgeplate that boosts volume, and a new neck shape that is slightly asymmetrical for maximum hand comfort up and down the fretboard. This guitar is anything but standard.

Overview
Recommended Strings: Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0 Guitar Strings Phosphor Bronze - Medium
Body Size: D-14 Fret
Finish Top: Gloss
Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
Back and Side Finish: Gloss
Bracing Pattern: Forward Shifted X Brace
Scale Length: ca. 64,5cm
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Fingerboard Width at Nut: ca. 44,5mm
Top Material: Spruce with VTS
Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe
Back Material: East Indian Rosewood
Neck Taper: High Performance Taper
Side Material: East Indian Rosewood

Top
Top Color: Clear
Bridge Style: Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
Binding: European Flamed Maple
Bridge String Spacing: ca. 5,48cm
Top Inlay Material: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
Bridge Material: Ebony
Top Detail: None
Bridge Pin Material: Liquid Metal
Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
Bridge Pin Dots: Abalone
Pickguard Inlay: None
Saddle: Compensated Bone
Rosette: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
Saddle Radius: 16er
Body
Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
Back and Sides Color: None
Brace Size: ca. 0,79cm
Back Detail: None
Back Purfling/Strip: Style 45 Golden Era
Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Heelcap: European Flamed Maple with Multi-Stripe
Side Detail: None
Endpiece: European Flamed Maple
Side Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe
Neck
Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Finish Neck: Gloss
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: ca. 5,4cm
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Golden Era Style 45 Snowflake
Number of Frets Total: 20
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone with Mother of Pearl
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Fingerboard Binding Material: European Flamed Maple with Multi-Stripe
Side Dots: Abalone
Headstock
Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper, Diamond and Square Corners
Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear
Headplate Material: Ebony
Knob: Butterbean
Headplate Logo Style: Torch Inlay
Nut Material: Bone
Headplate Binding Material: Maple with Multi-Stripe
Misc
Case: Hardshell
Label: None
Pleked: true