Martin OMC-28M Laurence Juber

 
 
   Fingerstyle guitarist Laurence Juber's relationship with the C.F. Martin company started in 2002 with the introduction of the OMC-VLJ.  The year 2004 saw two more Limited Edition "Jubers" sporting Indian and Brazilian rosewood back & sides.  Building on the overwhelming success of these instruments,  Martin has come out in 2006-2007 with this EXTREMELY attractive OMC-28M utilizing premium Adirondack spruce top and brace wood in conjunction with rare Madagascar rosewood back & sides!

     Madagascar Rosewood (dalbergia baroni) trees are very small and it is extremely difficult to acquire full 1/4 sawn backs. Dalbergia baroni has all of the attributes of the old Brazilian Rosewood – brilliant, deep colors (red/orange, red/brown, brown, purple/brown) with intense black line patterning and a clear ringing tap tone that contributes a wonderful immediacy of response and clarity ... especially in Orchestra Model instruments!

    Each edition of these Laurence Juber Signature guitars has had one thing in common ... classically unpretentious good looks!!!  I absolutely love the simple-but-timeless aesthetic of an unadorned ebony fingerboard on a modified-V neck that is wedded to an Orchestra Model body with a gorgeous Venetian cutaway! 

   None of this means anything of course,  unless the instrument plays and sounds as good as it looks.  Well ... our experience with Martin's 1/4" scalloped strutting on an OM body has been invariably very very positive indeed!  Add to this winning combination ... a bone nut & saddle,  fossil ivory bridge pins, a master grade Adirondack spruce top and some rare Madagascar rosewood and we get one of the nicest sounding Martin  fingerstyle guitars to come through our store in ages!


 
 

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Specifications
Martin OMC-28M Laurence Juber

*  1 3/4" bone nut
*  genuine Waverly W-16 precision tuners
*  vintage-style "dart" peghead volute
*  modified V neck profile
*  25.4" scale length
*  ebony fingerboard
*  adjustable truss rod
*  one-piece tropical mahogany neck
*  hand-fit dovetail neck joint
*  OM body shape with Venetian cutaway
*  Adirondack spruce top
*  fine herringbone top marquetry
*  Golden Era style soundhole rings
*  1/4" scalloped Adirondack spruce braces
*  premium Madagascar rosewood back & sides
*  "zipper" backstrip marquetry
*  ebony bridge with 2 1/4" string spacing
*  intonation compensated bone saddle
*  fossil ivory bridge pins and end pin
*  plush Geib 5-ply case
 

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MSRP:  $5799.00 U.S. dollars 
Note:  The "Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price" (MSRP) or "list price" is rarely if ever the actual sell price of an item.  Typically a store would discount between 10% and 40% off this figure depending on the wholesale structure. 

Discounted Sell Price: $3965.00 Can$ (approx.$3590.US$) including hardshell case
This is the actual discounted sell price of this item.  Current approximate currency conversions can be easily calculated here. 

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We ship internationally & domestically on a daily basis.  Please email us at sales@12fret.com for a shipping rate. 

We fully set up our instruments to your specifications with your brand & gauge of strings before shipping. 

If shipping within Canada but outside of Ontario,  only 5% GST applies.

When shipping outside of Canada,  no taxes are charged by us.

Shipping to the U.S.A.  :  There are no taxes charged and no duty at the border for North American made products 

Current as of July  2009
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Link to a D28 Marquis Madagascar from Martin guitars

Link to the HD-16R Adirondack from Martin guitars

Link to a Martin 00-28VS parlor guitar

Link to a custom HD-28 with light burst finish

Link to the M-36 model from C.F. Martin & Co.

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