Known worldwide as one of the finest acoustic guitars made, Martin instruments take more than three months and over 200 separate operations to produce. At the core of the Martin Guitar Company lies over a century and a half of evolution and refinement in the art of guitar making. Martin has consistently created instruments of unparalleled tonal quality and workmanship.

     Many common features taken for granted on today's guitars were first introduced by the Martin Guitar Company. In the 1850's C.F.Martin Sr. developed the "X" bracing pattern that is the standard for nearly all steel-string acoustic guitars made. In 1916 C.F. Martin introduced the first "Dreadnought" size guitar. Today the Martin Dreadnought is the most copied acoustic guitar in the world.
 
 
 
 

• laminate mahogany sides and back with a satin finish and low price

• built entirely at Martin's factory in Pennsylvania
• solid spruce top 
• solid mahogany back and 3 ply mahogany laminate sides
• rosewood fingerboard and bridge
• all new top bracing pattern
• enclosed tuners

• same as D1 in a cutaway version

• same as D-1 but with 3 ply laminate rosewood back and sides

• same as D-1R but with same visual appearance as a D-28

• same as D-1R but with same visual appearance as a D-35

• solid spruce top 
• solid mahogany back and sides
• scalloped bracing 
• satin finish

• solid spruce top 
• solid rosewood back and sides
• scalloped bracing 
• satin finish

• solid spruce top
• solid mahogany back and sides
• gloss finish
• rosewood fingerboard and bridge

• solid spruce top 
• solid rosewood back and sides
• gloss finish
• ebony bridge and fretboard

• zigzag backstrip
• herringbone top purfling 
• prewar style scalloped braces and bridge plate

• 3 piece solid rosewood back
• bound fingerboard
• lighter (thinner) bracing than D-28

• resembles HD-28 but with lighter strutting, bound board and 3 piece back

• resembles D-28 but with abalone rosette, abalone hex fingerboard inlays, bound peghead with 45 style 'CF Martin' peghead inlay
• scalloped bracing

• scalloped bracing
• "C.F.Martin" inlaid on bound peghead
• 8 hexagonal abalone fingerboard inlays * gold tuners
• fancy abalone inlaid around top and soundhole

• "advanced" scalloped bracing
• tortoise shell pickguard
• pearl inlaid around perimeter of top (following fingerboard)

• premier woods
• scalloped bracing
• abalone around top and all edges

• 12 string version of D-28

• ebony fingerboard and bridge
• tortoise shell pickgaurd
• scalloped bracing
• vintage tuning gears
• vintage case
• "ageing toner" patina stain applied to top

• same as above with 12 fret to body neck w/slotted peghead

• "advanced" scalloped bracing
• vintage tuning gears
• vintage case
• ivoroid binding
• herringbone purfling
• "ageing toner" patina stain applied to top

• same as above but with 12 fret to body neck w/slotted peghead

• similar to HD-28V but with large soundhole

• designed in collaboration with Eric Clapton
• Sitka top/Indian bk & sides
• herringbone rosette and body perimeter
• grained ivoroid binding
• snowflake fingerboard inlays

• 12 fret neck joint/slotted peghead

• mahogany Orchestra Model with attention to vintage details ie. slot thru saddle, butterbean tuners and tortoiseshell binding/pickguard

• herringbone purfling
• scalloped bracing
• vintage gears
• vintage case
• "ageing toner" patina applied to top
• tortoise shell pickgaurd 
• ivoroid binding

• rosewood fingerboard
• tortoise shell binding
• scalloped strutting
• full 25.4" scale
• 1 3/4" at nut

• ebony fingerboard
• scalloped strutting
• D-28 appointments

• laminate mahogany sides
• satin finish
• "A-frame" bracing
• rosewood fingerboard

• same as 00-1 with 000 size body

• same as 00-1 with laminate rosewood back and sides

• same as 000-1 with laminate rosewood back and sides

• solid mahogany back and sides
• scalloped strutting
• satin finish

• solid rosewood back and sides
• scalloped strutting
• satin finish

• cutaway body
• solid mahogany back and sides
• scalloped strutting

• solid mahogany back and sides
• gloss finish

• solid rosewood back and sides
• gloss finish
• ebony fingerboard and bridge

Link to feature on Martin OM-35 Custom Sunburst guitar

Link to feature on Martin OM-45 Marquis guitar

Link to feature on Martin D-18GE Golden Era in sunburst finish

Link to feature on Martin OM-28 Marquis guitar

Link to feature on the Martin D-28 Marquis guitar

Link to feature on the Norman Blake 000-28 guitar

Link to feature on Martin OM-28GE Golden Era guitar

Link to feature on Martin D-41 Special guitar

Link to feature on Martin D-28GE Golden Era guitar