Martin Custom Shop HD-28 Wild Grain Rosewood #55752 (Empire Music Exclusive)

Martin Custom Shop HD-28 Wild Grain Rosewood, Black Ebony Fingerboard, Natural

~Guitar pictured is the actual guitar that you will receive~

Only 12 Martin Custom Shop HD-28 Wild Grain Rosewood will be built by Martin for Empire Music.

We love building all Wild Grain East Indian Rosewood Martin Guitars!  Being at the Martin Factory regularly allows us to hand-select not only the most beautiful Rosewood but also the correct thickness and density for this complex build.

As one of only 24 Martin Custom Shop Expert Dealers worldwide, we have unfettered access to the Martin Custom Shop and their incredible world-renowned wood reserves. Empire Music Owner Joe Ravita has hand-selected these specific wood sets and designed the instrument in conjunction with Martin Custom Shop Master Designer Jimmie Kleintop. The goal was to offer the finest sonic experience Martin has to offer with the highest quality wood sets on Earth.

An All-Rosewood Martin Custom Shop guitar is extremely rare and demands the finest Wild Grain East Indian Rosewood and a well-executed interior design. We are incredibly excited to offer both as part of this design.

The obvious question—what does it sound like? The sound is crazy full and crazy warm. It won’t be as loud as a Spruce top model; however, the rich tones that are oozing out of this design will still be plenty heard. The trade-off of max volume is easily made up by all of the complex overtones that are easily found when playing this beauty. The fact is that no other design sounds like it, and that’s why we love it!

The Dreadnought body shape offers Martin’s most famous body shape to the build, and players will find that this guitar provides a mature tone with a light touch and opens up nicely.

Our deep knowledge of tonewoods and incredible access to Martin’s wood vault allow for this incredible model to come together.

Tonewoods are always incredibly important when designing a Custom Shop guitar–however, it is a must that the bracing, scale length and other design specifications maximize the tonewood choice.

So, we selected the Golden Era Bracing package on this design.  This sought after design offers deeply scalloped braces that deliver huge tone, output and mature/vintage vibes.  Players will find that this guitar opens up with ease and complex tones are found at all levels of pick attack.

The 25.4” standard scale design allows for excellent clarity, note separation and articulation.

We wanted to take this model to the next level, so we included all of the Golden Era touches–rolled fingerboard edges, Golden Era Bridge Plate, Authentic Fingerboard thickness and Authentic neck heel size.  This Custom Shop HD-28 is a true testament to Martin past and present!

We are proud to offer the world’s finest Martin Custom Shop pieces. Please feel free to reach out to our team to discuss this instrument or any in our collection.

Empire Music is one of only 24 Martin Custom Shop Expert Dealers!