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Instruments currently manufactured in Nazareth, PA since 1839 and in Mexico (Backpacker Series) since the mid-1990s. Previously produced in New York, NY between 1833 and 1839. Distributed by Martin in Nazareth, PA.

MARTIN Acoustic Guitars Models

MARTIN D-18 Image

MARTIN D-18

- dreadnought body style, solid spruce top, mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe purfling/rosette, five-ply top binding, one-ply back binding with rosewood (1932-36), tortoise (1936-1966), or black (1966-present) outer...

MARTIN J-40(M) Image

MARTIN J-40(M)

- jumbo body style, solid spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with three-ring (5/9/5 grouping, 1985-1995) or Style 45 abalone pearl rosette (1996-present), eight-ply top binding, four-ply back binding with...

MARTIN MC-37K KOA CUTAWAY Image

MARTIN MC-37K KOA CUTAWAY

- single rounded cutaway Grand Auditorium 0000 body style, solid spruce top, figured koa back and sides, oval soundhole with abalone pearl rosette, multi-ply top binding, back binding, mahogany neck, 14/22-fret ebony fingerboard with abalon...

MARTIN OM-21 Special Image

MARTIN OM-21 Special

- similar to the OM-21, except has a three-stripe patterned herringbone rosette, fine herringbone backstripe, mulitple black/maple top inlay, maple back binding, solid black ebony endpiece with maple fiber inlay, an ebony fingerboard with S...

MARTIN 00CX1AE BLACK CUTAWAY ELECTRIC Image

MARTIN 00CX1AE BLACK CUTAWAY ELECTRIC

- 00-style single cutaway body, solid spruce top, HPL black satin back and sides, herringbone decal rosette, natural Stratabond neck, 14/20-fret black Micarta fingerboard with no inlays, HPL black headstock overlay, three-per-side chrome tu...

MARTIN CS-OM TRUE NORTH-16 Image

MARTIN CS-OM TRUE NORTH-16

- 000 14-fret body style, solid Adirondack spruce top, solid koa back and sides, compass design in back inlaid with flamed jarrah, Claro walnut, waterfall bubinga, and Paua pearl, standard "X" scalloped bracing, round soundhole with custom...

MARTIN HD-28E RETRO Image

MARTIN HD-28E RETRO

- dreadnought-style body, solid Sitka spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, standard "X" scalloped forward shifted bracing, round soundhole with Style 28 three-stripe rosette (5/9/5 grouping), grained ivoroid bind...

MARTIN GPC-35E CUTAWAY ELECTRIC Image

MARTIN GPC-35E CUTAWAY ELECTRIC

- single cutaway grand performance body style, solid sitka spruce top with X bracing, East Indian Rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with style 28 multi-stripe rosette, white binding, multi-stripe top, back, and side inlay, style 35 b...

MARTIN HAWAIIAN X (2002) Image

MARTIN HAWAIIAN X (2002)

- Grand Auditorium 14-fret 000-style body, Hawaiian Luau Custom High Pressure Laminate (HPL) top, koa wood pattern HPL textured back and sides, 000-1 A-frame bracing, round soundhole, brown Stratabond neck, 14/20-fret black Micarta fingerbo...

MARTIN MC-DSM (2008) Image

MARTIN MC-DSM (2008)

- single cutaway Grand Auditorium M/0000-style body, solid Italian Alpine spruce top, solid highly flamed Hawaiian koa back and sides, single ring fine herringbone rosette, ebony binding, black/white boltaron top/back/side inlays, select ha...

MARTIN HD-18JB JIMMY BUFFET (1998) Image

MARTIN HD-18JB JIMMY BUFFET (1998)

- dreadnought 14-fret-style body, solid Sitka spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, standard X scalloped forward-shifted bracing, round soundhole with three-ring Style 45 rosette (5/9/5 grouping with a large center ring of abalone pear...

MARTIN MPFF PHILLY FOLK FESTIVAL (2002) Image

MARTIN MPFF PHILLY FOLK FESTIVAL (2002)

- Grand Auditorium 14-fret 0000/M-style body, solid Engelmann spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, J1 hybrid scalloped bracing, round soundhole with three-ring Style 45 rosette (5/9/5 grouping with a large center ring of a...

MARTIN DCPA4 SIRIS PERFORMING ARTIST Image

MARTIN DCPA4 SIRIS PERFORMING ARTIST

- single cutaway dreadnought 14-fret-style body, solid Sitka spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, hybrid X scalloped solid Sitka spruce bracing, round soundhole with two-ring rosette, white boltaron binding, B/W/B boltaron...

MARTIN CMSH STING CLASSICAL (1998) Image

MARTIN CMSH STING CLASSICAL (1998)

- classical nylon-string configuration, Martin/Humphrey-style body, solid western red cedar top, solid quilted mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with wooden rosette (light and dark brown lines of natural wood with thin stripes of bla...

MARTIN BC-16E BASS (16 SERIES) Image

MARTIN BC-16E BASS (16 SERIES)

- single cutaway bass body style, solid Sitka top, East Indian rosewood back and sides, bass forward shifted X bracing, round soundhole with bold Herringbone multi-stripe rosette, antique white binding, select hardwood neck, 17/23-fret ebon...

MARTIN 00LX2E Image

MARTIN 00LX2E

- 00-14 fret slope shoulder grand concert body style, Sitka top with X bracing pattern, figured Mahogany patterned back and sides, multi-stripe rosette with MOP pattern, select hardwood performing artist neck with high performance taper, 14...

MARTIN 000-18T Tenor Image

MARTIN 000-18T Tenor

- similar to the 000-18, except in four-string tenor configuration with two-per-side tuners, total production of five instruments, mfg. 1930-1941.

MARTIN 00-18C Classical Image

MARTIN 00-18C Classical

- similar to the 00-18, except in classical nylon string configuration with a 12-fret body, 12/19-fret fingerboard, slotted headstock, fan bracing, and a tied bridge, 26.44 in. scale, total production of 4,351 instruments, available as a Sp...

MARTIN 0-17 SECOND VERSION Image

MARTIN 0-17 SECOND VERSION

- concert body style, mahogany top, back, and sides, round soundhole with three thin W/B/W rings, three-ply top binding with rosewood outer layer (1929-1930, no binding after 1930), mahogany neck, 12/20-fret (1929-1931) or 14/20-fret (1932-...

MARTIN MODEL 1-27 Image

MARTIN MODEL 1-27

- Size 1 body, spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with five-stripe rosette (pearl center ring in four groups of five rings), ivory top binding, green/brown wood diagonal pattern top purfling, three-ply back bindi...

MARTIN MODEL 5-21 Image

MARTIN MODEL 5-21

- Size 5 body, spruce top, rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe rosette (single herringbone ring between two groups of five rings), five-ply top binding with outer rosewood layer, two-ply back binding with outer rosewo...

MARTIN F-1 Image

MARTIN F-1

- Grand Auditorium-style body, carved spruce top, arched mahogany back, mahogany sides, two f-holes, three-ply top and back body binding with outer ivoroid layer, mahogany neck, 14/20-fret unbound ebony fingerboard with white dot inlays, un...

MARTIN ALTERNATIVE II Image

MARTIN ALTERNATIVE II

- single cutaway Grand Auditorium 14-fret 000-style body, solid graffiti pattern aluminum top, Jett Black High Pressue Laminate (HPL) back and sides, alternative pattern bracing, round soundhole, black Stratabond neck, 14/20-fret black Mica...

MARTIN 000-18 KENNY SULTAN Image

MARTIN 000-18 KENNY SULTAN

- 000-sized body, solid Adirondack spruce top, solid flamed mahogany back and sides, single ring herringbone pearl rosette, tortoise color biding, mahogany neck, 14/20-fret ebony fingerboard with diamond and square pattern inlays, ebony hea...

MARTIN 000-28 12-FRET GOLDEN ERA Image

MARTIN 000-28 12-FRET GOLDEN ERA

- Grand Auditorium 12-fret 000-style body, bookmatched solid Sitka spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, scalloped X bracing, round soundhole with three-ring Style 28 rosette (5/9/5 grouping), ivoroid binding, fine herringb...

MARTIN HM BEN HARPER Image

MARTIN HM BEN HARPER

- Grand Auditorium 0000-style body based on Harper's personal M-38, solid Adirondack spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, three-ring bold herringbone rosette, grained ivoroid binding, bold herringbone top inlay, black/mapl...

MARTIN 00-17SO SINGOUT (2000) Image

MARTIN 00-17SO SINGOUT (2000)

- Grand Concert 14-fret 00-style body, solid mahogany top, back, and sides, Hybrid scalloped bracing, round soundhole with single ring rosette, tortoise color binding, 14/20-fret ebony fingerboard with custom inlays, solid mahogany headstoc...

MARTIN OM-28E RETRO Image

MARTIN OM-28E RETRO

- orchestra-style body, solid Sitka spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, standard "X" scalloped bracing, round soundhole with Style 28 three-stripe rosette (5/9/5 grouping), grained ivoroid binding, bold herringb...

MARTIN LXM Tres Image

MARTIN LXM Tres

- similar to the LXM Little Martin, except the strings are arranged and tuned in three pairs to produce open chords, padded gigbag included, mfg. 2009-mid-2011.

MARTIN 000RSGT Image

MARTIN 000RSGT

- 000/auditorium-style body, solid sitka spruce top, Sapele back and sides, round soundhole with single ring rosette, black boltaron binding, solid sipo neck with Mortise/Tenon neck joint, 14/20-fret black richlite fingerboard with Style 28...

MARTIN 0000-1 Image

MARTIN 0000-1

- orchestra-style body, solid Sitka spruce top, solid two-piece mahogany back with Style 18 plain black fiber purfling, laminated mahogany sides, round soundhole with Style 28 black and white rosette, tortoise color body binding, mahogany n...

MARTIN 000-15M Burst Image

MARTIN 000-15M Burst

- similar to the 000-15M, except has a 15 style burst satin finish on the top and short pattern diamond & square fingerboard inlays, case included, mfg. 2015-present.

MARTIN 00L-17 Image

MARTIN 00L-17

- Grand Concert 14-fret slope shoulder body style, sitka spruce top, mahogany back and sides, grained ivoroid binding, black stripe top and side inlays, round soundhole with multi-stripe rosette, select hardwood neck, 14/20-fret rosewood fi...

MARTIN 000-16T Image

MARTIN 000-16T

- auditorium 000-style body, solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with herringbone rosette, tortoise color body bindings, mahogany neck, 14/20-fret rosewood fingerboard with diamond and square abalone inlays, ros...

MARTIN M-38/0000-38 Image

MARTIN M-38/0000-38

- Grand Auditorium 0000 body style, solid Sitka spruce top, solid rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with three-stripe Style 45 abalone pearl rosette (5/9/5 grouping), seven-ply top binding, three-ply back binding with white outer lay...

MARTIN OM-28 Image

MARTIN OM-28

- orchestra body style, solid spruce top, Brazilian rosewood (1929-1933) or Indian rosewood (1990-96, 2013-present) back and sides, round soundhole with three-ring rosette (5/9/5 grouping), ivoroid (1929-1933, 2013-present) or white (1990-9...

MARTIN D-18E Electric Image

MARTIN D-18E Electric

- similar to the D-18, except has two single coil exposed DeArmond pickups, a mixing switch, one volume control, and two tone controls, mfg. 1958-59.

MARTIN SPD-16(T) SPECIAL Image

MARTIN SPD-16(T) SPECIAL

- dreadnought body style, solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with abalone pearl rosette, tortoise color body binding, Style 45 mosaic back inlay strip, mahogany neck, 14/20-fret rosewood fingerboard with abalon...

MARTIN M-38 Koa Special Image

MARTIN M-38 Koa Special

- similar to the M-38, except has solid highly flamed koa back, sides, and headstock overlay, Style 45 snowflake fingerboard inlays, and gold hardware, available in Natural finish, Geib-style case included, mfg. 2009-2010.

MARTIN 00X1AE Image

MARTIN 00X1AE

- 00-sized 14-fret grand concert body, solid Sitka spruce top, Mahogany pattern HPL back and sides with textured finish, round soundhole with single ring black boltaron and white fiber rosette, birch laminate-rust neck, 14/20-fret rosewood...