Shenandoah production began in 1983. Initially viewed as a way to offer entry level models for Martin dealers, Shenandoah models featured Japanese-built unfinished body and neck kits imported to the Martin plant for final assembly and finishing. However, Shenandoah guitars are not as ornate, and may feature different construction methods than the Martin models.
While this may have been cost effective to some degree, the labor intensive work of assembly and finishing at the Martin plant led Martin to considering producing the whole guitar in Nazareth - which led to the introduction of Martin´s U.S.-built Road and 1 Series.
Instruments were produced in Japan and assembled in the U.S. between 1983 to 1993; full Japanese production was featured between 1994 and 1996. Shenandoah model codes add a -32 suffix after a Martin-style model designation. Thus, a D-1832 is Shenandoah´s version of a D-18. Models carrying a CS prefix designation indicate a custom model, usually fancier than the standard version (custom models were built in limited runs of twenty-five instruments).
Instruments previously assembled from imported Japanese components in Nazareth, PA between 1983 and 1996. Distributed by the C.F. Martin Guitar Company of Nazarath, PA.

SHENANDOAH Acoustic Guitars Models

SHENANDOAH C-20 Image

SHENANDOAH C-20

- classic style, solid spruce top, round soundhole, wooden bound body, wooden inlay rosette, rosewood back/sides, nato neck, 12/19-fret ebonized rosewood fingerboard, ebonized rosewood tied bridge, rosewood peghead veneer, 3-per-side gold t...

SHENANDOAH D-1832 Image

SHENANDOAH D-1832

- dreadnought style, solid spruce top, round soundhole, tortoise pickguard, 3-stripe bound body/rosette, mahogany back/sides, nato neck, 14/20-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, rosewood bridge with black pins, rosewood peghead...

SHENANDOAH D-2832 Image

SHENANDOAH D-2832

- dreadnought style, solid spruce top, round soundhole, tortoise pickguard, three-stripe bound body/rosette, rosewood back/sides, nato neck, 14/20-fret ebonized rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, ebonized rosewood bridge with white...

SHENANDOAH D-4132 Image

SHENANDOAH D-4132

- similar to D-2832, except has abalone bound body/rosette, bound fingerboard with abalone hexagon inlay, white abalone dot bridge pins, bound peghead, gold tuners.

SHENANDOAH D-6732 Image

SHENANDOAH D-6732

- dreadnought style body, solid spruce top, round soundhole, tortoise pickguard, tortoise binding, 3-stripe rosette, quilted ash back/sides, nato neck, 14/20-fret bound ebonized rosewood neck with pearl dot inlay, pearl vine/diamond inlay a...

SHENANDOAH SE-2832 Image

SHENANDOAH SE-2832

- single round cutaway folk style, solid spruce top, round soundhole, 3-stripe bound body/rosette, rosewood back/sides, nato neck, 14/21-fret bound ebonized rosewood fingerboard with pearl diamond inlay, ebonized rosewood bridge with white...

SHENANDOAH SE-6032 Image

SHENANDOAH SE-6032

- similar to SE-2832, except has tortoise binding, bird´s-eye maple back/sides/peghead veneer, pearl tuner buttons, available in Burgundy Burst, Dark Sunburst, or Natural finish.

SHENANDOAH 000-2832 Image

SHENANDOAH 000-2832

- folk style, solid spruce top, round soundhole, tortoiseshell pickguard, 3-stripe bound body/rosette, rosewood back/sides, nato neck, 14/20-fret ebonized rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, ebonized rosewood bridge with white black...