MARTIN OM-28 Description
- 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 (1990-96) top and back binding, zig-zag backstripe, mahogany neck (1929-1933, 1990-1996) or select hardwood neck (2013-present), 14/20-fret ebony fingerboard with slotted diamond inlays (1929-1933, 1990-1996) or short pattern diamond and square inlays(2013-present), rosewood headstock overlay, three-per-side chrome banjo tuners (1929-1931), regular right angle tuners (1932-33, 1990-96) or nickel tuners with butterbean knobs(2013-present), ebony pyramid bridge (1929-1930) or belly bridge (1931-33, 1990-96, 2013-present), white bridge pins with black dots (1929-1933, 1990-1996) or tortoise dots (2013-present), small tortoise (1929-1931), large tortoise (1932-33, 2013-present) or black (1990-96) pickguard, available in Natural finish, 25.4 in. scale, mfg. 1929-1933 (total production of 487 instruments), 1990-96, and 2013-present.
Martin also produced five OM-28P in plectrum neck configuration (1931-32), one OM-28T in tenor neck configuration (1930), six SOM-28 reissues of the OM-28 (1969), and one OM-28V contemporary reissue with Brazilian rosewood back and sides (1984).