MARTIN OM-42 Description
- orchestra body style, solid Sitka spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with Style 45 three-ring abalone pearl rosette, grained ivoroid binding, abalone pearl with B/W/B boltaron top inlay, B/W boltaron back inlay, Style 45 back purfling, select hardwood neck, 14/20-fret ebony fingerboard with Style 45 select abalone pearl snowflake inlays, bound headstock with rosewood overlay and select abalone pearl vertical Martin block inlay, three-per-side gold Gotoh open-geared tuners with butterbean knobs, ebony bridge with two abalone pearl snowflake inlays, white bridge pins with abalone pearl dots, tortoise color beveled pickguard, available in Natural or Sunburst (optional) polished gloss with Aging Toner finish, 25.4 in. scale, mfg. 1999-present.
In 1930, Martin built two OM-42 models with roughly the same specifications of the modern OM-42.