Custom Shop Build Overview

This Martin Custom Shop Black Walnut 000 is part of a special Custom Shop edition available exclusively through select Martin dealers and visitors to the Nazareth, Pennsylvania factory.

Inspired by the earlier Cherry Hill Custom series, this newer Black Walnut build offers a distinctive tonal and visual alternative within the Martin lineup. This guitar was part of a carefully selected group ordered during multiple factory visits, where tonewoods were personally chosen to ensure standout quality and consistency.

Featuring a spruce top paired with Black Walnut back and sides, this guitar delivers a unique tonal profile that blends the warmth of mahogany with a touch of rosewood-like clarity and overtone presence.

Tone & Performance

Black Walnut offers a balanced and versatile voice that sits between traditional mahogany and rosewood tonal characteristics.

Warm, focused fundamentals with added clarity and sparkle
Balanced response across bass, mids, and highs
Excellent note separation for fingerstyle and light strumming
Controlled low-end with articulate high-end detail

The result is a highly musical and versatile instrument that performs beautifully in both recording and live settings.

Custom Shop Craftsmanship

Handcrafted in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, this instrument features Martin’s traditional dovetail neck joint and all-solid tonewood construction for maximum resonance and long-term stability.

The forward-shifted scalloped X-bracing enhances top movement, delivering improved responsiveness, projection, and sustain.

Visually, the guitar is elevated by European flamed maple binding, adding a refined contrast to the Black Walnut body and giving this instrument a distinctive Custom Shop aesthetic.