About This Limited Edition Brazilian Rosewood Martin Guitar
Martin HD-28BSE Brazilian Rosewood Limited Edition GOTM (1987) #470110
This guitar is superb! When Martin get's a windfall of Brazilian Rosewood, they build cool guitars with it. Currently, Martin is doing the same thing — Brazilian D-45 Reissues, Brazilian Claptons, Brazilian Authentics. It happened in the 80's too. This guitar features a lot of what was called Vintage Specs for the 1980's. The Guitar of the Month Series were all cool, and this one bad to the bone.
It has been uncirculated and was brought in by the original owner. He is a parking lot picker, and the guitar shows signs of player wear. Randy Lucas did a refret and cut the bridge to take a long saddle. The original owner also used Jim Bennet for setups. It currently is setup for standard play.
There is a paper label signed by Chris Martin IV, and he signed under the top along with all the other luthiers who worked on the guitar!
Features & Specifications
- Serial Number - 474110
- Construction: Blocks / Dovetail Neck Joint
- Top Material: Sitka Spruce
- Top Bracing Pattern: 5/16" Forward Shifted "X" Scalloped
- Top Inlay: Herringbone
- Back and Side Material: Brazilian Mahogany
- Binding: Ivoroid
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Shape: V
- Nut and Saddle Material: Bone
- Fingerboard and Bridge Material: Ebony
- Scale Length: 25.4"
- Number of Frets Clear: 14
- Width at Nut: 1 3/4"
- Fingerboard Inlays: Style 42
- Finish Top: Aging Toner
- Finish: Gloss Body and Headplate, High Sheen Satin Neck
- Bridge Style: Belly
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/4"
- Tuning Machines: Gold w/ Ebony Button
- Bridge and End Pins: Bone
- Pickguard: Tortoise
- Case: Original
Serving Musicians Since 1991
