Description
Description
Meet your brand-new old friend. The Martin DE Retro Plus Mahogany is the real deal – a genuine Martin that’s not your grandparent’s guitar but might one day be your grandkid’s. Inspired by our legendary flagship models, this acoustic-electric Dreadnought combines powerful tone and iconic design with cutting-edge craftsmanship. Its torrefied solid spruce top is thermally aged for enhanced resonance and a beautifully seasoned sound, delivering the rich, broken-in tone of a vintage instrument from the first strum. It’s the same premium feature long reserved for our Authentic and Modern Deluxe series, now available for the first time ever in the Road Series. Combined with solid mahogany back and sides, scalloped spruce X bracing, a Performing Artist neck, and an ebony fingerboard and bridge, this guitar has everything you could want in an acoustic. It even comes stage-ready with Martin E1 electronics, featuring a built-in tuner and controls for dialing in your perfect live tone. Ideal as a gigging workhorse or your first step into premium acoustics, this guitar delivers best-in-class quality at an unbeatable value for serious players, and a lifetime of inspiration for anyone who picks one up. Just be warned, you won’t be able to put it down – because nothing compares to a Martin.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Martin Road Series |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in Mexico |
| Product Color: | Natural |
| Case Type: | Soft Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | D-14 Fret |
| Acoustic Cutaway Type: | No Cutaway |
| Body Material: | Mahogany |
| Body Finish: | Gloss |
| Top Material: | Torrefied Spruce |
| Bracing Material: | Spruce |
| Bracing Pattern: | 5/16" Scalloped X-Brace |
| Body Binding: | Black |
| Rosette: | Old Style 18 Boltaron |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Select Hardwood |
| Neck Finish: | Satin |
| Neck Tint/Color: | Dark Mahogany |
| Neck Shape: | PA Profile w/High Performance Taper |
| Fingerboard Material: | Ebony |
| Headstock Veneer: | East Indian Rosewood |
| Nut Material: | White Corian |
| Nut Width: | 1.75" |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 16" |
| Scale Length: | 25.4" |
| Number of Frets: | 20 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Mortise & Tenon |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Faux Abalone 18 Old Style |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
| Side Marker Inlay: | White |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | Script Old Style Overlay |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel |
| Bridge: | Ebony Modern Belly |
| Tuning Machines: | Nickel Open Gear |
| Saddle: | White Tusq |
| Pickguard: | Faux Tortoise |
| Bridge Pins: | Black Plastic |