Martin OM-42 Acoustic Guitar (2025)

Martin OM-42 — Style 42 Elegance Meets Orchestra Model Playability

The Martin OM-42 sits just below the pinnacle Style 45 in Martin's hierarchy, yet it is every bit a collector-grade instrument. The 2025 edition continues Martin's tradition of pairing premium tonewoods with refined Style 42 appointments — delivering a guitar that is as visually stunning as it is musically expressive. With its balanced Orchestra Model voice and comfortable 25.4" scale, the OM-42 is a natural choice for fingerstyle players, singer-songwriters, and serious collectors alike.

Tonewoods & Construction

• Top: Solid Sitka Spruce — clear, articulate, and highly responsive to dynamic touch
• Back & Sides: Solid East Indian Rosewood — warm, complex tone with rich sustain and sparkling highs
• Neck: Select Hardwood, modified low-oval profile — comfortable and fast
• Fingerboard & Bridge: Ebony — smooth, dense, and precise
• Bracing: Forward-shifted scalloped X-bracing — maximises resonance and projection

Style 42 Appointments

• Abalone pearl top border inlay
• Snowflake abalone fingerboard inlays
• Gloss finish on top, back, and sides
• Bone nut and saddle
• Chrome Waverly tuning machines with butterbean knobs
• Tortoise-style pickguard

Playability

• Scale length: 25.4"
• Nut width: 1-3/4" (44.5 mm)
• 14-fret neck-to-body join
• Ideal for fingerstyle, folk, blues, and singer-songwriter styles

The Martin OM-42 2025 is a guitar that rewards the player who demands both beauty and performance — an instrument built to last generations and improve with every year of play.