Martin 00-28 Modern Deluxe Acoustic Guitar

Martin 00-28 Modern Deluxe — Heritage Tone, Modern Performance

The Martin 00-28 Modern Deluxe is a masterful reimagining of one of Martin's most beloved body shapes — the intimate, focused 00 — elevated with Modern Deluxe appointments and construction refinements that push playability and resonance to new heights. It is a guitar that honours Martin's rich heritage while embracing the demands of today's discerning player.

Tonewoods & Construction

• Top: Solid Sitka Spruce with VTS (Vintage Tone System) treatment — thermally aged to replicate the open, responsive character of a decades-old instrument from day one
• Back & Sides: Solid East Indian Rosewood — warm, complex tone with rich sustain and defined highs
• Neck: Select Hardwood with High-Performance Taper — transitions from a low oval at the nut to a modified low oval at the heel for effortless playability up the neck
• Fingerboard & Bridge: Ebony — smooth, fast, and precise
• Bracing: Forward-shifted scalloped X-bracing with non-scalloped tone bars — optimised for the 00 body's intimate voice and projection

Modern Deluxe Appointments

• Antique white binding on body, neck, and headstock
• Diamonds and squares fingerboard inlays in old-style font
• Gloss finish on top, back, and sides
• Bone nut and saddle
• Nickel Waverly tuning machines with butterbean knobs
• Tortoise-style pickguard
• Hide glue construction throughout — enhances resonance and long-term tonal development

Playability

• Body shape: 00 (Grand Concert)
• Scale length: 25.4"
• Nut width: 1-3/4" (44.5 mm)
• 14-fret neck-to-body join
• High-Performance Taper neck profile
• Ideal for fingerstyle, blues, folk, and studio recording

The Martin 00-28 Modern Deluxe is for the player who wants the warmth and intimacy of a small-body Martin with the tonal maturity of a vintage instrument — ready to inspire from the very first note.