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MARTIN HD28 VR VINTAGE REISSUE 1996-1997
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Description Brand: Martin Model Year: 1997 Model: HD28 VR Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Series: American Vintage MPN: SERIAL # 618087 Body Type: Dreadnought Dexterity: Right-Handed String Configuration: 6 String
Guitar by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1997. Model HD-28VR. Serial number 618087. C. F. Martin & Co., Inc., Nazareth, 1997. The Martin Model HD-28VR is a reproduction of the classic pre-War D-28 dreadnought with herringbone trim and scalloped top bracing. MADE by C. F. Martin & Co. in 1997 to preserve a representative example of their Vintage Series instruments. USE MEDIUM GAUGE OR / LIGHTER STRINGS ONLY Body: Soundboard: two-piece Sitka, fine grain broadening toward the flanks. Back: Two-piece book-matched East Indian rosewood. Ribs: Two-piece East Indian rosewood. Head: Solid Rosewood. Neck: Mahogany. Inlay: Binding: White ivoroid; light and dark hardwood herringbone trim divided by light hardwood purfling strip, surrounded on each side by dark hardwood purfling strip. Rosette: Wide band of cream-white and black striped celluloid (9 strips), surrounded on each side with narrower bands of the same material (5 strips each), with natural wood in between. Back stripe: Alternating strips of light and dark hardwood forming zigzag or "zipper" pattern, surrounded on each side with two strips of light hardwood and one strip of dark hardwood purfling, each portion of "zipper" pattern divided by light hardwood purfling strip. End graft: White ivoroid strip (slightly wider toward top than bottom) surrounded by thin white and black celluloid purfling (2 strips) on each side. Trim: Heel cap: White ivoroid. Fingerboard: Ebony; 21 nickel-silver frets; single abalone slotted diamonds behind 5th, 9th, and 15th frets; two abalone slotted diamonds behind 7th and 12th frets; single white plastic side dots behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 15th, and 17th frets; double white plastic dots behind 12th fret. Bridge: Ebony with curved lower edge; angled, white Micarta saddle; white plastic bridge pins with imitation-tortoise-shell plastic eyes. Pegs: six chrome-plated steel worm-gear machine tuners with convex head surfaces, reversely curved corners (known as "butterbeans"), and decoratively cut plate outlines. Endpin: White plastic with imitation-tortoise-shell plastic eye. Pick guard: Imitation tortoise shell plastic (printed with tortoise-shell pattern rather than marbleized). Varnish: Clear, with matte finish on neck. Neck heel and end graft Interior: Linings: Kerfed mahogany. Neck block: Mahogany; chamfered corners. End block: Mahogany; chamfered corners. Top bracing: Spruce X-brace, the joint of main cross brace reinforced with white felt; scalloped transverse braces and finger braces in lower bouts; maple bridge plate; hole drilled in upper face brace for access to neck rod. Back braces: Four spruce back braces. Back graft: Minimally arched spruce. Measurements: Total guitar length: 1026 mm (40-13/32″) Back length: 509 mm (20″) Upper bout width: 292 mm (11-1/2″) Waist width: 277 mm (10-7/8″) Lower bout width: 399 mm (15-3/4″) Rib height (including edging) at heel: 97 mm (3-13/16″) Rib height, at waist: 112 mm (4-3/8″) Rib height, at end block: 124 mm (4-29/32″) Head length: 162 mm (6-3/8″) Head width, top: 72 mm (2-11/16″) Head width, bottom: 55 mm (2-5/32″) Neck length (nut to ribs): 357 mm (14-1/16″) Neck width, nut: 43 mm (1-11/16″) Neck width, heel: 54 mm (2-1/8″) Sou
Description
| Brand: | Martin | Model Year: | 1997 |
| Model: | HD28 VR | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Series: | American Vintage | MPN: | SERIAL # 618087 |
| Body Type: | Dreadnought | Dexterity: | Right-Handed |
| String Configuration: | 6 String |
Guitar by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1997. Model HD-28VR. Serial number 618087. C. F. Martin & Co., Inc., Nazareth, 1997. The Martin Model HD-28VR is a reproduction of the classic pre-War D-28 dreadnought with herringbone trim and scalloped top bracing. MADE by C. F. Martin & Co. in 1997 to preserve a representative example of their Vintage Series instruments. USE MEDIUM GAUGE OR / LIGHTER STRINGS ONLY Body: Soundboard: two-piece Sitka, fine grain broadening toward the flanks. Back: Two-piece book-matched East Indian rosewood. Ribs: Two-piece East Indian rosewood. Head: Solid Rosewood. Neck: Mahogany. Inlay: Binding: White ivoroid; light and dark hardwood herringbone trim divided by light hardwood purfling strip, surrounded on each side by dark hardwood purfling strip. Rosette: Wide band of cream-white and black striped celluloid (9 strips), surrounded on each side with narrower bands of the same material (5 strips each), with natural wood in between. Back stripe: Alternating strips of light and dark hardwood forming zigzag or "zipper" pattern, surrounded on each side with two strips of light hardwood and one strip of dark hardwood purfling, each portion of "zipper" pattern divided by light hardwood purfling strip. End graft: White ivoroid strip (slightly wider toward top than bottom) surrounded by thin white and black celluloid purfling (2 strips) on each side. Trim: Heel cap: White ivoroid. Fingerboard: Ebony; 21 nickel-silver frets; single abalone slotted diamonds behind 5th, 9th, and 15th frets; two abalone slotted diamonds behind 7th and 12th frets; single white plastic side dots behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 15th, and 17th frets; double white plastic dots behind 12th fret. Bridge: Ebony with curved lower edge; angled, white Micarta saddle; white plastic bridge pins with imitation-tortoise-shell plastic eyes. Pegs: six chrome-plated steel worm-gear machine tuners with convex head surfaces, reversely curved corners (known as "butterbeans"), and decoratively cut plate outlines. Endpin: White plastic with imitation-tortoise-shell plastic eye. Pick guard: Imitation tortoise shell plastic (printed with tortoise-shell pattern rather than marbleized). Varnish: Clear, with matte finish on neck. Neck heel and end graft Interior: Linings: Kerfed mahogany. Neck block: Mahogany; chamfered corners. End block: Mahogany; chamfered corners. Top bracing: Spruce X-brace, the joint of main cross brace reinforced with white felt; scalloped transverse braces and finger braces in lower bouts; maple bridge plate; hole drilled in upper face brace for access to neck rod. Back braces: Four spruce back braces. Back graft: Minimally arched spruce. Measurements: Total guitar length: 1026 mm (40-13/32″) Back length: 509 mm (20″) Upper bout width: 292 mm (11-1/2″) Waist width: 277 mm (10-7/8″) Lower bout width: 399 mm (15-3/4″) Rib height (including edging) at heel: 97 mm (3-13/16″) Rib height, at waist: 112 mm (4-3/8″) Rib height, at end block: 124 mm (4-29/32″) Head length: 162 mm (6-3/8″) Head width, top: 72 mm (2-11/16″) Head width, bottom: 55 mm (2-5/32″) Neck length (nut to ribs): 357 mm (14-1/16″) Neck width, nut: 43 mm (1-11/16″) Neck width, heel: 54 mm (2-1/8″) Sou