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Guitar-Zone.com > Acoustic / Electric Guitar Department > Acoustic Guitars > Item 290
Martin D-28M Merle Travis Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar here. 300 Acoustic Guitars products available as of November 15, 2008. Acoustic Guitars items are in stock at Guitar-Zone. Martin D-28M Merle Travis Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar product specifications and consumer reviews are displayed below.
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A feisty dreadnought to honor Merle Travis' legacy.
C.F. Martin introduces the D-28M Merle
Travis Commemorative Edition guitar to honor Merle Travis' legacy. Merle Travis ranks among the most gifted guitarists ever.
Travis was a groundbreaking player — on both electric and acoustic — whose picking style continues to influence
guitarists. Travis was also a fine vocalist, superb songwriter, and pioneering guitar designer.
One of his most distinctive
guitar designs began with a 1941 Martin D-28 he acquired in 1946. Soon after its purchase, he took the Martin to friend and
machinist Paul Bigsby — who had previously collaborated with Travis to create both the Bigsby vibrato and one of the
earliest solidbody electric guitars — to have the neck replaced with one similar to that on the electric guitar Bigsby
made for him. Bigsby obliged, installing a maple neck with his distinctively shaped headstock, Bigsby headstock inlay, six-on-a-side
tuners and unique fingerboard position markers. In addition, he replaced the pickguard with an oversized black one that approximated
the shape of the new headstock.
Merle Travis liked both the feel and the unique sound of his modified Martin; he played
it on virtually every acoustic recording he made from 1946 until his death in 1983. The D-28M Merle Travis Commemorative Edition
is modeled after Travis' original modified D-28 Martin, right down to the premium, solid tonewoods. The acoustic guitar's
back and sides are rare Madagascar rosewood, a wood prized for its similarity in appearance and tone to the original's now-endangered
Brazilian rosewood. The Adirondack spruce top, the same topwood used in 1941, is used for its crisp, powerful tone.
Delivered
in a hardshell case, each Martin D-28M Merle Travis guitar bears an interior label personally signed by Thom Bresh, Bigsby
Guitars President Fred Gretsch, and Martin Chairman C.F. Martin IV, and numbered in sequence. Produced in a limited edition
of just 100 instruments, the D-28M Merle Travis acoustic is a great sounding tribute to a truly remarkable guitarist.
Martin D-28M Merle Travis Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Specifications:
- Model: D-28M Merle Travis
- Label: Paper Label Signed By CFM IV, Thom
Bresh & Fred Gretsch, Numbered In Sequence With Total (100) 1 Of, 2 Of, Etc.
- Construction: Standard; Mahogany
Blocks, Dovetail Neck Joint
- Body Size: D-14 Fret
- Top: Adirondack Spruce
- Top
Braces: Adirondack, Scalloped 5/16'', Golden Era
- Pattern: Domle #3A
- Bridge Plate: Maple
- Top Binding: 6/32'' Grained Ivoroid
- Top Inlay: Fine Herringbone
- Rosette:
Style 28, Black And White Fiber
- Additional Rosette Inlay: .041'' Grained Ivoroid
- Pickguard:
Black, Self Adhesive, Unique Travis Shape
- Back: Solid Madagascar Rosewood (Sitka Golden Era Braces)
- Purfling: HD Zig-Zag
- Back Binding: 6/32'' Grained Ivoroid
- Back Inlay:
.030'' Black And White Fiber
- Sides: Solid Madagascar Rosewood
- Endpiece: Grained Ivoroid
- Endpiece Inlay: .030'' Black And White Fiber
- Neck: Multi-Piece Curly Maple Replica Of Original
Bigsby Neck
- Neck Shape: Low Profile
- Headstock: Unique Merle Travis Shape
- Truss
Rod: 2-Way Adjustable
- Heelcap: Grained Ivoroid
- Nut: Bone
- Headplate:
Figured Walnut
- Headplate Decal: Small Old Style (On Back Of Headstock)
- Headplate Pearl:
Solid M.O.P. Bigsby Inlay To Match Original
- Tuning Machines: Grover Nickel 136N6 Vintage Deluxe 6-In-Line
Kluson Style
- Fingerboard: Black Ebony
- Radius: 16''
- Scale Length:
25.4''
- Width At Nut: 1-11/16''
- Width At 12th Fret: 2-1/8''
- Frets
Clear: 14
- Total Frets: 20
- Pearl Inlay: Unique Solid M.O.P. Heart, Club, Diamond & Spade
Design
- Side Dots: White Boltaron
- Finish Body Package: Gloss
- Finish
Top: Gloss
- Finish Neck Package: Satin With Polished HP
- Bridge: Brazilian Rosewood
- Style: Standard Belly
- String Spacing: 2-1/8''
- Saddle: 16'' Radius, Compensated,
Bone
- Strings: MSP 4200 Medium Phosphor Bronze
- Bridge Pins: Bone With 3.0mm Tortoise
Dots
- End Pin: Bone With 4.0mm Tortoise Dot
- Case: 545E Cabernet
Martin D-28M Merle Travis Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Includes:
At once a fitting
tribute to a great artist and a wonderfully playable guitar. Order today.
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Martin D-28M Merle Travis Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar List Price:
$7999.00 Your Price Only:
$
6399.00 Discount: 20%
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