Martin Custom Shop | North Street Edition OM-28 Wild Grain Left Handed *Used*

This wonderful guitar belongs to a collection of awesome Custom Shop-built models inspired by the much revered pre-war 'Golden Era' classics that were made in the 1930s at the old C.F. Martin factory in North Street, Nazareth. The Martin Custom Shop builds incredibly fine guitars, amongst the best in the world. As well as pioneering new technology, they also use time-honoured techniques from the earliest days of their heritage onwards. For the North Street Edition guitars, they have combined the finest available tonewoods, used exclusively for Custom Shop models, with meticulous hand-craftsmanship to pay homage to the coveted tone, special features and beautiful looks of the 'Golden Era'.

A standard feature on certain Martins at the time was a Herringbone top inlay. This fine and delicate choice was put a stop to when war restrictions made the German-manufactured material unavailable. This had a long-lasting effect, as it was not used again by Martin in regular production until the mid-seventies. Once the American supply ran out, around 1947, Martin changed the design. Vintage Herringbone Martins go for a high price due to this fact.

As well as having gorgeous Herringbone inlay, this guitar also features a Black Ebony fingerboard, light ageing toner (with a tinted rosette) and an old-style gold headplate decals. Modern functionality has been added with an adjustable truss rod and a modern, modified low-oval neck profile.

To help capture not only the visual beauty but also the tonal heaven of the Golden Era, Martin have used Adirondack Spruce tops (as opposed to Sitka) and Golden Era X-bracing. Adirondack offers lots of volume and can be pushed hard whilst staying clear and crisp. The Golden Era X-bracing is also made of Adirondack - 1/4" thick but then carefully hand-shaped and scalloped for tonal bliss. This style of bracing was used until around 1945. It is lighter in mass and allows the top to vibrate freely, with extra bass produced. It was stopped as people were using high-gauge strings and Martin wanted to combat the extra-tension this gave to their lightly built guitars by giving extra stiffness to the top braces.

This model is made even more unique and special by having highly-figured and truly beautiful Wild Grain East Indian Rosewood back and sides.

Some light overall playing marks here and there but this is rare opportunity to own a truly custom left handed Martin Guitar...

Loaded with an LR Baggs Anthem pickup system