Martin D True Love

Martin celebrates famed American-style tattoo pioneer, and Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum’s namesake, Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins in this special edition Dreadnought guitar. It features elements of Collins’s work, titled “True Love,” inlaid with shell and hand-selected wood species on the headplate, fingerboard, and body. The artwork takes shape in a multitude of rich, earthy colors using a combination of pearl and natural wood tones. The wood tones are enhanced using a technique called sand shading. The level of artistic talent that went into creating this fine guitar is immediately evident and timeless. In addition to the custom artwork, this guitar features figured East Indian rosewood back and sides with flamed koa binding and a custom inlaid East Indian rosewood headplate. The top is heavy bearclaw Sitka spruce and features non-scalloped, forward-shifted X-bracing found in Martin’s recently reimagined standard series. This model is strung with Authentic Acoustic strings.

Other specifications include:

• CONSTRUCTION:Dovetail Neck Joint
• BACK & SIDE FINISH:Gloss
• BRACING PATTERN:Forward-Shifted X-Brace
• SCALE LENGTH:25.4"
• BRACE SHAPE:Non-Scalloped
• FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT:1 3/4''
• TOP MATERIAL:Sitka Spruce
• NECK SHAPE:Modified Low Oval
• BACK MATERIAL:East Indian Rosewood
• NECK TAPER:High-Performance Taper
• SIDE MATERIAL:East Indian Rosewood
• RECOMMENDED STRINGS:Authentic Acoustic Lifespan® 2.0 Medium - 92/8 Phosphor Bronze MA550T
• TOP COLOR:Clear
• BRIDGE STYLE:Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
• BINDING:Flamed Koa
• BRIDGE STRING SPACING:2 5/32"
• TOP INLAY MATERIAL:Multi-Stripe
• BRIDGE MATERIAL:Ebony
• TOP DETAIL:Heavy Bearclaw
• BRIDGE PIN MATERIAL:Ebony
• PICKGUARD:None
• BRIDGE PIN DOTS:Abalone
• PICKGUARD INLAY:None
• SADDLE:Compensated Bone
• ROSETTE:Custom Inlay
• SADDLE RADIUS:16"
• BRACE MATERIAL:Sitka Spruce
• BACK & SIDES COLOR:None
• BRACE SIZE:5/16"
• BACK DETAIL:Figured
• BACK PURFLING/STRIP:None
• BACK INLAY MATERIAL:Multi-Stripe
• HEELCAP:Flamed Koa
• SIDE DETAIL:Figured
• ENDPIECE:Flamed Koa
• SIDE INLAY MATERIAL:Multi-Stripe
• ENDPIECE INLAY:Boxed Multi-Stripe
• NECK MATERIAL:Genuine Mahogany
• FINGERBOARD MATERIAL:Ebony
• FINISH NECK:Gloss
• FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET:2 1/8''
• NECK COLOR:None
• FINGERBOARD INLAY STYLE:Custom Inlay
• NUMBER OF FRETS TOTAL:20
• FINGERBOARD INLAY MATERIAL:Shell and Wood
• NECK JOINS BODY AT:14th Fret
• FINGERBOARD BINDING MATERIAL:Flamed Koa
• SIDE DOTS:Abalone
• HEADSTOCK SHAPE:Solid with Square Taper, Diamond and Square Corners
• TUNING MACHINES:Gold Grand Tune
• HEADPLATE MATERIAL:East Indian Rosewood
• KNOB: Koa
• HEADPLATE LOGO STYLE:Custom Inlay
• NUT MATERIAL:Bone
• HEADPLATE BINDING MATERIAL:Flamed Koa
• LABEL:None
• PLEKED:Yes
• CASE:Ply Hardshell with Embroidery
• #2358764

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