Martin D-42 Dreadnought Acoustic Natural

D-42 Dreadnought Acoustic Natural Item Description

This is the Martin Standard Series D-42, one of the all time classic Martin dreadnought guitars built of sitka spruce and East Indian rosewood, now with some refreshed features introduced to the Standard Series for 2025!

The Martin D-42 is a trusted blend of power and pearl, designed for players who seek bold tone and stunning visual details. Its Dreadnought body size delivers a loud, projective sound with strong bass, clear trebles, and rich overtones, making it perfect for both powerful strumming and intricate picking. Handcrafted with a solid spruce top and solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, the D-42 produces a resonant, balanced voice suited to all playing styles. The gloss genuine mahogany neck, featuring a Golden Era (GE) Modified Low Oval profile, high-performance taper, and 25.4" scale length, ensures smooth playability and precision. Adorned with intricate abalone details, the D-42 features snowflake inlays on the bound ebony fingerboard, a shimmering rosette, and pearl trim on the top that wraps elegantly around the fingerboard. Complete with antique white binding, an ebony bridge with bone pins and gold open gear tuners.

For the first time since 2018, Standard Series guitars are being slightly tweaked with a nice mix of modern and vintage-inspired features including Golden Era top bracing - which is a big improvement in overall volume and projection with nice vintage tones, there's a thinner fretboard much like older Martin guitars with a gently beveled edge for improved comfort. We have a Golden Era modern belly bridge with bone or ebony bridge pins and an improved nut on angle transition from the fretboard to headstock. Cosmetically we're seeing a Long Diamond neck transition and a sleeker vintage-style neck heel! Make this excellent Martin dreadnought yours today at The Music Zoo!

Includes: Hardshell Case and Paperwork

Product Specs and Features

• Acoustic Guitar
• Natural Finish
• D-14 Fret Body Size
• Solid Sitka Spruce Top with Aging Toner
• Solid East Indian Rosewood Back and Sides
• Select Hardwood Neck
• Solid Black Ebony Fretboard with Reduced Hexagon Inlays
• 25.4" Scale Length
• 1-3/4" Nut Width
• 2-1/8" Fretboard Width at 12th Fret
• Golden Era Modified Low Oval Neck Profile
• Golden Era Forward Shifted "X" Bracing
• Bone Nut
• Antique White Binding
• Style 45 Snowflake Inlays, Abalone Top Inlay with Fretboard Extension
• Solid East Indian Rosewood Headstock Overlay
• Block Inlay Golden Era Logo
• Antique White Heelcap and Vintage Style Neck Heel
• Golden Era Modern Belly Bridge
• Nickel Open Gear Tuners
• 4 lbs, 5 oz.
• .810” Neck Measurement at 1st Fret
• .890” Neck Measurement at 9th Fret