Martin DE Retro Plus Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric Guitar Vintage Natural w/ Case (657)

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Meet your brand-new old friend. The Martin DE Retro Plus Mahogany is the real deal – a genuine Martin that’s not your grandparent’s guitar but might one day be your grandkid’s. Inspired by our legendary 18-style flagship models, this acoustic-electric Dreadnought combines powerful tone and iconic design with cutting-edge craftsmanship. Its torrefied solid spruce top is thermally aged for enhanced resonance and a beautifully seasoned sound, delivering the rich, broken-in tone of a vintage instrument from the first strum. It’s the same premium feature long reserved for our Authentic and Modern Deluxe series, now available for the first time ever in the Road Series. Combined with solid mahogany back and sides, scalloped spruce X bracing, a Performing Artist neck, and an ebony fingerboard and bridge, this guitar has everything you could want in an acoustic. It even comes stage-ready with Martin E1 electronics, featuring a built-in tuner and controls for dialing in your perfect live tone. Ideal as a gigging workhorse or your first step into premium acoustics, this guitar delivers best-in-class quality at an unbeatable value for serious players, and a lifetime of inspiration for anyone who picks one up. Just be warned, you won’t be able to put it down – because nothing compares to a Martin.

FEATURES:

D-14 Fret Dreadnought Body
Scalloped X Bracing Pattern
Torrefied Solid Sitka Spruce Top
Solid Mahogany Back and Sides
Martin E1 Electronics
Gloss Natural Finish w/ Aging Toner Top
25.4" Scale Length
1-3/4" Nut Width
Performing Artist Neck Profile w/ High Performance Taper
Black Body Binding
Multi-Stripe Top Purfling
Faux Tortoise Shell Pickguard
Old Style 18 Boltaron Soundhole Rosette
Ebony Modern Belly Bridge
2-5/32" String Spacing at Bridge
White Tusq Saddle
16" Saddle Radius
5/16" Spruce Braces
Black Hellcap
Select Hardwood Neck
Satin Neck Finish
White Side Dot Markers
Ebony Fretboard
2-1/8" Fretboard Width at 12th Fret
Old Style 18 Faux Abalone Fretboard inlays
Solid Headstock
East Indian Rosewood Headplate
Script Old Style Headstock Logo
Nickel Open Gear Tuners w/ Butterbean Knobs
White Corian Nut
Martin Soft Case Included