Martin DE Retro Plus Mahogany

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.

Specs:

• Recommended Strings: Authentic Acoustic Lifespan® 2.0 Guitar Strings Phosphor Bronze - Light
  
• Body Size: D-14 Fret
  
• Finish Top: Gloss
  
• Construction: Mortise & Tenon Neck Joint
  
• Back and Side Finish: Gloss
  
• Bracing Pattern: X-Brace, Scalloped
  
• Scale Length: 25.4"
  
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
  
• Top Material: Torrefied Spruce
  
• Neck Shape: PA Profile with High-Performance Taper
  
• Back & Side Material: Solid Mahogany
  
• Electronics: Martin E1
  
• Top Color: Aging Toner
  
• Bridge Style: Modern Belly
  
• Binding: Black
  
• Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
  
• Bridge Material: Ebony
  
• Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic
  
• Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
  
• Saddle: White Tusq
  
• Rosette: Old Style 18 Boltaron
  
• Saddle Radius: 16"
  
• Brace Material: 5/16" Spruce
  
• Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
  
• Heelcap: Black
  
• Neck Material: Select Hardwood
  
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
  
• Finish Neck: Satin
  
• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
  
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
  
• Number of Frets Total: 20
  
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Faux Abalone
  
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
  
• Fingerboard Binding Material: None
  
• Side Dots: White
  
• Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear with Butterbean knobs
  
• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
  
• Nut Material: White Corian
  
• Case: Softshell
  
• Pleked: true