Martin HD-28E Standard Series Acoustic-electric Guitar with LR Baggs Electronics – Natural Aging Toner

Martin’s Legendary Dreadnought — A New Standard!

Boasting tasteful refinements and elegant mid-century appointments, the Martin HD-28E Standard offers a definitive take on the company’s legendary dreadnought. This acoustic-electric guitar features a solid spruce top with Sitka spruce Golden Era bracing, along with solid East Indian rosewood back and sides. The HD-28E Standard includes several playability enhancements, such as a gently beveled ebony fingerboard, refined string spacing at the nut, a sleek vintage-style heel, and an ebony Golden Era modern belly bridge with bone pins. You’ll also appreciate the HD-28E Standard’s eye-catching aesthetics, which include a long-diamond neck transition and an angled nut, along with classic Style 28-inspired touches and a glorious aged finish. Finally, LR Baggs electronics coax every drop of tone from your instrument when you plug it into an amp or sound system. The Martin HD-28E Standard reflects the pinnacle of golden-era acoustic guitar design while also equipping players with a well-chosen assemblage of modernized features for improved play and comfort.

Premium Martin craftsmanship

The HD-28E Standard is Martin’s flagship dreadnought, considered by many guitarists to be among the finest-sounding Martin acoustics ever made. With a solid spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, and traditional zigzag purfling on the back, the HD-28E Standard is a beautifully and immaculately designed acoustic-electric guitar. This guitar’s neck boasts a comfortable GE Modified Low Oval shape, along with a vintage-style heel and a long-diamond transition. The 20-fret ebony fingerboard features a thinner construction than previous models, along with refined string spacing and a gently beveled edge for added comfort and head-turning Diamond and Square Long inlays. The HD-28E Standard also includes an ebony Golden Era modern belly bridge with bone pins and a classic faux tortoise pickguard. It stays in tune with chrome enclosed gear tuners, complete with stylish butter bean knobs.

Timeless acoustic tones

The Martin HD-28E Standard spares no expense on its tonewoods. It all starts with a solid spruce top, which imparts a direct, punchy tone with ample headroom, handling gentle fingerpicking and aggressive strumming with equal aplomb. Solid East Indian rosewood back and sides frame the spruce’s straightforward sonic personality with a sublime crispness and reverberant projection that pairs beautifully with the guitar’s large dreadnought-sized body. Moreover, the HD-28E Standard features Sitka spruce Golden Era top bracing, infusing it with rich, breathy overtones and enhanced sustain. We’re enthusiastic fans of this tried-and-true tonewood combination here at City Music; when you imagine what an acoustic guitar is supposed to sound like, this is it!

Inspiring plugged-in performance

The feedback-fighting, natural-sounding LR Baggs Anthem pickup with Tru Mic technology is the result of over 30 years of research and advancement. This hybrid pickup system reproduces the natural tone of your HD-28E Standard through an amp or sound system cleanly, clearly, and with full dynamics. Furthermore, Volume, Mix, and Phase controls nestle inside the soundhole for easy fingertip access. Finally, a Mix control allows you to blend between the augmented mic and under-saddle pickup to further dial in your sound.

Standard series: revisiting timeless Martin tradition

Considering the storied history of Martin’s acoustic guitar engineering and building practices, there’s no question that the company’s iconic models stand firm as the backbone of American steel-string instrument design. With this sentiment top of mind, Martin presents the refreshed Standard series: a lineup dedicated to reviving the looks and tone of the brand’s golden-era vintage models while introducing a complex set of modern performance enhancements. The result is a comprehensive update to Martin’s most revered range of instruments, combining tonal authenticity with the comfort and versatility of a contemporary instrument. Across-the-board changes include remarkably responsive GE (Golden Era) bracing, thinner fingerboards with beveled edges, a slick vintage-style heel, angled nuts, and GE belly bridges equipped with bone or ebony bridge pins. What’s more, the refreshed standard series introduces a fresh new trio of Martin models back into the fold, including the iconic 000-17, D-17, and OM-45. Refreshed with a plethora of musician-requested features, the Standard series harnesses the power of these legendary acoustics and takes center stage once again.

Martin HD-28 Standard Features:

• Offers a definitive take on Martin’s legendary dreadnought
• Combines tasteful Standard series refinements with elegant mid-century appointments
• Solid spruce top imparts a direct, punchy tone with ample headroom
• Solid East Indian rosewood back and sides yield a sublime crispness and reverberant projection
• GE top bracing delivers rich, breathy overtones and enhanced sustain
• Comfortable GE Modified Low Oval neck with long-diamond transition and vintage-style heel
• Thinner ebony fingerboard with a gently beveled comfort edge
• Angled nut with refined string spacing
• GE modern belly bridge with bone pins
• Chrome enclosed gear tuners with stylish butter bean knobs
• Classic Style 28-inspired touches and a glorious aged finish
• LR Baggs Anthem electronics preserve your natural acoustic tone onstage