Martin D-17M Acoustic Guitar

The Martin D-17M is a dreadnought shaped recreation of the Style 17 Martin guitar. The style-17 line of guitars with mahogany backs and sides and spruce tops was originally designine in the 1900’s and allowed players to get a greaty sounding guitar at a great price. The 17 series was supplanted in 1918 when Martin began making style-18 guitars with mahogany backs and sides but no, nearly 100 years later, the range returns giving the smae great quality of the original.

Solid Construction

Solid Mahogany back and sides partnered with a solid Spruce top (tinted) is a classic tonewood combination and together with the body shape produces a deep powerful tone with blenty of warm rounded bottom but also plenty of top end sparkle. That makes it perfect for both extremes of playing style: Hard plectrum strumming or gentle fingerpicking.

The sleek neck on the D-17M has a contemporary feel. It feels great all along the fretboard, whether for barre chords played for extended stretches or athletic single-note soloing, this guitar feels great. The relatively narrow (1 11/16-inch) nut makes it comfortable to thumb-fret notes on the sixth string, while giving the other fretting fingers plenty of room to move about, and the low action also contributes to the guitar’s excellent playability.

Features

• Construction: Ply Blocks/ Simple Dovetail Neck Joint
• Body Size: D-14 Fret
• Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
• Rosette: Single Ring
• Top Bracing Pattern: A-Frame
• Top Braces: Solid Sitka Spruce – 5/16”
• Back Material: Solid Genuine Mahogany
• Side Material: Solid Genuine Mahogany
• Binding: Tortoise Color – Brown
• Neck Material: Select Hardwood
• Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
• Nut Material: Bone
• Headstock: Solid/Square Taper
• Headplate: Solid East Indian Rosewood/ Raised Gold Foil Logo
• Fingerboard Material: Solid Morado
• Scale Length: 25.4”
• Number Of Frets Clear: 14
• Number Of Frets Total: 20
• Fingerboard Width At Nut: 1 11/16”
• Fingerboard Width At 12th Fret: 2 1/8”
• Fingerboard Position Inlays: Diamonds & Squares – Short Pattern
• Finish Back & Sides: Satin
• Finish Top: 17 Style Shaded Gloss Top
• Finish Neck: Satin
• Bridge Material: Solid Morado
• Bridge Style: Belly
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/8”
• Saddle: 16” Radius/Compensated/Bone
• Tuning Machines: Nickel Open-Geared with Butterbean knobs
• Recommended Strings: Martin SP Lifespan Phosphor Bronze Medium Gauge (MSP7200)
• Bridge & End Pins: Black Ebony
• Pickguard: Delmar Tortoise Color
• Case: 345 Hardshell