Premium features like forward-shifted braces, ebony fingerboard and bridge, and bone nut and saddle add sonic complexity to this value-priced Made in Nazareth, Pennsylvania Dreadnought. The satin finish, solid-wood sapele/sitka DST has a tortoise colored headplate, binding and heel cap.
Designed with the European market in mind, each classic Dreadnought is equipped with Martin Studio Performance (SP) strings for ultimate resonance and tone, and arrive in a padded soft shell case.
Model: DST
Construction: Simple Dovetail Neck Joint
Body Size: D-14 Fret
Top Material: Sitka Spruce
Rosette: Multi-Stripe
Bracing Pattern: Forward Shifted X Brace
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Brace Material: Sitka Spruce
Brace Size: 5/16"
Back Material: Sapele
Back Purfling/Strip: Style 45 with Black Stripe
Side Material: Sapele
Endpiece: Faux Tortoise
Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe
Binding: Faux Tortoise
Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Neck Material: Select Hardwood
Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
Neck Taper: High Performance Taper
Plek: Yes
Nut Material: Bone
Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
Headplate Material: Faux Tortoise
Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay
Heelcap: Faux Tortoise
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Scale Length: 25.4"
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Number of Frets Total: 20
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Corian
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
Side Dots: Yellow
Back and Side Finish: Satin
Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
Finish Top: Satin
Finish Neck: Satin
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Bridge Material: Ebony
Bridge Style: Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
Saddle: Compensated Bone
Saddle Radius: 16"
Tuning Machines: Gold Enclosed Gear
Knob: Small
Bridge Pin Material: Bone
Bridge Pin Dots: Faux Tortoise
Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
Case: Soft Shell
