2020 Martin 000-28 Ambertone Flattop Guitar

Overview: This rather-new 000-28 has "vintage" features -- herringbone trim, a "shadetop" sunburst finish, wider nut, lighter bracing, and a more-classic neck profile -- when compared to a bog-standard 000-28 model. It's a great-sounding box with that "stone dropped in water" rosewood sort-of sound to it -- rich and complex but with some good snap and pop when you dig-in. It's got a bit of light usewear but overall is in excellent health and and is a real looker.

Repairs included: I gave it a neck reset and Jacobi made a fresh bone saddle for it. I'd previously realigned the strings at the nut for the owner to balance the spacing (the factory had done a bit of a weird job on it). It's playing spot-on and ready to go.

• Weight: 4 lbs 4 oz
• Scale length: 24 15/16"
• Nut width: 1 3/4"
• Neck shape: medium V
• Board radius: 16"
• Depth at first fret: .83"
• Depth at seventh fret: .89"
• Body width: 15 1/8"
• Body depth: 4 1/8"
• Top wood: solid spruce
• Back & sides wood: solid rosewood
• Bracing type: x
• Bridge: ebony
• Fretboard: ebony
• Neck wood: mahogany
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 54w-12 lights
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium-modern

Condition notes: It's very clean save for a little usewear in the finish here and there. It looks more like a "shopworn" guitar than one handled-out a bunch in the real world (as it was). In the photos, there's a little dust showing as white spots on the fretboard and bridge -- sorry about that! The frets are essentially new with only a little light leveling touchup here and there. The nut has some filled/recut slots per the owner's request to space them symmetrically when he first brought the guitar in.

It comes with: It has its original hard case.

Consignor tag: JW/LCL