Martin Select Hardwood

Post nov 17 2008 1 2008 11 17t09 29.

Martin select hardwood.

It is equipped with fishman mx electronics and strung with martin s authentic acoustic lifespan 2 0 strings. It is equipped with fishman mx electronics and strung with martin s authentic acoustic lifespan 2 0 strings. They work very hard to obtain the highest quality woods and minimize waste. There are any number of martin purists who simply will not accept it.

As already stated the term select hardwood simply gives martin the option of using what is available. I suspect your guitars other than the d 21 special have mahogany necks. Martin has taken a different approach to the necks of the two instruments. With a performing artist neck fingerboard and bridge of select hardwood the sound transfer of this model has been greatly improved.

Martin guitar necks change from mahogany to select hardwood. It most often means mahogany or spanish cedar but could be other woods as well. The term select hardwood is used to give cfm the option to substitute materials based on availability without have to change the specs. The d 21 special will likely have a spanish cedar neck while a d 28 would likely be mahogany but the term select hardwood allows the manufacturer some leeway if material availability changes.

Perhaps it s the lack of specificity of what the select woods actually are well as long as it s not nato. With a performing artist neck fingerboard and bridge of select hardwood the sound transfer of this model has been greatly improved. In recent production most select hardwood has been mahogany or spanish cedar. Was there a date serial number when martin changed from mahogany to select hardwood with their guitar necks.

Martin guitar necks change from mahogany to select hardwood. I have seen wings on ge marquis guitars but don t recall seeing any with non mahogany necks. The d x2e has select hardwood which in this case looks like a mahogany family member usually spanish cedar sapele or even mahogany itself depending on availability.