Martin DST Limited Edition
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.
Specs
- 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
- Recommended Strings: SP Acoustic 92/8 Phosphor Bronze Medium (MSP4200)
- Knob: Small
- Bridge Pin Material: Bone
- Bridge Pin Dots: Faux Tortoise
- Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
- Case: Soft Shell
- Left Handed Availability: Yes