Martin is marking America’s 250th birthday one of the best ways it is aware of how: by constructing a guitar. The corporate has unveiled the HD-28 Semiquincentennial, a limited-edition mannequin constructed on one among its most iconic acoustic platforms and infused with items of American historical past.

The discharge additionally marks 50 years for the reason that HD-28 first debuted in 1976, America’s Bicentennial 12 months. The guitar has since turn into one among Martin’s most recognised and beloved rosewood Dreadnoughts.

Restricted to simply 250 guitars, the Semiquincentennial mannequin options wooden from the legendary Basking Ridge white oak a.ok.a Holy Oak, a 600-year-old tree that stood by way of the Revolutionary Warfare and generations of American historical past.

In response to native lore, George Washington’s troops drilled inside view of its branches, whereas Washington himself is alleged to have picnicked beneath it with the Marquis de Lafayette. Martin has included wooden from the historic oak into the guitar’s endpiece, heelcap, and Liberty Bell headplate inlay.

The patriotic theme continues throughout the reclaimed Sitka spruce prime, which options authentic paintings by longtime Martin collaborator Robert Goetzl depicting a bald eagle, Independence Corridor and a colonial-era American flag.

Beneath all of that, although, it’s nonetheless very a lot an HD-28. The guitar packs a Dreadnought physique, stable East Indian rosewood again and sides, daring herringbone prime inlay, and Golden Period scalloped forward-shifted X-bracing.

It additionally includes a Golden Period Modified Low Oval neck profile, an ebony Golden Period fashionable stomach bridge, bone bridge pins, vintage white binding, and a Semiquincentennial star fingerboard design crafted from paua and mom of pearl.

Every guitar additionally comes strung with Martin Genuine Acoustic Lifespan 2.0 strings and features a molded hardshell case.

“That is a type of initiatives the place lots of historical past comes collectively,” says Chris Martin IV, the sixth technology chief and present CEO of Martin. “Martin has been a part of the American story for almost 200 years, and our household has its personal connection to the Revolution, so celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary feels particularly significant.”

“It additionally brings us again to 1976, when Martin marked the Bicentennial and launched the HD-28. Fifty years later, utilizing that very same mannequin as the inspiration for this guitar simply felt proper. It’s a very particular option to rejoice the previous whereas creating one thing that may carry the story ahead.”

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