Martin 000-15M Acoustic Guitar

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Martin 000-15M Acoustic Guitar NEW ARRIVAL

The Martin 000-15M is an instant classic. An acoustic guitar with a design that couples a historic look with a modern feel. This model continues Martin's long tradition with a 000-14 fret body size, solid mahogany construction and a rich satin finish. The Martin 000-15M is an affordable, solid-wood acoustic guitar that's innovative, visually distinctive and a pleasure to play.

Marin & Co was founded more than 175 years ago, and since its beginnings, the company has continued to position itself at the forefront of innovation, setting guitar trends time and time again. Today the company still embraces classic guitar design techniques but mixes them with modern technology, creating modern classics. The Martin 000-15M is no exception.

The 000-15M offers the guitarist a perfect blend of vintage features and modern technology, creating an acoustic guitar that has amazing tone, great playability and that classic Martin style.

Construction

The Martin 000-15M offers solid construction. The back, sides and top are, 'book-matched', genuine mahogany with A-frame Sitka spruce X-bracing. It also features a traditional maple bridge-plate.

The 14-fret neck of the 000-15M is also genuine mahogany, joined with an East Indian rosewood fingerboard and headplate. The traditional rosewood belly-bridge is fitted with a bone saddle, with the nut being fashioned from bone as well.

To finish, the Martin 000-15M is embellished with a dark mahogany stain and satin lacquer finish, which results in a guitar of true simplified beauty and a warm, rich mahogany tone.

Specifications

• MODEL: Martin 000-15M
• CONSTRUCTION: Dovetail
• BODY SIZE: 000-14 Fret
• TOP: Solid Genuine Mahogany
• ROSETTE: Single Ring
• TOP BRACING PATTERN: A-Frame "X"
• TOP BRACES: Solid Sitka Spruce 5/16"
• BACK MATERIAL: Solid Genuine Mahogany
• SIDE MATERIAL: Solid Genuine Mahogany
• NECK MATERIAL: Solid Genuine Mahogany
• NECK SHAPE: Modified Low Oval
• NUT MATERIAL: Bone
• HEADSTOCK: Solid/Square Taper
• HEADPLATE: Solid East Indian Rosewood
• FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Solid East Indian Rosewood
• SCALE LENGTH: 25.4"
• # OF FRETS CLEAR: 14
• # OF FRETS TOTAL: 20
• FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1-11/16"
• FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2-1/8"
• FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: Diamonds & Squares - Short Pattern
• FINISH BACK & SIDES: Satin
• FINISH TOP: Satin
• FINISH NECK: Satin
• BRIDGE MATERIAL: Solid East Indian Rosewood
• BRIDGE STYLE: Belly
• BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2-1/8"
• SADDLE: 16" Radius/Compensated/Bone
• TUNING MACHINES: Nickel Open-Geared w/ Butterbean Knobs
• RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Martin Studio Performance Phosphor Bronze Light Gauge (MSP4100)
• BRIDGE & END PINS: Solid Black Ebony
• PICKGUARD: Delmar Tortoise Color
• CASE: Super Deluxe Padded Cover

Musicradar Acoustic Guitar of the Year 2010

Along with the Guitarist, Total Guitar and Guitar Techniques teams, we're lucky enough to get our hands on a breathtaking array of instruments over the course of a year, and sometimes its easy to become a little blasé as a result.

But occasionally there are guitars that nobody wants to put down. The 000-15M was one such instrument. Simple, understated, breathtakingly playable; a guitar for life. If there was a separate prize for the instrument that most people in the office lusted after in 2010, this beautiful little acoustic would win hands down.