Description

Serial:  #67

Calling all Black Crowes fans! Martin is proud to bring you the Rich Robinson Custom Signature Edition D-28. This model is a guitar player’s dream, and it is the first model that Martin has ever made as a visual and sonic representation of an artist’s personal instrument. The instrument that served as its inspiration is a 1954 D-28 that was handed down from Robinson’s father, who played it on stage at the Grand Ole Opry; as a traveling musician with the Hillbilly Highway; and in his folk band, The Appalachians, during the 1950s and ‘60s. After inheriting his father’s guitar, Robinson used it to write most of the original Black Crowes’ songs from the band’s studio albums. This soulful representation of that beloved guitar is crafted with Aged satin-finished East Indian rosewood for the back and sides and an Aged spruce top that is finished with a very thin vintage gloss. It also features rearward-shifted non-scalloped bracing, which offers a very balanced tone and added volume. It includes some 1950s style vintage build characteristics, like Martin’s signature dovetail neck joint, authentic hide glue construction, an ebony fingerboard and bridge, and Aged nickel tuners. Another custom feature requested by Robinson is a bridge with the wings slightly softened for comfort. The model includes a specially designed label signed by Robinson and numbered in sequence.

BODY
Body Size: D-14 Fret
Top Material: Spruce
Back Material: East Indian Rosewood
Side Material: East Indian Rosewood
Binding: Antique White
Bracing Pattern: Rearward Shifted X-Brace
Brace Shape: Non-Scalloped
Top Finish: Vintage Gloss – Aged
Back and Side Finish: Vintage Gloss – Aged

NECK
Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Scale: 25.4″
Neck Shape: 1954 Rich Robinson Barrel and Heel
Finish: Vintage Gloss – Aged
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 11/16″
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8”
Fingerboard Binding: None
Number of Frets: 20
Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Dots
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Mother-of-Pearl

HARDWARE
Bridge Style: Modern Belly – Drop in Long Saddle
Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/8″
Bridge Material: Ebony
Bridge Pin Material: Bone
Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
Saddle: Bone
Rosette: Multi-Stripe
Saddle Radius: 16″
Tuning Machines: Aged Nickel Enclosed Gear

Case: Molded Hardshel

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