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  • The Martin D-42 Special features Dick Boak's beautiful pearl inlay designs on peghead, fingerboard and pickguard. Built of premium East Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce with forward shifted X bracing for tone to match!
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Model:  Martin D-42 Special & Case (#D42SP)

  • Body Size:   D 14-Fret
  • Construction:     Dovetail Neck Joint
  • Back and Sides:   East Indian Rosewood
  • Top: Sitka Spruce
  • Bracing: Spruce, Scalloped 5/16", Forward Shifted X
  • Binding, Endpiece, Heelcap: Antique White
  • Rosette: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
  • Top Inlay: Abalone with Multi-Stripe (Includes connecting link around fretboard extension)
  • Back & Side Inlay: Multi-Stripe
  • Pickguard: Black Acrylic with Elaborate Pearl Inlay, Design by Dick Boak
  • Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
  • Scale Length: 25.4"
  • Fingerboard Width At Nut:   1-¾”
  • Neck Shape:  Modified Low Oval
  • Neck Taper:   High-Performance
  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony, Bound
  • Fingerboard Inlay Style: Special Design by Dick Boak
  • Fingerboard Inlay Material: Mother of Pearl
  • Side Dots: Black
  • Neck Joins Body At:   14th Fret
  • Headstock Shape:   Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
  • Tuning Machines:   Nickel Open Gear with Butterbean Knobs
  • Headplate:   Ebony, Bound, with Custom Inlay Designed by Dick Boak
  • Nut Material:   Bone
  • Bridge:     Ebony, Modern Belly
  • Saddle:     Bone, Compensated Drop-In
  • Bridge String Spacing: 2-5/32”
  • Bridge Pin Material: White Plastic with Abalone Dots
  • Finish:     Gloss Body and Neck, Antique Toner on Top
  • Case:     Wooden Hardshell, Arched Top
  • Label:  Inside Label signed by CF Martin IV and Dick Boad, Numbered In Sequence without Total

Martin D-42 Special Guitar & Case

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USA Only
Limited Warranty

SKU: D42SP

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$12,199 USD
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$12,199 USD
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The Martin D-42 Special features Dick Boak's beautiful pearl inlay designs on peghead, fingerboard and pickguard. Built of premium East Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce with forward shifted X bracing for tone to match!
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Model:  Martin D-42 Special & Case (#D42SP)

  • Body Size:   D 14-Fret
  • Construction:     Dovetail Neck Joint
  • Back and Sides:   East Indian Rosewood
  • Top: Sitka Spruce
  • Bracing: Spruce, Scalloped 5/16", Forward Shifted X
  • Binding, Endpiece, Heelcap: Antique White
  • Rosette: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
  • Top Inlay: Abalone with Multi-Stripe (Includes connecting link around fretboard extension)
  • Back & Side Inlay: Multi-Stripe
  • Pickguard: Black Acrylic with Elaborate Pearl Inlay, Design by Dick Boak
  • Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
  • Scale Length: 25.4"
  • Fingerboard Width At Nut:   1-¾”
  • Neck Shape:  Modified Low Oval
  • Neck Taper:   High-Performance
  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony, Bound
  • Fingerboard Inlay Style: Special Design by Dick Boak
  • Fingerboard Inlay Material: Mother of Pearl
  • Side Dots: Black
  • Neck Joins Body At:   14th Fret
  • Headstock Shape:   Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
  • Tuning Machines:   Nickel Open Gear with Butterbean Knobs
  • Headplate:   Ebony, Bound, with Custom Inlay Designed by Dick Boak
  • Nut Material:   Bone
  • Bridge:     Ebony, Modern Belly
  • Saddle:     Bone, Compensated Drop-In
  • Bridge String Spacing: 2-5/32”
  • Bridge Pin Material: White Plastic with Abalone Dots
  • Finish:     Gloss Body and Neck, Antique Toner on Top
  • Case:     Wooden Hardshell, Arched Top
  • Label:  Inside Label signed by CF Martin IV and Dick Boad, Numbered In Sequence without Total