2023 Martin Custom Shop D Style Quilted Sapele Back & Adirondack Top ~ Natural

There are expensive guitars… and then there are guitars that make you wonder if Martin quietly hired a jewelry designer.

Seriously… flip this thing over.

That ridiculously figured Quilted Pommele Sapele back isn’t just pretty—it borders on showing off. Pair it with an Adirondack Spruce top, Adirondack scalloped bracing, ebony appointments, tasteful abalone inlays, and suddenly you’re looking at the acoustic equivalent of a tuxedo that also happens to be an Olympic athlete.

It isn’t flashy.

It’s effortlessly gorgeous.

Exactly the kind of guitar that makes everyone else in the room casually stop talking for a second.

Specs

• Model: 2023 Martin Custom Shop Style D
• Top: Adirondack Spruce with Aging Toner
• Back & Sides: Quilted Pommele Sapele
• Bracing: Adirondack Spruce, Scalloped 5/16″
• Body Finish: Natural Gloss
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Headplate: Polished Gloss with CFM Block Inlay
• Scale Length: 25.4″
• Neck Profile: Modified Low Oval
• Neck Measurements: .864″ 1st Fret / .924″ 9th Fret
• Fingerboard: Black Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlays: Select Abalone Diamonds & Squares Long
• Bridge: Black Ebony, Modern Belly
• Bridge Pins: White with Faux Tortoise Dots
• Nut Width: 1-3/4″
• String Spacing: 1-3/4″ x 2-1/8″ x 2-5/32″
• Binding: Antique White
• Rosette: 2-Ring Black Maple with MOP Squares
• Electronics: None
• Weight: Nice And Comfortable
• Serial #: 277xxxx

Condition

Born in 2023, this Custom Shop beauty somehow skipped the part where someone actually owned it. It has never been sold to an end user, meaning you’re essentially getting a two-year-old Martin that still hasn’t had its first real chapter written.

Condition is Mint. I searched for flaws like I was trying to win a scavenger hunt and came up empty-handed.

Included

• Original Martin Hardshell Case
• Martin Custom Shop Specification Booklet
• Original Case Candy
• Original Documentation

Martin’s Custom Shop has been building spectacular guitars for decades, but every once in a while they accidentally create one that’s just unfair.

The Adirondack top has that rich, lightly aged glow everyone loves. The ebony fingerboard and tasteful abalone inlays are classy without trying too hard. Then you turn it around…

…and that Quilted Pommele Sapele back hits you like a truck.

It’s one of those guitars that keeps making you look back after you’ve already put it on the stand.

Kind of like when you park a new Corvette and somehow end up glancing over your shoulder three times while walking into the restaurant.

This Martin has that effect.

Whoever brings this baby home is going to be STOKED!!

LET’S GO!!