This beautiful 1948 D-28 once again proves that the post-war rear-shifted taper braced Martins have their own voice, feel, and appeal! In early 1947, Martin moved away from herringbone purfling on their 28-style models. This dread has a dark, powerful voice with a rich bass that just begs to be driven hard, with a sparkly high end to help lead lines pop. The neck has a full, chunky feel compared to earlier Martins, but is still plenty comfortable.

This guitar looks remarkably clean, with the only thing likely to catch your eye being pickguard shrinkage and the crack running a few inches down. That crack was repaired and cleated and is now stable, and subsequently the entire body was refinished. We also find evidence of a bridge reglue, refret, neck set, shaved braces, replaced tuners and bridge plate, and a new nut and saddle. It comes in a period-correct hardshell case.