Essential Information on the Custom Shop D-41 Guatemalan Rosewood Guitar
- Premium Alliance: Sitka VTS spruce top and Premium Guatemalan rosewood back/sides for powerful projection and rich tone.
- Reference Luthiery: "Golden Era" forward-shifted carved X-bracing for enhanced responsiveness, sustain, and dynamics.
- Modern Comfort: "Modified Low Oval" neck profile with High Performance Taper and 1 3/4" nut width, suitable for both fingerstyle and strumming.
- Style 41 Aesthetics: Abalone purflings and inlays, glossy finish, and Custom Shop-level detailing.
Style 41 Custom Shop: The Dreadnought Heritage Elevated
Following the lineage of legendary dreadnoughts, the D-41 embodies the high-end ornate model, just below the sumptuous Style 45. This Custom Shop version takes the concept further: rigorous wood selection, VTS top with an "open" response from the first chord, and meticulous luthiery details for a collectible instrument designed for stage and studio.
For Whom and Which Styles?
Ideal for intermediate to expert guitarists, this dreadnought excels in powerful strumming, articulate flatpicking, and expressive fingerstyle. Its wide tonal range appeals to folk, bluegrass, country, acoustic pop/rock, and chanson, with remarkable tuning stability thanks to precision tuners.
Sound
Guatemalan rosewood delivers deep lows, scooped mids, and shimmering highs, while the Sitka VTS spruce top ensures a bright attack and ample volume reserve. The "D" Dreadnought body shape provides projection and breadth, enhanced by the Golden Era forward-shifted carved X-bracing for more air and sensitivity under the pick. The bone nut and saddle, paired with the ebony bridge, optimize intonation and sustain.
Recommended Compatible Accessories
- Medium gauge steel strings 13-56 (phosphor bronze or 80/20): matching original setup to maintain volume and balance.
- Capo for 6-string acoustic guitar: compatible with 16" radius fingerboard.
- Case humidifier and hygrometer: essential for stabilizing solid woods.
- Strap with headstock attachment (lace): compatible with existing strap button.
Technical Specifications
Body
- Shape: "D" Dreadnought, standard body depth
- Style: D-41, glossy body finish
- Top: Premium Sitka VTS spruce M1, standard thickness, "aged effect" color
- Bracing: spruce, carved X, Golden Era, forward shifted, 5.16" (8.128 mm)
- Rosette: Style 45
- Pickguard: Faux Tortoise 20B
- Back and sides: Premium Guatemalan rosewood #23L-10
- Back: 2-piece with spruce center strip
- Back purfling: Style 45 (Mosaic)
- Binding: European flamed maple; "Style 45" black, fiber, black/maple/black (.015/.012/.015 x .060 x 63)
Neck
- Wood: mahogany (12/4), joined at 14th fret
- Profile: Modified Low Oval with High Performance Taper
- Finish: satin neck
- Truss rod
- Scale length: 25.47" / 646.93 mm
- Nut: bone
- Nut width: 1 3/4" / 44.45 mm
- Width at 12th fret: 2 1/8" / 54.10 mm
- Heel cap: European flamed maple
Fingerboard
- Material: Grade 3 ebony
- Radius: 16" / 406.4 mm
- Fingerboard length: 17.989" / 456.92 mm
- Thickness: standard
- Frets: 20, standard type
- Fingerboard binding: yes
- Inlays: Maltese cross abalone (border only)
- Side dots: black
- Positioning: flat
Hardware
- Bridge: ebony, Modern Belly shape
- Saddle: compensated bone
- Bridge pins: gold Liquid Metal with Paua
- Strap button: white with Paua
- Tuners: Grover Gold V97-18GA StaTite, 18:1 ratio, vintage keystone buttons
- Headstock: glossy finish, Premium Guatemalan rosewood veneer
- Headstock inlay: "C.F. Martin & Co." block in abalone
- Headstock binding: yes; Diamond Volute: standard
Miscellaneous
- Strap buttons: none
- Top Pearl and Thickness: Regular Abalone 0.064" / 1.63 mm
- Original strings: Martin & Co Medium Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0
- Case: 5-ply plywood
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