The Modern Deluxe series, presented at NAMM 2018 and having met with great success worldwide, is now available in an electro-acoustic version. It retains the formula that made it successful: a Vintage guitar with a modern design. Indeed, it features a VTS (Vintage Tone System®) top (a process that "ages" the top), a dovetail neck-body joint, flamed maple binding, and open tuners, making it a guitar with Vintage sound and look. The unmatched power it produces comes from some modern technological features that Martin’s luthiers have integrated into the instrument: a titanium truss rod, a carbon plate placed under the bridge, and Liquidmetal® bridge pins. All of this gives these models dynamic response and power while remaining lightweight. The electro-acoustic versions are equipped with the brand-new Fishman® Aura VT Blend, which incorporates Aura HD Imaging technology: on stage or in the studio, you will easily achieve a very natural sound, far from the narrow tones of traditional piezos. All Modern Deluxe guitars come with a hard case and are fitted with Authentic Acoustic Lifespan® 2.0 strings for extended playing life.
- Headstock: East Indian rosewood
- Tuners: open gear, gold finish, Butterbean buttons
- Nut: bone, 44.4 mm
- Neck: genuine mahogany, dark mahogany finish
- Neck Finish: satin lacquer
- Neck Profile: Vintage Deluxe, high-performance neck heel
- Fingerboard: ebony
- Number of frets: 20
- Fingerboard width at 12th fret: 54 mm
- Fingerboard inlays: "Diamonds and Squares long" pattern, abalone
- Body type: Dreadnought, neck-body joint at 14th fret
- Neck-body joint: glued, dovetail assembly
- Scale length: 645 mm
- Top: Sitka spruce VTS
- Top bracing type: X-bracing, Forward Shifted, scalloped
- Top bracing: Adirondack spruce VTS
- Top finish: gloss lacquer
- Rosette: style 28
- Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
- Back: East Indian rosewood
- Sides: East Indian rosewood
- Back & sides finish: gloss lacquer
- Bridge type: glued, Modern Belly style
- Bridge: ebony
- String spacing at bridge: 54.7 mm
- Bridge pins: Liquidmetal®
- Saddle: compensated bone, 406 mm
- Other options: available in left-handed version at no extra cost
- Case: hard shell