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The Classic Martin Sound Meets Modern Playability





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The Martin OM-28E Modern Deluxe combines old-world Martin styling with modern advances to create a vintage guitar for today's player. The guitar's sweet, warm tone comes from an all-solid tonewood combination of a spruce top and East Indian rosewood back and sides. The compact Orchestra Model (OM) body style delivers powerful, articulate tones that sit well in any mix. The ebony fingerboard received a factory Plek treatment to ensure that your new axe plays perfectly right out of the case. The OM-28E Modern Deluxe has all the touches you'd expect to see on a traditionally-styled Martin, including, herringbone purfling, flamed maple binding, inlaid rosette, and genuine abalone inlays. Simply put, this guitar's understated elegance is perfectly complemented by its classic Martin tone.





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VTS aging process creates brand new instruments with a broken-in feel





One of the most sought-after tones in the acoustic world is that of a vintage Martin. Guitars that have aged for more than 50 years have a quality about them that players can't get enough of. With vintage prices rising, Martin set out to perfect a way to re-create vintage Martin magic at an accessible price point. They emerged from R&D with the Vintage Tone System (VTS). VTS ages the top wood and braces of a guitar to a specific age/period to achieve an aged and broken-in feel. Next, a gloss finish is hand-applied to give the guitar the coloring of a vintage instrument. Martin’s guitars with VTS tops not only look like vintage guitars, but they also have that signature sound.





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Classic tonewood pairing looks good, but sounds better





Ask guitar buffs at Sweetwater what their favorite acoustic tonewood pairing is, and they're likely to list spruce and East Indian rosewood. This is because each tonewood perfectly complements its partner. Spruce is valued for its strength and detailed articulation. Even when you dig in with a flat pick, it provides impressive note definition. To make sure this guitar really sings, Martin used scalloped top bracing. This means that the bracing is filed down toward the edge of the guitar, letting it respond much more effectively when you pick. Let's not forget about the real star of the show though ? rosewood. What can't we say about rosewood? Rosewood has been used on the finest instruments for centuries, and it's easy to see why. It produces warm, deep, and lively tones, and looks stunning under a glossy finish.





Fishman Aura VT Blend electronics deliver unbeatable plugged-in tone





Fishman's breakthrough acoustic sound imaging technology makes you sound like you're playing into a great mic in a great room. The OM-28's onboard Aura VT Blend system gives you studio-quality sound to take to the stage or use in home recordings. Unlike modeling, Aura blends real pro recordings with your acoustic signal to create a tone you won't find anywhere else but on a Martin. The Aura VT Blend is also equipped with an automatic search-and-destroy notch filter to latch onto feedback and eliminate it after a few seconds.





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Martin: Always on the cutting edge





Martin has been creating innovative acoustic guitars since 1833. They've embraced cutting-edge techniques to create world-beating instruments that players revere. Martin is responsible for the popularization of the dreadnought, the 14th-fret neck joint, X-bracing, and the introduction of steel-string core wire. Martin constantly tweaks their instruments to provide players with more comfort, improved playability, and better sound. To do this, they've utilized unorthodox tonewoods, Richlite fingerboards, and cutting-edge Plek technology ? all for the sake of the player. Martin has been innovating for the best part of two centuries, and they don't plan to stop any time soon.





Martin OM-28E Modern Deluxe Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


Classic understated Martin styling perfectly complements the vintage tone


OM body style is well-suited to finger picking


Vintage Tone System (VTS) ages the woods to a specific age/time period for a broken-in feel


Aura VT Blend creates unbeatable plugged-in tone


Solid spruce top allows for greater projection and superior note definition


Solid East Indian rosewood back and sides create a sweet, well-balanced tone


Plek treatment fine-tunes the fretboard to eliminate buzz


Vintage Deluxe neck shape feels at home in your hand


Ebony fingerboard feels smooth under your fingers