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The Martin D-28 uses a dreadnought design, a naval term adopted and used by many to describe its larger body dimensions, hence the "D" designation. When first created, the dreadnought guitar was seen as less favorable to the standard, smaller-sized guitars of its time.
The DR-28 and SDR-28 have a solid spruce top with laminate rosewood sides and back. The SDR models also feature "scalloped" bracing à la Martin's own HD-28 with the addition of herringbone design around the binding. The DR-28 and SDR-28 and SDR-28H are clones to the original Martin D-28 and HD-28 guitars and are high quality instruments.
Martin D-28: April 1955 – October 1956 Purchased at O.K. Houck Piano Co. in Memphis, first used on April 16, 1955 in Dallas, fitted with a custom made tooled leather cover with his name, appeared on the cover of Presley's first album [6] [Note 2] 1956 Gibson J-200: A-22937 October 1956 – November 1970
After Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lennon moved on to a Martin D-28 from C. F. Martin & Company (alternating between the J-160E and the D-28 for The Beatles) while Harrison upgraded to a Gibson J-200 Jumbo (which Lennon used on "Two of Us" and other acoustic tracks on Let It Be). Harrison later gave the guitar to Bob Dylan in 1969.
In October 2009, a Martin D-28 that was played by Elvis Presley in his last concert was purchased at auction for $106,200. [11] In an effort to attract customers from the growing mid-level guitar market Martin introduced their first guitar constructed with laminated wood in 1993 with the D1 series that had laminated wood sides and a solid wood ...
D28 road (Croatia) Dewoitine D.28, a French aircraft; Martin D-28, a guitar model; Sonatensatz, D 28 (Schubert), a piano work by Franz Schubert; Iceberg D-28, which calved from the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica in September 2019; LNER Class D28, a class of British steam locomotives
The D-45 was available only by special order until the late 1930s, when a flyer listed it as available as part of the regular Martin dreadnaught line for the price of $225, as compared with $75 for a D-18 and $115 for a D-28 (the list price on Gene Autry's initial 1933 order was $200, plus an additional $10 for the custom pearl inlay on the ...
The jumbo is distinctive from Martin's dreadnoughts: The Gibson J-45 body depth remains over 4″ deep from endpin to neck heel, it also features a slightly larger body than a Martin D-28 as well as the shape of the two competing body styles being quite different; Squarish upper bouts on the Martins opposed to a rounded or “sloped shoulder ...