Martin OM-28 Marquis (Pre-owned)

Marquis series guitars feature Adirondack red spruce tops with Golden Era-style scalloped 1/4″ Adirondack spruce bracing, pre-war style 28 appointments, aged nitrocellulose lacquer finish, comfortable modified V neck carve, 1-3/4″ nut, 25.4″ scale, and a string spread at the bridge of 2-1/4″. As it’s a 2011 model, this OM-28 is equipped with fossil ivory nut, saddle, bridgepins and endpin – Martin no longer offers this model or fossil ivory on their guitars.

The guitar does everything a modern, high-end OM-28 needs to do, and with soul. It’s a robust guitar with depth, an open and warm mid-range, and very full, round trebles. A capable flatpicker, and a very fine fingerstyle OM.

Construction: Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint

Body Size: 000-14 Fret

Top: Solid Adirondack Spruce

Rosette: Style 28

Top Bracing Pattern: Standard ”X” Scalloped (Golden Era Style)

Top Braces: Solid Adirondack Spruce 1/4”

Back Material: Solid East Indian Rosewood

Back Purfling: HD Zig-Zag

Side Material: Solid East Indian Rosewood

Endpiece: Grained Ivoroid

Endpiece Inlay: Black/Maple Fiber

Binding: Grained Ivoroid

Top Inlay Style: Fine Herringbone

Side Inlay: none

Back Inlay: Black/Maple Fiber

Neck Material: Select Hardwood

Neck Shape: Modified V w/ 30s Style Heel

Nut Material: Fossilized Ivory

Headstock: Solid/Long Diamond/Square Taper

Headplate: Solid East Indian Rosewood /Golden Era Style

Heelcap: Grained Ivoroid

Fingerboard Material: Solid Black Ebony

Scale Length: 25.4”

Number of Frets Clear: 14

Number of Frets Total: 20

Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1-3/4”

Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2-1/4”

Fingerboard Position Inlays: Diamond & Squares – Short Pattern Golden Era

Fingerboard Binding: none

Finish Back & Sides: Polished Gloss

Finish Top: Polished Gloss w/ Aging Toner

Finish Neck: Satin

Bridge Material: Solid Black Ebony

Bridge Style: 1930s Style Belly w/ Long Saddle

Bridge String Spacing: 2-3/8”

Saddle: 16” Radius/Long Fossilized Ivory

Tuning Machines: Nickel Open-Geared w/ Butterbean Knobs

Bridge & End Pins: Fossilized Ivory w/ Black Dots

Pickguard: Tortoise Color – Beveled & Polished

Case: Martin Hardshell Case