Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour Designs New Sinker Mahogany D-35 with Martin Guitars
The transcendent D-35 David Gilmour also has a twelve-string version
D-35 David Gilmour specs include: 14-fret dreadnought body size with all-solid tonewoods including sinker mahogany sides and three-piece back, torrefied VTS Adirondack spruce top with forward-shifted, 1/4″ Golden Era style scalloped Adirondack spruce bracing; composite carbon fiber bridge plate; unbound long-scale sinker mahogany neck with traditional hand-fitted dovetail neck joint, unique David Gilmour profile shape and vintage Martin brand stamp on back of headstock; ebony fingerboard with Standard Taper, 1-11/16″ at the bone nut, 2-1/8″ at the 12th fret; David Gilmour dot position markers of abalone pearl and yellow side dots; ebony belly bridge with compensated, drop-in bone saddle and 2-1/8″ string spacing; aged chrome, open back Waverly tuning machines with butter bean buttons; Old Style Martin script logo on a Madagascar rosewood headstock face plate; Vintage Gloss finish with Aging top toner
“Guitarists unfamiliar with David Gilmour’s work and even those who scoff at the concept of a celebrity artist signature model just may find that the Martin D-35 David Gilmour is so well-designed they would fall in love with it, if they were lucky enough to play one in a shop.”
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