Martin’s DSS-15M with Sloped Shoulders and StreetMaster Styling
Mahogany mystique hits the streets as an affordable slope-shoulder dreadnought
“…as the thicker mids and barrel-chested bass notes are humming away, the trebles ring with a musicality that just puts a smile on my face, and effortless in how they are heard clearly from atop that warm, woody undertone, until their own sustain dips down into the massive cellar to meld with the lower registers.”
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DSS-15M StreetMaster Specifications Overview
Body Size: D-14 Fret Slope Shoulder
Finish Top: Satin
Construction: Simple Dovetail Neck Joint
Back & Side Finish: Satin
Bracing Pattern: X-Brace
Scale Length: 25.4″
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Fingerboard Width At Nut: 1 11/16”
Top Material: Mahogany
Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
Back Material: Mahogany
Neck Taper: Standard Taper
Side Material: Mahogany
Electronics: None
Top
Top Color: Mahogany Burst
Bridge Style: Modern Belly – Drop in Saddle
Binding: None
Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/8”
Top Inlay Material: None
Bridge Material: Katalox
Top Detail: None
Bridge Pin Material: Ebony
Pickguard: None
Bridge Pin Dots: None
Pickguard Inlay: None
Saddle: Compensated Bone
Rosette: Multi-Stripe
Saddle Radius: 16″
Body
Brace Material: Sitka Spruce
Back & Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
Brace Size: 5/16″
Back Detail: None
Back Purfling/Strip: None
Back Inlay Material: None
Heelcap: None
Side Detail: None
Endpiece: None
Side Inlay Material: None
Endpiece Inlay: None
Neck
Neck Material: Mahogany
Fingerboard Material: Katalox
Finish Neck: Satin
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8”
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Diamonds and Squares Short Pattern
Number of Frets Total: 20
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Fingerboard Binding Material: None
Side Dots: Yellow
Headstock
Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
Tuning Machines: Golden Age Relic Nickel
Headplate Material: Mahogany
Knob: Cream Plastic
Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay
Nut Material: Bone
Headplate Binding Material: None
DSS-15M StreetMaster Misc
Case: Soft Gig Bag
Left Handed Availability: Yes
Label: None
Pleked: Yes
