{"id":14761,"date":"2023-03-27T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T12:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/?p=14761"},"modified":"2023-04-06T18:21:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T22:21:46","slug":"martin-satin-finish-standard-series-models-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/martin-satin-finish-standard-series-models-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Satin Finish Standard Series Models Announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"

More affordable Martin D-28 and D-18 models arrive<\/h2>\n

D-28 Satin, D-18 Satin, D-28 Satin Amberburst, D-18 Satin Amberburst, D-28 Street Legend, D-18 Street Legend take to the streets<\/h3>\n

C. F. Martin & Company breaks with the tradition and offers six new models in the venerable Standard Series made with a matte satin finish. The D-28 Satin and D-18 Satin replicate the classic D-28 and D-18 but with a satiny matte finish instead of the high-gloss finish used on previous Standard Series models.<\/p>\n

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These new dreadnoughts provide the design platform for their sibling models, the D-28 Amberburst, D-18 Amberburst, with the latest burst finish to come from the minds of Martin\u2019s Instrument Design Department, and the visually impressive D-28 Street Legend and D-18 Street Legend, with spruce soundboards that have the appearance of some serious playing wear that is an optical illusion of sorts.
\nLike the darker and well-loved Ambertone finish used on various Martin models, this new Amberburst is inspired by 1930s Martins made with a shaded top similar to Martin\u2019s 1935 Sunburst that has faded over time. More of the grain of the spruce shows through this new burst and the center of the burst has is basically the same color as an unshaded spruce top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The new Street Legend models have the same satin finish but the spruce soundboards have received a realistic-looking digital painting replicating the playing wear on vintage Martins found in the collection of the Martin Museum. It looks similar to Martin\u2019s Aged models in the Authentic Series, but is actually under the finish and a 2D painting rather than being achieved by someone physically distressing the lacquer and wood.
\nThe D-18 Street Legend\u2019s top features the wear actually received by the famous 1953 D-18 nicknamed \u201cGrandpa\u201d and formally owned by the late Kurt Cobain of the grunge band Nirvana. The D-28 Street Legend replicates the wear from a vintage D-28 with no particular celebrity association and not nearly a as much wear and tear. Both tops look amazingly like the finish has been worn way from decades of hard strumming, but when I ran my hand across the satin finish it was smooth \u201cas a baby\u2019s cheek.\u201d
\nPewter-colored nickel tuners add to the impression that these Street Legend models are old Martin guitars. They are otherwise in pristine condition, with no further \u201caging,\u201d painted or otherwise.<\/p>\n