![]() ![]() It’s absolutely proportional in the body shape, down to the soundholes – because the soundhole is proportionally larger. “Tim and his group did just that – they were able to grow and it looks so organic. And just because we’ve made instruments in the 30s and 40s that the world is still hungry for, it doesn’t mean we can’t explore the boundaries. I mean, Martin has earned the right to experiment and have some fun. The Super D could be a body shape that appears in the 18 family or the 28 family or you name it. Scott: “It will very likely see the light of day as a Standard Line product, just as we have a triple-0 or an OM or D-28. ![]() The Super Dreadnought is currently a Custom Shop guitar, but can you see it becoming a Standard production model at any point in the future? These are heavily Authentic-inspired instruments that had some unique features. Just at that moment, we were in the process of releasing 28-style Expert Models to a select group of dealers. “But then the pandemic made the world weird and everything went into lockdown. We have the history, and the capability and the know-how.’ So that seed got planted: ‘What would something bigger look like?’ The conversation had been in the atmosphere in the Custom office and among the R&D folks like Tim, who then explored the maximum dimensions that we could reliably produce in the factory. “So Fred said, ‘What if we just go the other direction? Go big. And, at the time, was anybody asking for an even larger Dreadnought? No, but it was so cool when it made it into the hands of players around the factory Scott Sasser “But who’s going to build one of those better than Martin? Or with more complete accuracy or history than Martin? It’s like they’re trying to recreate something that Martin has already exhibited mastery at, to be bold in that statement. He had made the comment on numerous occasions that some manufacturers in our community were giving a lot of attention to smaller guitars, parlour shapes, and the kind of intimate, fragile, historic shapes that Martin has a catalogue full of. Scott Sasser: “Well, yes, Fred, as VP of product, tries to give folks a window on what he sees out in the real world. ![]()
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