Martin Custom D-28 Rich Robinson Signature Edition Overview
Calling all Black Crowes fans! Martin is proud to bring you the Rich Robinson Custom Signature Edition D-28. This model is a guitar player’s dream, and it is the first model that Martin has ever made as a visual and sonic representation of an artist’s personal instrument. The instrument that served as its inspirational 1954D-28 was handed down from Robinson’s father, who played it onstage at the Grand Ole Opry; as a travelling musician with the Hillbilly Highway; and in his folk band, The Appalachians, during the 1950s and‘60s. After inheriting his father’s guitar, Robins used it to write most of the original Black Crowes’ songs from the band’s studio albums.
This soulful representation of that beloved guitar is crafted with Aged satin-finished East Indian rosewood for the back and sides and an Aged Sitka spruce top that is finished with a very thin vintage gloss. It also features rear ward-shifted non-scalloped bracing, which offers a very balanced tone and added volume. It includes some 1950s style vintage build characteristics, like Martin’s signature dovetail neck joint, authentic hide glue construction, an ebony fingerboard and bridge, and Aged nickel tuners.
Another custom feature requested by Robinson is a bridge with the wings slightly softened for comfort. The model includes a specially designed label signed by Robinson and numbered in sequence
- Scale Length - 25.4
- Category - Custom Artist
- Body Size D-14 Fret
- Construction - Dovetail Neck Join w/ Hide Glue
- Top Material - Sitka Spruce
- Top Finish - Vintage Gloss–Aged w/ Antique Toner
- Back & Side Material - East Indian Rosewood
- Back & Side Finish - Vintage Gloss-Aged
- Bracing - 5/16” Non-Scalloped Sitka
- Brace Pattern - Rearward Shifted X-Brace
- Bridge Material - Ebony
- Bridge Pin Material - Bone
- Bridge String Spacing - 2 5/32”
- Bridge Style - Modern Belly-Drop InLong Saddle
- Saddle - Bone
- Saddle Radius - 16”
- Rosette - Multistripe
- Binding - Antique White
- Back Purfling - Style 28
- Endpiece - Antique White w/ Multistripe Inlay
- Scale Length - 25.4”
- Neck Material - Genuine Mahogany
- Neck Shape - 1954 Rich Robinson Barrel & Heel
- Neck Taper - Standard Taper
- Neck Finish - Vintage Gloss-Aged
- Total No. Frets - 20
- Fingerboard Material - Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay - Mother OF Pearl Dots
- Fingerboard Width At 12th Fret - 2 1/8”
- Fingerboard Width At Nut - 111/16”
- Nut Material - Bone
- Headstock Shape - Solid w/Square Taper & Diamond
- Headplate Logo Style - Script Golden Era Overlay
- Headplate Material - East Indian Rosewood
- Tuners - Aged Nickel Enclosed Gear w/ Oval Knobs
- Side Dots - Yellow
- Pickguard - Tortoise Pattern
- Heelcap - Antique White
- Factory Fitted Strings - Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0MA550T
- Case - Molded HardShell
