It happens every now and again, you get something truly special – just like this Martin Custom Shop Sloped Shoulder "D" Dreadnought with an Italian alpine spruce top and Wild Grain East Indian rosewood back and sides. With hand-selected woods from our expert team here at Russo Music, this Martin Custom Shop build builds out with exotic woods, highly modern playability elements, and refined aesthetic flourishes.

Here at Russo Music, we're proud to hold the distinction of being one of a few nationwide "Martin Custom Expert" dealers. This distinction grants us opportunities for unique, custom Martin acoustic guitars, like this sloped shoulder dreadnought here. Today, we've got this formidable D-28 with hand-selected woods from our team here at Russo Music for a masterful dreadnought at every turn.

This Martin Custom Expert acoustic starts out with a D 14-Fret dreadnought body made up by an Italian alpine spruce top and Wild Grain East Indian rosewood back and sides – the latter of which being hand-selected by our team. These two top-shelf tonewoods summon a robust, rich voice that fills a room with complexity and nuance. Part of the specialty of this hand-selected "D" is its sloped shoulder shape, hearkening to beloved Gibson acoustic guitars of generations past. Visually, this Custom Expert model blooms with European flamed maple body binding and a gloss Aging Toner top color for an aesthetic that shines on larger and smaller scales. Within its sloped shoulder body, the model's Italian alpine spruce is lined with hand-shaped scalloped spruce braces in a forward-shifted X-Brace pattern for bold bass response.

At this point, this Custom Expert "D" dreadnought brings on a select hardwood neck with dovetail neck joint assembly and Martin Modern Adhesive. These modern elements further this guitar's modern playability alongside the neck's satin finish with a Golden Era Modified Low Oval profile with a High Performance taper for an effortless feel in the palm. Matched by an oiled black ebony fingerboard with twenty Standard-sized frets and understated Mother of Pearl inlays, this neck and fingerboard combo is seamless.

To solidify this Custom Shop's whole experience, this sloped shoulder dreadnought features a number of high-quality hardware specifications. At the base of its scale length, a black ebony Golden Era Modern Belly bridge with a drop-in compensated bone saddle lands for a solid connection and transfer string-to-body. Toward the headstock, Grover nickel tuning machines line up with a bone nut for smooth stringing experiences. Visually, this Custom Expert dreadnought features up-close-and-personal flourishes like HD Zig Zag purfling along its Indian rosewood back make it impressive on every scale.

For fans of sloped shoulder dreadnoughts, this Martin Custom Shop Expert strikes so many chords for a totally masterful model.

• Russo Music Martin Custom Shop Expert build
• Martin D-14 Fret sloped shoulder "D" dreadnought body shape
• Italian alpine spruce top with Martin Aging Toner gloss top color
• Russo Music hand-selected two-piece premium Wild Grain East Indian rosewood back and sides
• Martin Golden Era hand-shaped scalloped spruce braces in forward-shifted X-Brace pattern
• Satin-finished neck with Martin Modern Adhesive and dovetail neck joint assembly
• Golden Era Modified Low Oval neck profile with High Performance taper
• Oiled black ebony fingerboard with twenty Standard frets and Mother of Pearl Style 28 inlays
• Black ebony Golden Era Modern Belly bridge with drop-in compensated bone saddle
• Grover nickel tuning machines and bone nut
• European flamed maple top binding
• HD Zig Zag back purfling with spruce center strip and Spanish cedar ribbons
• Martin five-ply hardshell case included