Martin D15M Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar
- Write a Review
- SKU
- #423479000000000
-
- MSRP:
- $1,549.00
-
- Your Savings:
- - $350.00
-
Free Shipping on Orders over $25
-
- Your Price:
- $119900
- Free Shipping
- Top Rated
- Top Seller
- Flexible Financing
- Price Match
- Satisfaction Guarantee
-
res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
-
res13051822113947181084168Martin Mmv Solid Top Dreadnought Rosewood/Sitka Acoustic Gui... $1,199.99 - $1,499.99
res13051822113947181084168
-
res13051822113947181084168Martin SWDGT Sustainable Wood Series Dreadnought Acoustic Gu... $1,119.20 - $1,399.00
res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
-
res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
-
res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
-
res13051822113947181084168Martin DC-15ME Acoustic-Electric Guitar with Case Mahogany $1,159.20 - $1,449.00
res13051822113947181084168
-
res13051822113947181084168Martin DRS1 Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural $651.63 - $749.00
res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
-
res13051822113947181084168Martin Special Edition OMC Cherry Cutaway Acoustic-Electric ... $2,699.00
res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
- res13051822113947181084168
A perfect blend of vintage features and modern technology.
The Martin D15M acoustic guitar looks like it came right out of the history books, and delivers a sound for the ages. In its 175-year history, Martin has set more guitar design trends than can be counted. The company still embraces design techniques introduced many years ago to create their guitars' timeless tone.
Built on a dreadnought platform, the Martin D15M guitar boasts 14 open frets for a unique design and great range of tone. The top, back, and sides are genuine solid mahogany, offering strong guitar tone, with crisp, clear subtleties in each note's definition. One of mahogany's finest qualities is its density. Although it's not the hardest tonewood, it is free of air pockets and other deformities.
The vintage sound produced by the Martin D15M acoustic guitar is reminiscent of the Style 15 Martin guitars made popular during the 1940s. The Martin guitar is equipped with a mortise and tennon neck joint, offering the best wood binding practice ever conceived. Often used for shipbuilding, the process fuses 2 pieces of wood into a single, sturdy unit that stands up to the elements time and time again. The results are evident with the strength in tone and power in projection that you hear with each strum of this Martin acoustic guitar.
The Martin guitar's solid mahogany neck further complements the crisp, defined acoustic sound of this dreadnought. The bridge and fingerboard are solid East Indian rosewood, adding smooth sustain to the mix. The 14 open frets, 1-11/16" nut width, 2-1/8" bridge string spacing, and 16" radius add comfort for your intricate fingerboard movements.
Other appointments include a single-ring rosette, bone nut, solid/square taper headstock, solid East Indian rosewood headplate, diamonds and square fingerboard inlay, belly-style bridge, nickel open-geared tuning machines with butterbean knobs, and a solid black ebony bridge and end pins. Dressed in a soft satin finish and featuring a Delmar tortoise color pickguard, the Martin D15M guitar glows with classic vintage looks and sound. Includes a Martin 345 hardshell guitar case.
Features
- Model: D-15M
- Construction: Mortise/Tenon neck joint
- Body size: D-14 fret
- Top: solid genuine mahogany
- Rosette: single ring
- Top bracing pattern: A-frame ''X''
- Top braces: solid sitka spruce 5/16''
- Back and sides: solid genuine mahogany
- Neck: solid genuine mahogany
- Neck shape: modified low oval
- Nut material: bone
- Headstock: solid/square taper
- Headplate: solid East Indian rosewood
- Fingerboard material: solid East Indian rosewood
- Scale length: 25.4''
- Number of frets clear: 14
- Number of frets total: 20
- Fingerboard width at nut: 1-11/16''
- Fingerboard width at 12th fret: 2-1/8''
- Fingerboard position inlays: diamonds & squares - short pattern
- Finish: satin
- Bridge material: solid East Indian rosewood
- Bridge style: belly
- Bridge string spacing: 2-1/8''
- Saddle: 16'' radius/compensated/bone
- Tuning machines: nickel open-geared with butterbean knobs
- Recommended strings: Martin Studio Performance Phosphor Bronze Medium Gauge (MSP4200)
- Bridge & end pins: solid black ebony
- Pickguard: delmar tortoise color
Whether jamming with your buddies or playing for a crowd, Martin's natural acoustic sound stays true. Own a D15M dreadnought guitar today!
Review Snapshot®
by PowerReviews(based on 9 reviews)
Ratings Distribution
Reviews
Reviewed by 9 customers
Sort by
Displaying reviews 1-9
Pros
- Consistent
- Fun To Play
- Good Feel
- Rich Sound
- Stays In Tune
Cons
Best Uses
- Practicing
- Small Venues
Comments about Martin D15M Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:
Wanted to get a HD-28 but due to financial constraints decided to get the D-15M; not disappointed getting it; love the deep base sound, love the "strip down" look, love the lightness and comfy feel of it. Enjoying my guitar and will keep playing it for years to come-will not sell it. A great Martin product-solid all around.
Comments about Martin D15M Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:
been playing guitar since 1955 started on old stella dont like frills but do like quality sound this is my main guitar and always will be get it you wont be disapointed
Comments about Martin D15M Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:
I absolutely love this guitar. I've had it for about a year and a half. I own and have owned much more expensive guitars, but have never owned one that I enjoy more than the D-15M, and it's always the one I reach for first. The tone is just gorgeous, and the quality and appointments are excellent. Obviously the appointments are minimal, in order to keep the price point as low as possible, but there are nevertheless some excellent features on this model, including bone nut and saddle, open-gear tuning machines made by Gotoh (I have the same tuning machines on a custom 000-18, by request, and I think they are fantastic), ebony pins and an inlaid, though simple, rosette. Really a very beautiful guitar, in a minimalist way. And the tone just floors me every time. It's made me a real believer in all-mahogany guitars, and I've absolutely never loved a guitar more than this one. It would be the one I'd grab if I could only rescue one from a house fire. The guitar even SMELLS beautiful. If it were lost or stolen, I'd sell whatever I need to to buy another. And the website photos simply do not do justice to this guitar. One of the best models ever conceived by Martin, in my humble opinion, and an excellent value at the current price.
Comments about Martin D15M Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:
I am primarily an electric player and the low, easy to finger action on this Martin are very player friendly. Right out of the store it had low action with zero string buzz anywhere on the neck and excellent intonation. Overall this guitar is a fantastic value and the all mahogany body gives it both a unique look and sound with great projection and string to string balance. If you want every dollar to go into the guitar and don't care about flashy inlays, this is the guitar for you.
This is a meat and potatoes guitar. I thought it was ugly when I first saw it but the salesman insisted I try it out. I was instantly hooked becaused it sounded better than Gibsons costing 3 times as much. The power and projection from the relatively small body is loud, accurate, and clear. It's good for fingerpicking as well as strumming. The look of the guitar has grown on me because it really stands out. The build quality is top notch. Plus, it smells like a ceder closet.
Stripped down no frills Martin. It has an extremely high build quality.
Hand made in the USA for this price? You bet. If you care about sound and not about a bunch of mother of pearl inlays, this guitar is a great value for the money.
Comments about Martin D15M Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:
Nothing is perfect, but this guitar is close. It is what it is. It's not flashy or shiny. It is just a very honest sounding guitar. If you want a Martin, and you want something a little different, this is your instrument.
This is a very basic guitar and aside from the pickguard and the headstock veneer there is no more on this guitar than what is required to play. I wish the body was bound, but I am very carefull with my instruments and I doubt I will have any problems.
The workmanship of this guitar is excellent. Everything fits perfectly and is finished perfectly. I am concerned about the number of "Special" Martins advertised on MF that are not of the highest quality materials or finishes. This, in my opinion is the least costly full quality Martin.
The price is very good and MF ships for free. The quality and workmanship of the instrument is a very good value and the value of a good quality martin will remain for years in the future.
Comments about Martin D15M Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:
Bought this a couple years ago - didn't think I was going to buy a Martin again. And when I first saw it, I thought, "That's an ugly guitar." But now I love the plain look of it. Besides, it was the tone that really mattered. And in my price range of $1000, it beat out anything else I was playing. The only gripe I have with the one I got is that they cheesed on the tuners -- not as smooth as they should/could be. But for this price, something's gotta give.
Comments about Martin D15M Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:
I always dreamed of owning a Martin and it took me a while to settle on this one. It has a snappy, warm tone, that doesn't overwhelm you with chinky bright string noise. Nice tight bass makes it great for fingerstyle. Much prefer the sound to a standard solid sitka spruce tone. You can't go wrong here!
Comments about Martin D15M Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:
Singer/songwriter from Chicago, pushing 30 year old.. Purchased this guitar in August of 2009, and have recorded over 200 songs with it! about 15 on youtube.. I love the tough, deep gritty sound to this... perfect for my music.. built beautifully. No problems, just need to get rid of some fret buzz now... Martin is now my guitar of choice.. 2nd martin I've owned, and purchasing another martin asap!! Thank you martin :)
Comments about Martin D15M Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:
I was always a rosewood man before I recently got this jewel. I never thought I would have a mahogany sided dred and certainly not the top too. This guitar is a cannon ! Strum an open E chord and you can feel the bass in your chest. Even though it is "plainly" appointed, you get nice fingerboard inlays. I challenge you to find a more powerful sounding guitar in this price range or even higher.
Displaying reviews 1-9
