Martin & Co Dreadnought DE-Retro Plus

Meet your brand-new old friend. The Martin DE Retro Plus Mahogany is the real deal – a genuine Martin that’s not your grandparent’s guitar but might one day be your grandkid’s. Inspired by our legendary 18-style flagship models, this acoustic-electric Dreadnought combines powerful tone and iconic design with cutting-edge craftsmanship. Its torrefied solid spruce top is thermally aged for enhanced resonance and a beautifully seasoned sound, delivering the rich, broken-in tone of a vintage instrument from the first strum. It’s the same premium feature long reserved for our Authentic and Modern Deluxe series, now available for the first time ever in the Road Series. Combined with solid mahogany back and sides, scalloped spruce X bracing, a Performing Artist neck, and an ebony fingerboard and bridge, this guitar has everything you could want in an acoustic. It even comes stage-ready with Martin E1 electronics, featuring a built-in tuner and controls for dialing in your perfect live tone. Ideal as a gigging workhorse or your first step into premium acoustics, this guitar delivers best-in-class quality at an unbeatable value for serious players, and a lifetime of inspiration for anyone who picks one up. Just be warned, you won’t be able to put it down – because nothing compares to a Martin.

Highlights

• D-14 Fret body size

• Mahogany back and sides

• Torrefied Spruce top

• Aging Toner

• PA Profile with High-Performance Taper

• Mahogany back

• Softshell case

• Recommended Strings: Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0 Guitar Strings Phosphor Bronze - Light

Top

• Top Material: Torrefied Spruce

• Finish Top: Gloss

• Top Color: Aging Toner

• Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe

• Top Detail: None

• Binding: Black

• Bridge Material: Ebony

• Bridge Style: Modern Belly

• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"

• Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic

• Bridge Pin Dots: None

• Pickguard: Faux Tortoise

• Pickguard Inlay: None

• Rosette: Old Style 18 Boltaron

• Saddle: White Tusq

• Saddle Radius: 16"

Body

• Body Size: D-14 Fret

• Construction: Mortise & Tenon Neck Joint

• Back Material: Mahogany

• Side Material: Mahogany

• Back and Side Finish: Gloss

• Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany

• Back Detail: None

• Side Detail: None

• Back Purfling/Strip: None

• Back Inlay Material: None

• Side Inlay Material: None

• Bracing Pattern: X-Brace

• Brace Shape: Scalloped

• Brace Material: Spruce

• Brace Size: 5/16"

• Heelcap: Black

• Endpiece: None

• Endpiece Inlay: None

Neck

• Neck Shape: PA Profile

• Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper

• Neck Material: Select Hardwood

• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany

• Finish Neck: Satin

• Scale Length: 25.4"

• Number of Frets Total: 20

• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret

• Fingerboard Material: Ebony

• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''

• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''

• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18

• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Faux Abalone

• Fingerboard Binding Material: None

• Side Dots: White

Headstock

Headstock Shape: Solid

Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood

Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay

Headplate Binding Material: None

Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear

Knob: Butterbean

Nut Material: White Corian

Delivery Time

We do our very best to deliver your order as quickly as possible. Orders placed on working days before 3:00 PM are usually shipped the same day. All guitars are carefully inspected and, if necessary, adjusted before shipping. Every package is packed with care and attention, and Guitarking reuses packaging materials to contribute to a better world.

The listed prices do not include shipping costs. Shipping costs within the Netherlands are:

Shipping Costs

€4.95 for orders that fit through the mailbox (these do not always include a tracking code)
€7.95 for orders under €75 (you will receive a tracking code by email)
Free for orders over €75 (you will receive a tracking code by email)

Delivery is carried out by the postal service or parcel courier. In general, delivery within the Netherlands takes place on the next working day between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the exact delivery time.

Returns

You have the right to cancel your order up to 14 days after receiving it, without giving any reason. After cancellation, you have another 14 days to return the product. You will then receive a full refund of the order amount, including shipping costs. Only the costs for returning the item are at your own expense.

If you make use of this right of withdrawal, the product must be returned to Guitarking with all supplied accessories and if reasonably possible in its original condition and packaging.

To exercise this right, you can complete the withdrawal form or contact us via wilma@guitarking.nl. We will refund the due amount within 14 days after your return has been registered.

Even though we always do our very best to help you as well as possible, it may still happen that you are not completely satisfied. If that’s the case, we would really appreciate it if you let us know first by sending an email to wilma@guitarking.nl. We’re happy to think along with you and will do everything we can to find a suitable solution together. 

If this does not lead to a solution, you can submit your dispute for mediation via WebwinkelKeur: https://www.webwinkelkeur.nl/kennisbank/consumenten/geschil