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Mikael Åkerfeldt (left) and Kurt Cobain: Åkerfeldt wears dark make-up and plays a PRS electric guitar onstage with Opeth in 2024; This B/W shot of Kurt Cobain was taken during Nirvana's legendary 1993 performance on MTV Unplugged.
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt played Kurt Cobain’s “haunted” Martin and says it was nothing special

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Åkerfeldt got a chance to play the late Nirvana frontman’s 1953 D-18, aka Grandpa, in a recent visit to the Martin Museum

Artists
Billy Strings wears dark sunglasses as he sits against a wall and plays his new signature Martin D-28 acoustic guitar
NAMM 2025: Bluegrass phenom Billy Strings teams up with Martin for a pair of signature acoustics

By Jonathan Horsley Published

One is classically high-end Martin, the other retails at $899 – both are built for pickin' quick

Guitars
Joe Bonamassa and Martin 000-45 Brazilian prototype
Martin is giving up the Brazilian rosewood for Joe Bonamassa – blues star teases holy grail acoustic

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Martin and JoBo unveiled on a meticulous replica of his 1941 000-45 in November but might this be upstaged by a version with the "ultimate tonewood"?

Guitars
Martin 000-45 Joe Bonamassa: This is a stunning replica of the blues superstar's 1941 000-45, a pre-war acoustic with a real story to tell.
Martin brings a unicorn back to life with $19,999 replica of Joe Bonamassa’s 1941 000-45 acoustic

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Pre-War mojo off the charts, but you’d better act fast – the blues superstar’s signature acoustic is limited to just 45 instruments

Guitarists
Martin M-7 Johnny Marr
Martin unveils 7-string Johnny Marr signature acoustic with an an octave G string for added jangle

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The M7 Johnny Marr is one seriously cool Grand Auditorium with an East Indian rosewood back and sides, solid spruce on top, and there is a six-string version available too

Guitarists
The O'ahu HG-28 debuts a new slope-shouldered dreadnought acoustic body shape for Martin
“Ideal for players who love the dreadnought tone in a more comfortable size”: Martin debuts all-new body size and salutes Hawaiian influence on steel-string acoustics with the koa-backed O’ahu HG-28

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Martin says mahalo to the pioneers of steel-string guitar design with new player-friendly acoustic featuring a slope-shouldered dread-style body with a 000 depth

Guitars
Martin D-11E Rock The Vote
Martin celebrates David Crosby and the democratic process with the custom art D-11E Rock The Vote

By Jonathan Horsley Published

This D-11E Rock The Vote is a six-string civics lesson with an L.R. Baggs M80 soundhole pickup, a dreadnought scale but 000 depth, and artwork by artist Robert Goetzl

Acoustic Guitars
The Martin guitar Kurt Russell destroyed
"Music time's over": The sad story of the 145-year-old Martin acoustic that Kurt Russell destroyed on Quentin Tarantino's orders

By Will Groves Published

NAMM 2024: On display for the first time, this sad pile of wood was a historic 1870s parlor on loan from the Martin Guitar Museum

Acoustic Guitars
Eric Clapton demos a Guitar Center exclusive signature Martin D-45
“The first time I saw a Martin, it was like an exotic creature”: Watch Eric Clapton run the rule over his Guitar Center exclusive signature acoustics

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Check out the other models in a limited run that celebrates 25 years of Crossroads Guitar Festival – including signature Clapton Strats and a PRS Private Stock Carlos Santana

Guitarists
Martin John Mayer 20th Anniversary Models
Martin officially unveils John Mayer 20th Anniversary acoustics – and a mahogany-topped D-15E and affordable sapele bodied SC-10E-02 joins them too

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Mayer's signature acoustic gets a bold new look and goes metal (kind of) on the super-premium $18,499 model, but Martin's quartet of summer releases have something for everyone

Acoustic Guitars
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