{"product_id":"martin-om-28-standard-series-orchestra-model-acoustic-guitar","title":"Martin OM-28 Standard Series Orchestra Model Acoustic Guitar","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMartin OM-28 Standard Series Orchestra Model Acoustic Guitar\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Martin OM-28 Standard Series Orchestra Model takes the compact 000-14 fret body, stretches it over a long 25.4\" scale and fits a 1 3\/4\" nut — and that specific combination is what players chase this model for. Solid spruce over solid East Indian rosewood gives it depth and a long, singing sustain, while the added string tension keeps every note defined instead of letting them wash together. Style 28 appointments, a Pleked fingerboard and a moulded hardshell case round it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSolid spruce over solid East Indian rosewood\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolid spruce responds fast and gets brighter and more open the longer you play it in. Solid East Indian rosewood behind it adds weight underneath the note and a glassy top end, plus the long decay that rosewood Martins are known for. Under the top sits GE-scalloped X bracing in 1\/4\" spruce, shaved so the guitar answers a light fingerstyle touch yet still holds together when you dig in with a pick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy the Orchestra Model shape matters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn OM is a 000-sized body running the long 25.4\" scale, and the pairing does something neither spec manages alone. The small body keeps things balanced and comfortable — narrow waist, shallow depth, easy to hold for an hour — while the longer scale pulls the strings tighter at pitch, which firms up the bass, sharpens the attack and stops chords smearing. Next to a short-scale 000 the OM sounds more focused and hits harder; next to a dreadnought it is far quicker to respond and easier to control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA 1 3\/4\" nut with room to work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bone nut measures 1 3\/4\" across, with 2 5\/32\" spacing at the bridge and a fingerboard 2 1\/8\" wide at the twelfth fret. That is real estate: enough gap between strings to plant a thumb and pick cleanly with three fingers, mute selectively, or work a travis pattern without clipping a neighbouring string. Combine that spacing with the extra tension of the long scale and you get the setup a lot of fingerstyle and crosspicking players consider ideal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNeck carve, ebony board and dovetail construction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMartin uses its GE Modified Low Oval profile with the High-Performance Taper here — a low-shouldered carve that leaves enough wood to grip while keeping the palm relaxed through long stretches. The select hardwood neck is finished in Dark Mahogany and set into the body with a glued dovetail joint, still the most rigid way to attach a neck and the reason well-kept Martins from decades ago remain playable. The ebony fingerboard and ebony belly bridge are hard, tight-grained and slick under the fingers, and there are twenty frets with the neck joining at the fourteenth. Abalone long Diamonds and Squares inlays mark the way, with white side dots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eStyle 28 appointments and the gloss finish\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle 28 detailing is restrained on purpose. Bold herringbone purfling frames the top, a Style 28 multi-stripe rosette circles the soundhole, and Style 28 back purfling with a black stripe runs down the centre seam. Antique white binding, heelcap and endpiece edge the body in a warm off-white, the headplate is East Indian rosewood carrying the Script Old Style logo, and the tuners are nickel open-gear with butterbean knobs. The top, back and sides are gloss with a satin neck, and the spruce top carries an aging toner that gives it a slightly warmed, broken-in look rather than raw white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePleked frets and bone hardware\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis guitar is Pleked before it ships: a machine measures the fingerboard and every fret under simulated string tension, then levels and dresses them to that reading. It is the same work a fine technician does by hand, held to tighter tolerances, and it means low action without buzz and accurate notes all the way up the neck straight out of the case. Backing that up is bone where it counts — bone nut, compensated bone saddle in a drop-in slot, bone bridge pins — which passes string energy into the top more efficiently than plastic and wears far better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMoulded hardshell case and Lifespan 2.0 strings\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe OM-28 travels in a Martin moulded hardshell case with a form-fitted plush interior, which is the right level of protection for a solid rosewood instrument coming through the freight network to your door. It arrives strung with Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0 Phosphor Bronze in Light gauge, a treated set that holds its brightness well beyond an untreated string. This is the non-electric OM-28: no pickup, no preamp and no holes cut in the rim, so the top and bracing work entirely undisturbed. If you need to plug in, talk to us about the OM-28E, which is a separate model.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet up in-store by Guitar World Australia's techs before it ships to you, so it plays perfectly the moment it arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBrand\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMartin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eModel\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOM-28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSeries\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStandard Series\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBody Shape\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrchestra Model (OM) - Martin's spec table states body size only\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBody Size\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e000-14 Fret\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNumber of Strings\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBody Top\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSolid Spruce\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBody Material\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSolid East Indian Rosewood\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBracing\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGE-Scalloped X-Brace\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eRosette\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle 28 Multi-Stripe\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNeck Material\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSelect Hardwood\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNeck Shape\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGE Modified Low Oval High-Performance Taper\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNeck Joint\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDovetail Neck Joint\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eScale Length\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25.4\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNut Width\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 3\/4\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNut\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFingerboard\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEbony\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFingerboard Width at 12th\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2 1\/8\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFrets\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 total\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePosition Markers\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDiamonds and Squares Long, Abalone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBridge\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEbony GE Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSaddle\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCompensated Bone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eTuners\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNickel Open Gear, Butterbean knobs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAntique White\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePickguard\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFaux Tortoise\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eHeadstock\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEast Indian Rosewood Script Old Style Overlay\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGloss top, gloss back and sides, satin neck\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eStrings\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAuthentic Acoustic Lifespan® 2.0 Guitar Strings Phosphor Bronze - Light (pre-strung on instrument)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIncludes\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMolded Hardshell case (Martin case 12C630) - Martin describes it as molded hardshell with form-fitted, plush interior and molded exterior\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eLeft Handed\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52619881185570,"sku":"40\/SS-OM28","price":5488.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/0066\/2818\/files\/10Y25OM28_f__28504.1785389872.1280.1280.jpg?v=1790234743","url":"https:\/\/guitar.com.au\/products\/martin-om-28-standard-series-orchestra-model-acoustic-guitar","provider":"Guitar World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}