Detail 01
GE scalloped, forward-shifted X-bracing
The bracing is associated here with added resonance, projection, and sustain.
Product detailSKU #1500000449444
MartinHD-28 Standard Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar - Ambertone
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
Built around a D-14 fret dreadnought body, the HD-28 Standard combines a solid spruce top and solid East Indian rosewood back and sides with GE scalloped, forward-shifted X-bracing. Its voice is described as bold yet balanced, with strong bass response, clear high notes, resonance, and sustain. The GE Modified Low Oval neck, High-Performance Taper, beveled fingerboard edge, and smoother bridge corners focus the updated design on comfortable playing for strummed and fingerpicked parts.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Solo strumming or fingerpicked passages that call for bold bass and clearly defined high notes.
- Taking an acoustic to rehearsals and performances with the listed molded hardshell case.
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Players who need onboard electronics, as this guitar is specified without electronics.
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 02
Compensated bone saddle
The saddle is specified as compensated bone.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01Plan on external amplification if you need an amplified acoustic setup; no electronics are listed.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01Does the HD-28 Standard have onboard electronics?
No. It is specified without electronics.
02What body style does it use?
It has a D-14 fret dreadnought body.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
2 detailsPlayability
- Scale Length
- 25.4"
- Number of Strings
- 6
4 detailsBody & build
- Color
- Brown
- Top Material
- Spruce
- Neck Wood
- Select hardwood
- Fingerboard Material
- Ebony
48 detailsOther
- Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret
- 2-1/8"
- Electronics
- None
- Bridge Style
- GE Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
- Endpiece
- Antique White
- Finish Top
- Gloss
- Neck Taper
- High-Performance Taper
- Top Wood
- Spruce
- Back and Sides Color
- Natural
- Number of Frets Total
- 20
- Left-handed Availability
- Yes
- Binding
- Antique White
- Tuning Machines
- Nickel Open Gear
- Body Size
- D-14 Fret
- Bracing Pattern
- Forward Shifted X-brace
- Neck Material
- Select hardwood
- Korena Special
- false
- Neck Joins Body At
- 14th Fret
- Bridge Pin Dots
- Faux Tortoise
- Neck Shape
- GE Modified Low Oval
- Bracing Shape
- GE-Scalloped
- Nut Material
- Bone
- Knob
- Butterbean
- Rosette
- Style 28 Multi-Stripe
- Pickguard
- Faux Tortoise
- Fingerboard Material
- Ebony
- Back and Sides
- East Indian rosewood
- Side Dots
- White
- Number of Strings
- 6
- Pleked
- Yes
- Top Color
- 1933 Ambertone
- Brace Material
- Spruce
- Saddle Radius
- 16"
- Neck Color
- Dark Mahogany
- Saddle
- Compensated bone
- Case
- Molded Hardshell
- Bracing Size
- 5/16"
- Back and Side Finish
- Gloss
- Tier
- platinum
- Category Source
- detail
- Fingerboard Inlay Style
- Diamond and Square Long
- Bridge Pin Material
- Bone
- Fingerboard Width at Nut
- 1-3/4"
- Bridge String Spacing
- 2-5/32"
- Bridge Material
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay Material
- Abalone
- Scale Length
- 25.4"
- Finish Neck
- Satin
- Source Id
- site51500000449444
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