Martin Introduces New X Series Guitars

Jul 15, 2006

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Martin's new 000-14 Fret Cutaway features a top, back and sides of Koa wood pattern HPL with factory installed Fishman Classic 4T electronics, which includes a chromatic tuner. Sitka spruce braces for the top and back, a modified low oval Stratabond neck, Morado fingerboard and bridge, a 1-3/4" nut (a first for the X-series), solid tapered headstock and printed C.F. Martin logo.

Cowboy V Limited Edition
The new Martin Cowboy guitar is here, the fifth in the series of Martin's unique Micarta guitars with the painted cowboy scene. The Cowboy Limited Edition series showcases original western art by illustrator Robert Armstrong on sturdy HPL (high pressure laminate) Martin guitars that sound as good as they look.

The Cowboy V Limited Edition's colorful top features C.F. Martin Chairman Chris Martin, wife Diane Repyneck and young daughter Claire Francis Martin on horseback in a western landscape near sunset, with Chris serenading his wife and daughter on guitar while their trusty dog, Buddy, trots alongside. Although Chris Martin appears on previous Cowboy Limited Editions (he is the man with the branding iron on Cowboy IV), this is the first time the entire family has been portrayed.

Only 500 Martin Cowboy V Limited Edition guitars will be produced. Each will be delivered in padded gig bag and each will bear a special interior Cowboy V Limited Edition label that will be numbered in sequence with the edition total.

LXM Java Mahogany
The "Little Martin" X-series travel guitars - affordably priced, tonally viable, environmentally responsible, and compact. The latest LXM has all the same features as its predecessor, but with a new rich and dark Java Mahogany finish.

The LXM combines a modified 0-14 fret tenor Martin shape, one panel back and sides are crafted from a Java Mahogany Pattern HPL with Sitka Spruce back bracing. The top is cut from Spruce Pattern HPL, adorned with a Herringbone decal rosette. The natural Stratabond modified low oval neck is adjustable and shaped for quick and comfortable playability. The neck to body joint is constructed with Martin's patented neck mortise. Black Morado is utilized for both the bridge and fingerboard. The solid headstock is veneered with matching Java Mahogany Pattern HPL with an imprinted C. F. Martin script logo. Ping chrome enclosed tuning machines adorn the headstock.

For more information, visit their web site at www.martinguitar.com.