A beautiful guitar worthy of a great player! Handcrafted with a premium East Indian rosewood back and sides and a bookmatched top of select quartersawn Sitka spruce. Its smaller 000 body size and short 24.9 scale help produce delicate balanced tones. The rosette and soundboard are inlaid with herringbone wood marquetry and the body is bound with grained ivoroid. An ebony fingerboard features a snowflake pattern in abalone pearl. Erics signature is inlaid in mother-of-pearl between the 19th and 20th frets. Tastefully appointed with hand-beveled tortoise pickguard nickel-plated open-geared machines equipped with unique butterbean knobs. Each guitar bears an interior label individually numbered in sequence.

• CONSTRUCTION: Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint


• NECK MATERIAL: Select Hardwood


• HEADSTOCK: Solid/Diamond/SquareTaper


• # OF FRETS TOTAL: 20


• CASE: 533E Geib style

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Like its predecessors this latest addition to the Martin line is built with the same Martin quality craftsmanship with an emphasis on producing great sound in a smaller guitar. The Little Martin is durable and easy to play. It is the perfect 'pick up and play' guitar that lets you jam at home or on the road and is the perfect choice for students. In a nutshell the Little Martin is comfortable to play (despite it's slightly smaller size) tonally viable affordably priced environmentally responsible and compact - making it THE perfect choice for travel practice or students! The Little Martin combines a modified 0-14 fret tenor Martin shape with a 23 inch scale length. The one panel back and sides are crafted from Mahogany Pattern HPL and the top is cut from Spruce Pattern HPL making the Little Martin amazingly friendly in just about any climate. In fact the Little Martin has been atop the summit of Denali and several additional challenging environments and all reports are that it performed amazingly well! Your Little Martin comes with a padded gig bag made of a tough ballistic cloth exterior plush interior backpack straps and a front zipper compartment.

• CONSTRUCTION: Mortise/Tenon Neck Joint


• BODY SIZE: Modified O - 14 Fret


• FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Morado


• SADDLE: Compensated White Tusq


• RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Martin M550 Phosphor Bronze

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The Perfect Size!

This guitar is a bad little puppy and I know anyone who picks will have a lot of fun with it! I bought it for my locker so I could practice at work... regular sized locker. Compared to other similar travel size guitars the Johnson was in my price-range and just the size I needed. I tuned it once and played the heck out of it. I checked the tuning several times while I was playing (the smaller and cheaper guitars are usually harder to keep in tune)and barely any adjustments were needed. I couldn't believe it stayed in tune!! For some people it may be hard to get used to the small body but I adjusted just fine. The neck of it is just a tad bit smaller than a full-sized acoustic so I had to adjust my fingers closer together.



Mine came with a nice little gig bag and a strap. The strings seem to be okay but for more advanced players I'd recommend replacing them right away. Also you will want to spray or lube the strings asap as they are pretty sharp. This doesn't sound exactly like your full-sized acoustic of course but it does sound really good for practice or any off-stage activity. This guitar would be great for over-head storage on a plane locker storage under the seat in a vehicle or even under your desk at work. It's extremely light too! I'm very happy with mine!More detail ...