Northeast Music Center strives to go the extra mile in its 25+ years of being a Martin Dealer. To help celebrate C.F. Martin celebrating its 2 millionth Serial Number milestone, we're raising the bar for the D-200.
With your purchase of the D-200 Deluxe from Northeast Music Center, Serial Number 25 of 50, we'll include a unique experience from Martin Guitar. Upon arrival at a nearby airport, a Chauffer will pick you up and take you to the C.F. Martin Factory in Nazareth, PA where you will be taken on an in depth, full tour of the Facility before handing you your new D-200 Deluxe.
This guitar is in stock through Northeast Music Center Inc.
Call the store at 570-909-9216 for details on scheduling your trip to purchase this once in a lifetime guitar.
When Martin History Becomes an Instrument
The D-200 Deluxe is the kind of Martin that immediately reveals a level of craftsmanship far beyond the ordinary.
Its highly figured Bearclaw Engelmann Spruce top is visually extraordinary, with natural figure that gives the soundboard remarkable depth and movement. Beneath it, Brazilian Rosewood back and sides provide the foundation for the rich, complex tonal character that has made Brazilian Rosewood one of the most revered woods in the history of fine acoustic guitars.
The Dreadnought platform brings the authority and projection for which Martin is famous, while the carefully considered construction and voicing provide the responsiveness and tonal sophistication expected from an instrument created for such an important occasion.
This is a guitar capable of commanding a room acoustically while rewarding the player with an extraordinary level of detail and harmonic complexity.
But visually, the D-200 Deluxe takes the concept considerably further.
A Celebration of Precision
Martin collaborated with master inlay artist Roland G. Murphy to create a visual language inspired by another world where craftsmanship, precision, and time are inseparable: fine watchmaking.
The result is extraordinary.
Intricate watch-inspired details appear throughout the instrument, including elaborate gear and mechanism imagery, sophisticated materials, and precision decorative work. The rosette incorporates guilloché engraving, a technique traditionally associated with fine timepieces, while additional watch-inspired elements extend across the fingerboard and body.
The Brazilian Rosewood back becomes a canvas for intricate gear-inspired inlay incorporating materials including mother-of-pearl, bloodwood, Hawaiian koa, ebony, and reconstituted stone.
The sides feature elegant triple-strand abalone pearl striping, while the instrument's other appointments continue the extraordinary level of detail established throughout the design.
The concept is remarkably cohesive.
The D-200 Deluxe celebrates Martin's history through the language of time.
The Significance of Two Million
The significance of the D-200 Deluxe cannot be separated from the milestone it commemorates.
Reaching a two-millionth serial number is not simply a production statistic.
It represents generations of craftsmanship.
It represents the evolution of an American company that has remained devoted to acoustic guitar making through extraordinary changes in music, technology, culture, and manufacturing.
And it represents the countless musicians who have made Martin guitars part of their own stories.
The D-200 Deluxe captures that history in a single instrument.
It is a celebration of where Martin has been—and a lasting reminder of how far the company has traveled.
Serial Number 2,000,025
The serial number adds another interesting layer to the instrument's provenance.
2,000,025 places this guitar as the 25th D-200 Deluxe produced within Martin's planned edition of 50.
That makes it the midpoint of the edition as production currently stands.
For the collector, it is an appealing detail—one more element that gives this particular instrument its own place within the history of the series.
But ultimately, the number is only part of the story.
The real significance is what the number represents:
A Martin created to commemorate two million serial numbers of history.
A Collector's Martin That Was Built to Be Played
It would be easy to view an instrument this elaborate strictly as a collector's piece.
We see it differently.
The D-200 Deluxe is a work of art, but it remains a musical instrument.
It was built to resonate.
To respond to the player.
To fill a room with the unmistakable voice of a great Martin Dreadnought.
And perhaps that is what makes an instrument like this so compelling. It does not require its owner to choose between preserving history and making music.
It offers both.
A serious collector can appreciate its rarity, craftsmanship, provenance, and historical importance.
A serious musician can appreciate what happens when an extraordinary Martin is placed in the hands of someone who knows how to make it sing.
Northeast Music Center & The D-200 Story
Our relationship with the D-200 series makes this particular instrument especially meaningful to us.
Northeast Music Center has previously had the privilege of placing D-200 Deluxe instruments bearing serial numbers 2,000,017, 2,000,018, and 2,000,023 with discerning Martin enthusiasts.
Now, Serial Number 2,000,025 has come to our showroom.
That history gives us an appreciation for these instruments that goes beyond simply receiving one as inventory.
We've followed the series.
We've experienced these guitars firsthand.
And we've had the privilege of finding the right owners for several of the earliest examples.
For us, that is what being a Martin destination store is about.
Not simply having exceptional instruments available—but understanding why they are exceptional and helping them find the people who will appreciate them.
The Next Chapter
A guitar of this significance deserves more than a transaction.
It deserves an owner who understands craftsmanship.
Someone who appreciates Martin history.
Someone who recognizes the difference between a beautiful guitar and a truly important one.
And someone who will enjoy the privilege of becoming the next custodian of an instrument created to commemorate one of the greatest milestones in the history of C.F. Martin & Co.
Serial Number 2,000,025 is waiting for its next chapter.
We would be honored to help write it with you.
From the Manufacturer:
After 191 years, and in celebration of their two-millionth serial number milestone, C.F. Martin is proud to introduce the D-200 Deluxe. In collaboration with renowned matchmaker Roland G. Murphy (RGM), this unprecedented instrument is symbolic of the passage of time with a unique watch theme displayed throughout the many highly decorative aspects of the model. a classic 14-fret Style 45 Dreadnought is the basis for this work of art. The top is crafted from highly figured bearclaw Engelmann spruce that features an aluminum rosette with guilloche engraving - a refined process of cutting geometric patterns into metal that also appears on the stainless-steel tuning machine buttons of the edition.
This guitar's back of rare pre-CITES Brazilian rosewood, is inlaid with spectacular watch gears cut from reconstituted stone, mother-of-pearl, bloodwood, Hawaiian koa and ebony. The equally spectacular soundboard inlays feature a minute track in mother of pearl, birdseye maple, flamed Hawaiian koa and ebony, and a pickguard with pearl inlaid watch gears. Yet another unique decorate detail is the triple-strand abalone pearl striping that bisects the length of each side, referencing the early Spanish-inspired instruments of C.F. Martin Sr. The maple bound ebony fingerboard showcases watch gear mechanisms with the highest level of delicate inlay art. Each guitar is furnished with a newly designed wearable edition watch from RGM that references details from the D-200 guitar design and bears a matching serial number with each edition instrument. Lastly, each guitar comes in a premium aluminum Zero Manufacturing attached case with a built-in hygrometer that allows the interior environment of the case to be seen without the need to open the case. Limited to no more than 50 highly collectable pristine guitars, this instrument will be played and prized until the end of time.
Specs:
Model - D-200 Deluxe
Serial Number - 2,000,025 (Number 25 of 50 guitars to be produced)
Construction - Dovetail neck Joint, Hide Glue Construction
BODY
Body Size - D-14 Fret
Top Material - Engelmann Spruce
Highly Figured Bearclaw Engelmann Spruce
aluminum rosette with guilloche' engraving
Bracing Pattern - Forward Shifted X Brace
Brace Shape - Scalloped
Brace Material - Adirondack Spruce
Brace Size - 5/16"
Back Material - Brazilian Rosewood With custom Watch Gear inlays
Reconstituted stone
Mother-of-pearl
Bloodwood
Hawaiian Koa
Ebony
Side Material - Brazillian Rosewood
Triple-strand abalone pearl striping
Endpiece - Birdseye Maple
Boxed Abalone Multi-Stripe Inlay
Binding - European Flamed Maple
Finish - Gloss
Bridge - Ebony Modern Belly, Drop in Saddle (Compensated Bone) (16")
NECK
Neck Material - Genuine Mahogany
Neck Shape - Modified V
Neck Taper - High performance Taper
Nut Material - Bone
Headstock Shape - Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
Headplate Material - Brazilian Rosewood
Fretboard Material - Ebony
Scale Length - 25.4"
Neck Joins Body at - 14th Fret
Number of Frets - 20
Fingerboard Width at Nut - 1 3/4"
Fingerboard Width at 12th fret - 2 1/8"
Fretboard inlay Material - Shell and Wood
Fretboard inlay Style - Custom Watch Theme Design
Fretboard Binding Material - Flamed maple
Side Dots - Abalone
Finish - Gloss
Tuning Machines - Nickle Open gear with guilloche engraving
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