Available Now at Northeast Music Center!

Martin D-10E Retro Road Series Acoustic/Electric (s/n:3107240)! Guitar comes with Martin SoftShell Case!

There is a reason the Martin Dreadnought has become one of the most recognizable acoustic guitar designs in the world. Big projection, strong bass, clear articulation, and the ability to work across nearly every style of acoustic music have made it a standard for generations of players.

The Martin D-10E Retro Road Series takes that unmistakable Dreadnought foundation and puts it into an accessible, all-solid-wood American-made acoustic/electric built for players who intend to actually use their guitar.

Available now at Northeast Music Center, this individual D-10E Retro—serial number 3107240—combines a solid spruce top, solid sapele back and sides, scalloped X-bracing, ebony fingerboard and bridge, Martin E1 electronics, and a comfortable Performing Artist neck profile.

The result is exactly what a Road Series Martin should be: a guitar you can write with, rehearse with, gig with, record with, and keep reaching for every day.

The Martin Dreadnought Sound

The D-14 Fret body gives the D-10E Retro the size and authority players expect from a Martin Dreadnought.

There's a strong low-end foundation for rhythm playing, enough projection to make big open chords come alive, and the clarity necessary to keep individual notes from disappearing when the guitar is played hard.

The solid spruce top provides dynamic range and definition, while the solid sapele back and sides add warmth, punch, and a focused midrange character.

This is a guitar that responds well whether you're lightly accompanying a vocal or digging into it with a flatpick.

For bluegrass, country, folk, Americana, rock, worship, singer-songwriter material, or simply sitting down and playing at home, the D-10E Retro gives you the familiar versatility that has made the Martin Dreadnought such an enduring design.

All-Solid-Wood Construction

One of the most important things about the D-10E Retro is what's underneath the finish.

This is an all-solid-wood Martin.

Martin pairs a solid spruce soundboard with solid sapele back and sides, giving the instrument the resonance and organic response players look for when stepping into a serious acoustic guitar.

Underneath the spruce top is scalloped X-bracing.

That bracing allows the top to respond freely, helping produce the projection, bass response, sustain, and dynamic range that make this Dreadnought feel alive under your hands.

It's a straightforward recipe—and that's part of what makes it work so well.

Retro Martin Character

The "Retro" name isn't just a badge.

Martin gives the D-10E Retro an intentionally understated, vintage-inspired presentation that feels right at home on a working Dreadnought.

The satin spruce top features Aging Toner, while the sapele back and sides receive a Dark Mahogany color. Black binding, a faux tortoise pickguard, single-ring fiber rosette, Style 28 fingerboard dots, and nickel open-gear tuners complete the look.

It's clean, traditional, and purposeful.

There isn't anything here that needs to distract you from what this guitar was built to do:

Play music.

Performing Artist Neck — Traditional Sound, Modern Feel

While the D-10E Retro takes plenty of inspiration from Martin tradition, its neck is decidedly player-friendly.

Martin uses its PA Profile with High-Performance Taper, giving the neck a comfortable contemporary feel that works equally well for rhythm playing, lead work, and fingerstyle.

The 1 3/4" nut width provides comfortable string spacing, while the 25.4" scale length gives the guitar the familiar tension, response, and definition associated with a full-scale Martin Dreadnought.

An ebony fingerboard adds a smooth and durable playing surface, and the guitar features 20 total frets with the neck joining the body at the traditional 14th fret.

It's a neck designed to make the transition from electric guitar to acoustic guitar—or from another modern acoustic—as natural as possible.

Martin E1 Electronics with Built-In Tuner

The "E" in D-10E matters.

Martin equips this guitar with its E1 electronics system, giving the D-10E Retro the flexibility to move directly from unplugged playing to an acoustic amplifier, PA system, or recording setup.

Even better, the system incorporates a built-in tuner, so you can check your tuning right from the guitar without reaching for a pedal or clip-on tuner.

For rehearsals, open mics, church, club dates, recording sessions, or full live performances, this is a Martin built to be used.

A Road Series Guitar That Lives Up to the Name

The Road Series has always made sense for musicians who want genuine Martin character in an instrument they don't have to be afraid to take places.

The D-10E Retro continues that idea beautifully.

You get an American-made Martin with an all-solid spruce and sapele body, scalloped bracing, ebony fingerboard and bridge, modern electronics, comfortable neck dimensions, and a protective Martin SoftShell Case.

It's not trying to be a museum piece.

It's built to become your guitar—the one that goes to rehearsal, gets taken to the gig, sits beside you while you're writing, and eventually carries the marks and memories that come from actually being played.

The Northeast Music Center Martin Advantage

At Northeast Music Center, Martin guitars aren't simply another product category.

We're located remarkably close to the C.F. Martin & Co. factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, giving us a connection to Martin that few guitar stores can duplicate.

Our experience spans everything from hardworking Road Series guitars like this D-10E Retro to Standard Series instruments, limited releases, and extraordinary Martin Custom Shop builds.

Northeast Music Center is also an Authorized Martin Repair Center, giving our staff and luthiers firsthand knowledge of how these guitars are built, how they should play, and what players should expect from them.

That experience matters when you're choosing a guitar online.

When you purchase serial #3107240 from Northeast Music Center, you're purchasing an individual instrument from a shop that knows Martin guitars and takes pride in making sure your guitar is ready to make music when it arrives.

Specifications:

Model: Martin D-10E Retro
Serial Number: 3107240
Series: Road Series
Body Size: D-14 Fret Dreadnought
Construction: Mortise & Tenon Neck Joint
Top Material: Solid Spruce
Top Finish: Satin
Top Color: Aging Toner
Back Material: Solid Sapele
Side Material: Solid Sapele
Back & Side Finish: Satin
Back & Side Color: Dark Mahogany
Bracing Pattern: X-Brace
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Brace Material: Spruce
Brace Size: 5/16"
Binding: Black
Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
Rosette: Single Ring Fiber

Neck

Neck Material: Select Hardwood
Neck Shape: PA Profile
Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
Neck Finish: Hand-Applied
Scale Length: 25.4"
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4"
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8"
Fingerboard Inlay: Style 28 Dots
Inlay Material: Faux Mother-of-Pearl
Total Frets: 20
Neck Joins Body: 14th Fret

Bridge & Hardware

Bridge Material: Ebony
Bridge Style: Modern Belly
Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
Saddle: White TUSQ®
Nut: White Corian®
Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear
Tuner Knobs: Black Plastic
Bridge Pins: White Plastic with Black Dots

Electronics & Case

Electronics: Martin E1
Built-In Tuner: Yes
Case: Martin SoftShell Case
Pleked: Yes
Recommended Strings: Martin Authentic Acoustic Lifespan® 2.0 Phosphor Bronze – Light

Your Road to the Martin Dreadnought

The Martin D-10E Retro gets right to the heart of what makes a good acoustic guitar useful.

It has the size and projection of a Dreadnought, the dynamic response of a solid spruce top, the punch and warmth of solid sapele, the resonance of scalloped X-bracing, and a neck designed for modern players.

Then Martin adds E1 electronics, a built-in tuner, and a SoftShell Case so the guitar is ready to leave the house and actually earn the "Road Series" name.

For the player buying their first serious Martin, the gigging musician looking for an all-solid workhorse, or the longtime Martin player who wants a Dreadnought that can go just about anywhere, the D-10E Retro is an awful lot of guitar for the money.

Martin D-10E Retro — Serial #3107240 — available now at Northeast Music Center.