Martin Custom Shop OM 20th Century Limited

All aboard! Martin and Pennsylvania-based watchmaker RGM have teamed up once again to create something truly unique—the OM 20th Century Limited. Celebrating technology and innovation, this limited-edition handcrafted work of art pays tribute to the Art Deco-inspired passenger train of the same name that revolutionized travel in the mid-1930s—around the time that would become known as Martin’s “Golden Era,” when the company’s instruments began to revolutionize music. This guitar is full of intricate design elements, including custom streamliner-inspired inlay throughout, European flamed maple binding, gold open back tuning machines, and an inlaid ebony pickguard. The OM 20th Century Limited also features hide glue construction, a spruce VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) top, and Guatemalan rosewood back and sides for superior tone. The guitar even comes with a custom, handcrafted railroad-inspired watch from acclaimed watchmaker RGM. Only 20 of these elegant OM 20th Century Limited guitars will be built.

Other specifications include:

Body Size: 000-14 Fret
Finish Top: Gloss
Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint - Hide Glue Construction
Back and Side Finish: Gloss
Bracing Pattern: X-Brace
Scale Length: 25.4"
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
Top Material: Sitka Spruce with VTS
Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe
Back Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
Neck Taper: Standard Taper
Side Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
Electronics: No
Top Color: Clear
Bridge Style: Modern Pyramid - Drop in Saddle
Binding: European Flamed Maple
Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/4''
Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Bridge Material: Ebony
Top Detail: Custom Design
Bridge Pin Material: Liquidmetal®
Pickguard: Ebony Inlaid into Top
Bridge Pin Dots: Abalone
Pickguard Inlay: Custom Inlay
Saddle: Compensated Bone
Rosette: Custom Inlay
Saddle Radius: 16"
Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
Back and Sides Color: None
Brace Size: 1/4"
Back Detail: Custom Inlay
Back Purfling/Strip: Custom
Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Heelcap: European Flamed Maple
Side Detail: None
Endpiece: European Flamed Maple
Side Inlay Material: None
Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe
Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Finish Neck: Satin
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/4''
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Custom Inlay
Number of Frets Total: 20
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Mother of Pearl
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Fingerboard Binding Material: None
Side Dots: Abalone
Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
Tuning Machines: Waverly Gold Open Back
Headplate Material: Ebony
Knob: Butterbean
Headplate Logo Style: Custom Inlay
Nut Material: Bone
Headplate Binding Material: None
Case: Hardshell
Label: Embossed Paper Label, Numbered in Sequence w/Total; 1 of 20, 2 of 20, etc.
Pleked: true
4 lbs 1 oz
2871709

For more information about the Martin 20th Century Limited, please contact us.