THE TRUTH ABOUT: Martin guitar | History Defined

Welcome to the brand tweak era

A tweak is almost always better than a total facelift.

Creative Bloq · Dec 14, 2025

“Thrilling to play and the combination of playability, poise and articulate power means you can really immerse yourself in plugged-in performance”: Martin GPE Inception Maple

Progressive, powerful lutherie with piano-like clarity

Guitar World · Aug 18, 2025

“Your full-scale companion. Anytime. Anywhere… the perfect companion to your full-size Martin”: Meet the Junior Series, the new small-bodied, travel-friendly acoustic range from Martin

Need a travel guitar but don't feel short-scale acoustics feel like toys? Apply within. There's also a bass option too

MusicRadar · Apr 10, 2025

NAMM 2025: “If you think of just the word ‘guitar,’ I think of aMartinD-28:” Bluegrass virtuoso Billy Strings teams up with Martin for a pair of signature acoustic guitars based on his pre-war 1940 dreadnought

One is classically high-end Martin, the other retails at $899 – both are built for pickin' quick

MusicRadar · Jan 23, 2025

“David was a patriot... his passion for voting is something we wanted to honour and continue”: Martin celebrates David Crosby and the democratic process with the custom art D-11E Rock The Vote

This D-11E Rock The Vote is a six-string civics lesson with an L.R. Baggs M80 soundhole pickup, a dreadnought scale but 000 depth, and artwork by artist Robert Goetzl

MusicRadar · Aug 28, 2024

“When companies have success, or they have iconic models, we can tend to get lazy... Consumers and artists deserve better – they need to feel like we’re working hard”: How Martin made its groundbreaking Inception acoustic

Martin's vice president of product management Fred Greene gives us the skinny on how the brand's latest acoustic presents players with some seriously innovative features

Guitar World · Apr 16, 2024

The best new acoustic guitars coming our way in 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: Acoustics for every budget – small and (incredibly) large – as we reveal the all-new arrivals for the year ahead

MusicRadar · Mar 26, 2024

NAMM 2024: Martin remasters its affordable X Series acoustic guitars – available from $599

Playability and cosmetics upgraded

MusicRadar · Jan 17, 2024

Graham Nash: “The acoustic guitar touches the heart faster. It’s much more human and personal than electric guitar”

As the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young legend releases the “most personal record” of his half-century career, he tells us about speaking truth to power, selling his Woodstock Martin D-45, and making up with David Crosby

Guitar World · Jun 1, 2023

The world's first carbon-neutral battery: Martin Guitars expands its greener strategy with Better Battery Co partnership

The acoustic giant will fit BBCo's 9-volt batteries in preamps for a wide range of its guitars

MusicRadar · May 5, 2023