{"product_id":"martin-custom-shop-5-28-terz","title":"Martin 5-28 Terz Acoustic Guitar","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe Interstellar Tone Traveler has orbited the Martin universe long enough to know that the company's greatest innovations are sometimes its oldest ideas brought back to life. The 5-28 Terz is exactly that — a return to one of the earliest chapters in Martin's nearly two-century history, now reintroduced as the smallest guitar in the entire Martin lineup and one of the most distinctly voiced acoustic instruments available anywhere. The Size 5 body is ultracompact and deeply intimate, designed not for the standard tuning most players know but for Terz tuning — a minor third higher than standard pitch — delivering a focused, bell-like voice with shimmering clarity and presence that no standard-tuned guitar can replicate. In an ensemble, it adds a layer of shimmer and textural definition that transforms arrangements. Played solo, it inhabits its own sonic world entirely. With a 21.38\" scale length — extraordinarily short even by parlor guitar standards — and a 12-fret neck join, this is a guitar built around a specific musical purpose, and it fulfills that purpose with the full weight of Martin's Style 28 craftsmanship behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe Style 28 appointments dress this compact instrument with the same premium care Martin reserves for its finest dreadnoughts: solid East Indian Rosewood back and sides, gloss spruce top with aging toner, antique white binding, abalone Style 28 fingerboard inlays on an ebony board, a bone nut and saddle, and the multi-stripe purfling and rosette that have defined the Style 28 aesthetic for generations. The ebony bridge and non-scalloped X-bracing are chosen specifically to support the Terz tuning's higher tension demands, keeping the voice clear and focused rather than boomy. No pickguard keeps the aesthetic clean and period-correct. For players curious about Terz tuning, the 5-28 can also be strung and tuned to standard pitch for added versatility — making it a genuinely playable companion in any setting. 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Indian Rosewood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide Material:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e E. 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