Martin unveils two stunning new Shawn Mendes signature acoustic guitars
Martin has partnered with Canadian singer-songwriter and pop sensation Shawn Mendes on two new signature acoustic guitars, both inspired by a vintage 1920s small-bodied Martin that’s become an integral part of Mendes’s writing and recording process.
Martin’s professional relationship with Shawn Mendes dates back to 2022, when the superstar launched his 000JR-10E custom signature model. We gave the strummer a strong 9/10 in our review…
Now, Mendes’s lineup of signature Martins expands, with two full-sized acoustics, a 000-28 and 000-10E.
The inspiration for both began with the vintage Martin 0-42 Mendes found in a Brooklyn guitar shop, which boasted a compact body, pyramid bridge, distinctive pickguard and slotted headstock design. Martin later built a stage guitar for Shawn based on that instrument, which serves as the inspiration for the two new acoustics.
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“Martin guitars are my first go-to guitar to pick up when I’m making a song,” Mendes says. “They feel like they have a story in them. They feel like they have songs in them.”
“It’s super important to me to have more than one option – a more accessible guitar for people and one that is closer to the thing that I play onstage.”
The 000-28 is the more limited of the two, limited to just 88 guitars worldwide, and sporting solid East Indian rosewood back and sides with a solid spruce top, herringbone trim, and Golden Era scalloped X-bracing. Further appointments include a pyramid-style ebony bridge, unique faux tortoise pickguard and slotted headstock with gold Waverly side-mount tuners. A sweet visual touch comes with Shawn’s custom mother-of-pearl eagle inlay on the ebony fingerboard.
Each of these guitars comes with a molded hardshell case plus a signed, individually numbered interior label.
Meanwhile, the 000-10E Shawn Mendes is the more accessible of the two, made entirely using FSC-certified tonewoods, including solid sapele back and sides with a solid spruce top, scalloped X-bracing, the same custom eagle inlay, and the first straightline pyramid bridge offered in Martin’s Road Series.
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Meanwhile, the guitar features a Performing Artist neck with a high-performance taper, plus Martin E1 electronics with a built-in tuner. This one comes with a softshell case.
“It’s the more accessible version of the two guitars, but it plays so beautifully, so luxuriously, and it sounds really, really nice,” Mendes says.
“Martin guitars are great for a singer-songwriter because you can take them to ten, or they can sit with you at two,” he goes on. “They’re really a companion for a singer-songwriter.”
The 000-28 Shawn Mendes and 000-10E Shawn Mendes are available now, priced at $4,999.99 and $1,099.99, respectively.
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