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Martin HD-35 Nancy Wilson Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar NATURAL
Much of the credit for the beauty and tone of the Martin HD-35 Nancy Wilson Signature Edition guitar goes to Wilson herself, who collaborated closely with Martin on the appointments and tonewoods. A Pisces fish Yin Yang design inlaid in rare pink Heart abalone, mother of pearl and red composite nestles beneath the Old Style C. F. Martin" decal on the polished black ebony headplate. A winged heart insignia, derived from Nancy's signature, is inlaid in red composite and mother of pearl at the 12th fret and honors her band connection; small abalone dot markers at the other positions lead to Nancy Wilson's signature in mother of pearl between the 19th and 20th frets. The colorful headstock inlay is reinforced in the Style 45 rosette, which also features pink heart abalone. A rare combination of premium solid tonewoods gives the HD-35 Nancy Wilson Signature Edition distinctive tonal character. The top of beautiful Engelmann spruce a tree that grows in the Northwest, where Heart got its start combines with 1/4" forward-shifted scalloped braces for full, powerful tone. The sides and the three-piece back's wings are East Indian rosewood, while the center wedge is red heart" bubinga, a beautiful and unusually hard African tonewood that provides outstanding projection. On top of the appointments already noted, the HD-35 Nancy Wilson Signature Edition upgrades several traditional HD-35 elements. Bold herringbone...
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