2008 Martin OM-30DB Pat Donahue #11 Natural

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It is said that Martin made 40 of these OM-30DB Pat Donahue Signature guitars.  This one is number 11, and it is in lightly played, near mint condition.

The Martin OM-30DB Pat Donohue Signature Model is a premium, limited-edition acoustic guitar designed in collaboration with the Grammy-winning fingerstyle master. 

Featuring an Adirondack spruce top, East Indian rosewood back and sides, and a comfortable OM body shape, this guitar offers rich overtones, superb balance, and exceptional clarity—perfect for complex fingerpicking and articulate flatpicking. 

The guitar has a 1-13/16” width to the ebony fingerboard, on the one-piece mahogany neck, splitting the difference between an OM’s 1-3/4” and a 12-fretter’s 1-7/8”. The modified V profile is on the shallow side, making the neck feel narrower in the palm than it actually is, while providing just a bit more open space between the strings and a sense freedom, with fingers being less crowded when playing stacked chords, or when doing bends and waggles of individual strings without crashing into adjacent strings.

It also has the straight pyramid bridge, which has a smaller footprint on the spruce soundboard, allowing for even more flexibility. Martin featured their version of the Spanish-style straight bridge for nearly 100 years before switching to the modern belly bridge in 1930, made to add extra anchoring power against the tension of steel strings. Only the very first OMs had the pyramid bridge, believed to contribute to the expansive tonal properties and sensitivity of those legendary fingerstyle guitars.

A major contributor to the extraordinary voice of the OM-30DB, is the DB, which stands for Deep Body. It is made with sides 1/2″ deeper at the end pin than on a regular OM. The results are incredibly successful.
The traditional OM sound is balanced across the strings, with the A string slightly more dominant in the low end, rather than the bottom-most low E string. There is good separation between the fundamental strings, abnormally good projection for the body size, and an overall voice that expands in all directions. If one wishes to increase volume and or bass response on a guitar, there are three major options – make the body longer, the top wider, or the sides deeper.

Original paperwork and hardshell case included.

Color: Natural
Weight: 4lbs 11oz
Top: Adirondack Spruce
Body: East Indian Rosewood
Neck: Mahogany
Neck Profile: Modified V with Diamond Volute
Fretboard: Ebony
Inlays: Pearl Snowflake, Squares and PD
Frets: Original
Fret count: 20
Nut: Original
Nut width: 1-13/16”
String spacing at bridge: 2-5/16"
Scale: 25.4"
Radius: 16"
Neck thickness at 1st Fret: .875”
Neck thickness at 10th Fret: 985”
Action 1st String at 12th Fret: 2/32"
Action 6th String at 12th Fret: 3/32"
Total length: 39-3/4"
Body length: 19-3/8"
Lower bout: 15-1/4"
Waist: 9-1/2"
Upper bout: 11-1/2"
Body depth/thickness: 4-1/2"
String gauge: 12-53
Electronics?: LR Baggs
Electronics Original? No
Pickguard: Original
Bridge: Original
Tuners: Original
Case: OHSC
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