Martin Guitars
Top tier onlyD-28 Authentic 1937 VTS Aged Acoustic Guitar
Listed at Vera Guitars · Charlotte, NC
Tracked on Tonewood Atlas — view the full listing at Vera Guitars’ site.
Photos hot-linked from Vera Guitars’ site — never rehosted.
Specs
- Top
- Adirondack Spruce
- Back / Sides
- East Indian Rosewood
- Neck
- Mahogany
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Body shape
- D
- Scale length
- 25.4"
- Nut width
- 1 3/4"
- Frets to body
- 14
- Strings
- 6
- Cutaway
- No
- Condition
- New
Martin Guitars
Founded in 1833 and still building in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, Martin effectively invented the American flat-top — and its Custom Shop is where that lineage still gets made by hand, one guitar at a time. On the Atlas you'll find only that end of the company: built-to-order Custom Shop instruments and the Authentic Series' pre-war reproductions (hide glue, hand-shaped bracing, VTS-aged tops), not the standard catalog.
Vera Guitars
Vera Guitars is a Charlotte, North Carolina shop in the city's Steele Creek area, opened in 2021 by Dan Dyszelski and Jeff Zirkle — a roughly 4,000-square-foot, full-line showroom of 200-plus guitars that also runs lessons, repairs, and Taylor Tone events. What sets it apart for high-end shoppers is the bench: Vera runs a Plek station for CNC-precise fret leveling, and every guitar leaves professionally set up. For flat-top buyers the boutique draw is a focused top-tier shelf — Taylor's Gold Label, Builder's Edition, and Presentation/Next Generation lines alongside Martin's Authentic and signature models.
