Martin launches Shawn Mendes signature acoustics inspired by vintage model

Martin Guitar introduced two Shawn Mendes signature acoustics from Nazareth, Pennsylvania, on July 9. Both were built around a vintage Martin 0-42 from the 1920s that Mendes found in a Brooklyn guitar shop and used in his writing and recording process.

The headline model is the limited-edition 000-28 Shawn Mendes, which Martin capped at 88 guitars worldwide and priced at $4,999.99. It has East Indian rosewood back and sides, a solid spruce top with antique toner, Golden Era scalloped X-bracing, a slotted headstock with gold Waverly side-mount tuners, a pyramid-style ebony bridge, a faux-tortoise pickguard and a custom mother-of-pearl eagle inlay. Each guitar ships in a molded hardshell case and includes a signed, individually numbered interior label.

Martin paired that collector piece with the 000-10E Shawn Mendes, a more accessible acoustic-electric. It uses FSC-certified tonewoods, solid sapele back and sides, a solid spruce top, scalloped X-bracing and Martin E1 electronics with a built-in tuner. The 000-10E also debuts a straightline pyramid bridge for the Road Series.

Mendes views smaller guitars as creating a more intimate relationship while writing, and Martin guitars are his first choice when he is making a song.

This release also extends a partnership that already produced the 000JR-10E Shawn Mendes in 2022. The 000JR-10E Shawn Mendes in 2022 used FSC-certified tonewoods, a swallow engraving tied to Mendes’ hand tattoo and a hidden lyric inside the body. The new launch also supports the Shawn Mendes Foundation through the Social Impact Fund.