MARTIN’S MOST RADICAL design is its hottest acoustic-electric, the SC. The line recently received four new models (see review, May 2022), topped by the stylish Custom Shop SC-2022, which I’m looking at this month. It bolsters the revolutionary form of the S body substantially with all solid-wood construction, heightens functionality via dual-element Fishman electronics and adds dazzling appointments. With only 300 in the limited-edition run, I was honored to receive one for review.
You can sometimes tell an instrument is exceptional just by its case, and that was true with the SC-2022. The molded hardshell silver chariot for this Custom Shop collector’s item looks like an aluminum Airstream RV. Take it into any venue and
