Summer NAMM 2019: So, um, Martin has made a Brexit guitar...

Martin D-16E Brexit acoustic guitar
(Image credit: Martin Guitar)

SUMMER NAMM 2019: Well, here’s a sentence we never thought we’d write: Martin has unveiled a Brexit-themed acoustic guitar.

The American acoustic behemoth has offered its own satirical take on the UK’s hellish political landscape with the custom D-16E’s Robert F Goetzl-designed artwork, which depicts a headphones 'n' shades-rocking George Washington with the unusually punctuated caption, ‘Hmmmm? Been there… Done that!!’

Martin D-16E Brexit acoustic guitar

(Image credit: Martin Guitar)

If you can divert your teary eyes away from the half-EU, half-Union Jack graphics, you’ll note that the D-16E features a Sitka spruce gloss top and satin-finished sycamore back and sides.

There’s also a high-performance neck taper and Fishman Matrix VT Enhance electronics.

The D-16E Brexit model costs $2,799 - lord only knows how much that will be in pounds by the time it launches later this year.

Head over to Martin Guitar for more info, and stay tuned for the company’s other SNAMM releases.

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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.