Martin Guitar has long recognized the serious nature of the earth’s dwindling resources and has focused attention on alternative materials. They are also committed to designing Martin guitars that are within reach of every aspiring guitarist. Martin’s breakthrough X Series guitars were designed to meet both of these needs!

The X Series guitars are constructed with a combination of highly compressed wood fibers (highpressure laminate, abbreviated as HPL) and traditional tonewoods. Martin has found HPL to be an extremely durable and workable material.

Martin have crafted ways to build traditional Martin shapes with HPL that yield incredibly long-lasting, affordable guitars. Most importantly, they have managed to build them so they possess the “famous” Martin sound and playability found in their more expensive guitars.

The DX1 features a basic dreadnought style.