Music Inc Magazine August 2026

MARTIN GUITAR CUSTOM SHOP 0-18K2 CFM IV

Martin’s Custom Shop 0-18K2 CFM IV is a limited-edition acoustic guitar built to mark 100 years since the company adopted lacquer finishing. It features a 0-12 fret body with solid flamed koa top, back and sides, a vintage gloss fin- ish, hand-shaped GE-scalloped X-bracing, ebony fingerboard and bridge, and Golden Age Relic Brass tuning machines. Limited to 100 instruments, it pairs early 20th- century Martin construction cues with modern Custom Shop craftsmanship. {martinguitar.com}

EPIPHONE HUMMINGBIRD TRIBUTE

CORT GUITARS NEW CORE SERIES ADDITIONS

WINZZ GUITARS WOS 100-24 ELECTRIC GUITAR Winzz Guitars has launched the WOS 100-24 Electric Guitar, the premier model in its new Orbit Series. The WOS 100-24 is built with a lightweight and resonant alder body using a unique offset shape. The body is finished in gloss polyester, and bind- ing is featured on the Silver Sunburst and Pearl White color options. The guitar uses a five-bolt construction to join the roasted Cana- dian maple “glider neck” to the body for maximum

The new Epiphone Hummingbird Tribute brings the look and feel of the classic Hummingbird to a straightforward square- shoulder dreadnought acous- tic. It pairs a layered spruce top with layered mahogany back and sides, a glued-in mahogany neck with a Rounded C profile, laurel fingerboard, 20 frets and a reverse belly laurel bridge. Available in Ebony, Heritage Cherry Sunburst and Antique Natural gloss finishes, the new model includes a Hummingbird-style tortoise shell pickguard and is also offered left-handed in Heritage Cherry Sunburst. {gibson.com}

Cort has expanded its Core Series acoustic guitars, a lineup of all-solid instru- ments. Featuring semi-gloss, UV-cured finishes and a selec- tion of exotic tonewoods, the series adds the new Core-GA Formosan koa and Core-OC Maple (pictured) to previously released Core-MC Ovangkol. The Core-GA Formosan koa pairs a solid spruce top with solid Formosan koa (Acacia Confusa) back and sides, offering warm response and harmonic depth sup- ported by the resonance of a fully solid body. The Core-OC Maple features a solid spruce top with solid sycamore maple back and sides, delivering a bright, articulate voice with strong projection and dynamic response. {cortguitars.com}

stability and is finished in a satin polyester for comfort. An ergonomic neck-body joint with an asymmetric heel design ensures easy access up top. The WOS 100- 24 is available in four finishes: Gray Sparkle, Cosmic Black, Silver Sunburst and Pearl White. {winzzguitars.com}

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