Martin D-18V

Martin D-18V Acoustic Guitar

A guitar that celebrates vintage virtues.

It has all the craftsmanship and quality that has made Martin the leader in acoustic guitars for over a century. Solid Sitka spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck with modified V profile, ebony fretboard and bridge, rosewood headplate, and scalloped bracing. Beautifully handcrafted from top to bottom and appointed with a belly-drop style bridge, vintage butterbean tuners, and old-style rosette. Includes hardshell case.

Martin D-18V Acoustic Guitar Features:

* Construction: mahogany blocks/dovetail neck joint
* Body size: dreadnought, 14-fret
* Top: solid Sitka spruce
* Rosette: Old style 18
* Top bracing pattern: DOM forward-shifted
* Top braces: scalloped 5/16"
* Back material: solid genuine mahogany
* Back purfling: style 18
* Side material: solid genuine mahogany
* Endpiece: tortoise color
* Binding: tortoise color
* Top inlay style: multiple, black/white
* Neck material: solid mahogany
* Neck shape: modified V
* Nut material: white Corian
* Headstock: solid, square, tapered
* Headplate: solid East Indian rosewood/large old-style logo
* Heelcap: solid black ebony
* Fingerboard material: solid black ebony
* Scale length: 25.4''
* Clear frets: 14
* Total frets: 20
* Fingerboard width at nut: 1-11/16''
* Fingerboard width at 12th fret: 2-1/8''
* Fingerboard position inlays: old-style 18, abalone

Finish back and sides: polished gloss/dark mahogany stain/dark filler
* Top finish: polished gloss/aging toner
* Neck finish: semi-gloss/dark mahogany stain/dark filler
* Bridge: solid black ebony
* Bridge style: vintage belly-drop in long saddle
* Bridge string spacing: 2-1/8''
* Saddle: 16'' radius/white Micarta
* Tuning machines: Gotoh nickel open-geared with butterbean knobs
* Bridge and end pins: black with white dots
* Pickguard: I-03 tortoise color/beveled and polished
* Case: 545 Geib Style