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Up for sale, a 1954 Martin D-18 in excellent condition, complete with a hardshell case. Crafted at Martin's North Street factory, this D-18 boasts a bevy of desirable features including hot hide glue construction throughout, a small maple bridge plate, and tortoise appointments. Benefitting from the maintenance due an acoustic of this vintage, this Martin boasts a fresh neck reset, tall carved bone saddle and a reseated pickguard.
Tonewoods include an X-braced spruce top and mahogany back and sides, with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, offering a traditional Martin dreadnought tonal profile. This D-18 absolutely sings, with fantastic projection, power and immediacy. Notably musical and sweet-sounding, there’s an open, ringing quality to the sound that is indicative of a top that’s been worked-in for decades. The plain strings are punchy and immediate, with an expansive bloom in the midrange, and a broad muscly quality on the wound strings. This D-18 weighs 3lbs 15oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 12-53 bronze strings and easy-playing action.
Neck Specs:
Wood: Mahogany
Shape: Soft V, measuring .860” 1st fret, 1.025” 9th fret
Fretboard: Brazilian rosewood, dot inlay
Frets: Slender, light wear beneath the B and High E strings on frets 1-7
Scale Length: 25.4”
Nut: 1 11/16”, bone
Tuners: Kluson no-line
Serialization: Stamp on neck block dates to ‘54
Body Specs:
Wood: Spruce, mahogany
Bracing: X
Bridge: Brazilian rosewood, small maple plate, carved bone saddle (modern)
Pickguard: Tortoise (original, reseated)
Marquetry: Tortoise binding
The nitro lacquer finish is 100% original save for minor touchup along the edge of the pickguard where it was reseated. There is one professionally-repaired split on the back central to the lower bout, and a similarly minor reglued chip in the mahogany on the heel cap. The body exhibits light, consistent playwear comprising pick wear across the soundhole, a bit of buckle rash central to the back and at the treble-side waist on the mahogany rim, and some minor dings and scuffs. Wear is similarly restrained on the neck profile, which is free of palm wear with a few shallow marks worn smooth through play. A strap button has also been added to the neck heel.
A modern Guardian black tolex hardshell case is included.
Tonewoods include an X-braced spruce top and mahogany back and sides, with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, offering a traditional Martin dreadnought tonal profile. This D-18 absolutely sings, with fantastic projection, power and immediacy. Notably musical and sweet-sounding, there’s an open, ringing quality to the sound that is indicative of a top that’s been worked-in for decades. The plain strings are punchy and immediate, with an expansive bloom in the midrange, and a broad muscly quality on the wound strings. This D-18 weighs 3lbs 15oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 12-53 bronze strings and easy-playing action.
Neck Specs:
Wood: Mahogany
Shape: Soft V, measuring .860” 1st fret, 1.025” 9th fret
Fretboard: Brazilian rosewood, dot inlay
Frets: Slender, light wear beneath the B and High E strings on frets 1-7
Scale Length: 25.4”
Nut: 1 11/16”, bone
Tuners: Kluson no-line
Serialization: Stamp on neck block dates to ‘54
Body Specs:
Wood: Spruce, mahogany
Bracing: X
Bridge: Brazilian rosewood, small maple plate, carved bone saddle (modern)
Pickguard: Tortoise (original, reseated)
Marquetry: Tortoise binding
The nitro lacquer finish is 100% original save for minor touchup along the edge of the pickguard where it was reseated. There is one professionally-repaired split on the back central to the lower bout, and a similarly minor reglued chip in the mahogany on the heel cap. The body exhibits light, consistent playwear comprising pick wear across the soundhole, a bit of buckle rash central to the back and at the treble-side waist on the mahogany rim, and some minor dings and scuffs. Wear is similarly restrained on the neck profile, which is free of palm wear with a few shallow marks worn smooth through play. A strap button has also been added to the neck heel.
A modern Guardian black tolex hardshell case is included.
