1960 Martin D-18 Vintage Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar w/ Case, North Street
$4,899.99
$4,899.99
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Up for sale, a 1960 Martin D-18, freshly serviced and complete with a hardshell case. This well-loved Martin has received extensive work due an instrument of its mileage, including a professional neck reset, refret, bridge plate repair, new bone saddle, several repaired splits, and a few replaced braces. Crafted at the North Street factory, this D-18 boasts a bevy of desirable features including hot hide glue construction throughout, a small maple bridge plate, tortoise binding and pickguard, and a rounded peghead. This D-18 has also been personalized with a custom sterling silver plate engraved with a previous owner’s name (Michael) at the 14th fret.
Tonewoods include an X-braced spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, offering a traditional Martin dreadnought tonal profile. This D-18 absolutely sings, with fantastic projection, power and immediacy, and there’s an open, ringing quality to the sound that is indicative of a top that’s been seasoned and played hard for decades. Notably balanced and musical, there’s a woody, percussive chime to the trebles that stands up well to the rumbling warmth and expansive bloom in the low end. This D-18 weighs 4lbs, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 12-53 bronze strings and easy-playing action.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Mahogany
-Shape: Deep soft V, measuring .885” 1st fret, .999” 9th fret
-Fretboard: Brazilian rosewood, dot inlays, custom-engraved sterling silver plate at 14th fret
-Frets: Slender, refret, no wear
-Scale Length: 25.4”
-Nut: 1 11/16”, bone
-Tuners: Kluson-style (replaced)
-Serialization: Stamp on neck block dates to 1960
Body Specs:
-Wood: Spruce, mahogany
-Bracing: X
-Bridge: Brazilian rosewood, compensated bone saddle (replacement), original small maple plate (repaired)
-Plastics: Tortoise pickguard
-Marquetry: Tortoise binding and multi-ply rosette
The original gloss lacquer finish has been lightly oversprayed, with multiple professionally-addressed cracks on the body that have been cleated and reinforced where necessary, largely localized to the top and back of the lower bout. There is buckle rash on the back, pick wear across the soundhole and various dings and scuffs throughout. The gloss on the neck profile has a handful of shallow marks smoothed through contact with the palm, and grooves on the fingerboard extending from frets 1-2 have been filled and smoothed with the surrounding rosewood.
A hardshell case is included.
Tonewoods include an X-braced spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, offering a traditional Martin dreadnought tonal profile. This D-18 absolutely sings, with fantastic projection, power and immediacy, and there’s an open, ringing quality to the sound that is indicative of a top that’s been seasoned and played hard for decades. Notably balanced and musical, there’s a woody, percussive chime to the trebles that stands up well to the rumbling warmth and expansive bloom in the low end. This D-18 weighs 4lbs, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 12-53 bronze strings and easy-playing action.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Mahogany
-Shape: Deep soft V, measuring .885” 1st fret, .999” 9th fret
-Fretboard: Brazilian rosewood, dot inlays, custom-engraved sterling silver plate at 14th fret
-Frets: Slender, refret, no wear
-Scale Length: 25.4”
-Nut: 1 11/16”, bone
-Tuners: Kluson-style (replaced)
-Serialization: Stamp on neck block dates to 1960
Body Specs:
-Wood: Spruce, mahogany
-Bracing: X
-Bridge: Brazilian rosewood, compensated bone saddle (replacement), original small maple plate (repaired)
-Plastics: Tortoise pickguard
-Marquetry: Tortoise binding and multi-ply rosette
The original gloss lacquer finish has been lightly oversprayed, with multiple professionally-addressed cracks on the body that have been cleated and reinforced where necessary, largely localized to the top and back of the lower bout. There is buckle rash on the back, pick wear across the soundhole and various dings and scuffs throughout. The gloss on the neck profile has a handful of shallow marks smoothed through contact with the palm, and grooves on the fingerboard extending from frets 1-2 have been filled and smoothed with the surrounding rosewood.
A hardshell case is included.
