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Acoustic guitar, dreadnought, all solid, Sitka spruce top, mahogany body, 645 mm scale length, select hardwood neck, ebony fing...  All product info

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Martin Guitars D-18E 2020 Limited

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  • Manufacturer: Martin Guitars
  • Design: Dreadnought
  • Cutaway: No
  • Top: Sitka Spruce
  • Solid Top: Yes
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Martin Guitars 000-18 Standard Series, Natural, incl. Case

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  • Manufacturer: Martin Guitars
  • Design: 000-14 Fret
  • Cutaway: No
  • Top: Sitka Spruce
  • Solid Top: Yes
  • ...
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€ 2,772.30

Martin Guitars 00-18 (Natural)

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  • Manufacturer: Martin Guitars
  • Design: 00-14 Fret
  • Cutaway: No
  • Top: Sitka Spruce
  • Solid Top: Yes
  • ...
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€ 2,772.30

Martin Guitars 0-18 Standard Serie

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  • Manufacturer: Martin Guitars
  • Design: 0-14 Fret
  • Cutaway: No
  • Top: Sitka Spruce
  • Solid Top: Yes
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€ 2,940.30

Martin Guitars D-18 Modern Deluxe

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  • Manufacturer: Martin Guitars
  • Series: Modern Deluxe
  • Design: Dreadnought
  • Cutaway: No
  • Top: Sitka Spruce
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Product information - Martin D-18 Standard Series

Acoustic guitar in dreadnought construction, all solid with Sitka spruce top, mahogany body, Select Hardwood neck and case included

With the Martin D-18 Standard Series, the American manufacturer Martin presents a traditional dreadnought acoustic guitar with finest materials and an extremely tasteful look. For a well-balanced sound, the manufacturer uses selected woods which are carefully matched to each other allowing the tone to develop particularly easily and thoroughly even at the slightest touch. A solid neck construction ensures superb playability and, combined with a carefully crafted nut and saddle, a clean intonation over the entire scale length. The simple appearance of the Martin D-18 Standard Series is embellished with subtle ornamentation that perfectly matches the tinted woods and has hardly changed since its first edition in the 1930s, giving the guitar the impression of holding a real piece of history in your hands. A sturdy ply hardshell case and a warranty card are included.

Martin D-18 Standard Seried front
A timeless classic in traditional dreadnought format.
Martin D-18 Standard Series body
An Aging-Toner-Finish with character.

A Sitka spruce top for powerful frequencies

The choice of the top material in particular is fundamental for a fast and perfect sound development. Therefore the manufacturer relies on the North American Sitka Spruce, which has been used for decades for the construction of the finest musical instruments due to its fine structure and high vibration behaviour. Thanks to a Forward-Shifted Scalloped-X-Bracing and a wafer-thin finish, the high quality spruce wood can resonate freely and produces a fast responding tone, which gives the instrument a powerful expression in the mid- and treble frequencies and fades out long-lastingly in the overtones. The aging toner finish allows the observer a deep insight into the even and tight grain of the wood, which is gently emphasized by a simple faux-tortoise binding, a corresponding faux-tortoise pickguard and a filigree Old-Style 18 Multi-Stripe rosette.

Martin D-18 Standard-Series back
A finely grained tropical wood to create warm sounds.

Warm midrange frequencies thanks to a mahogany body

In order to give the sound a warm saturation, the Martin D-18 Standard Series is constructed with a body of high-quality mahogany wood that creates golden reflections depending on the angle of view and lighting conditions. Due to its even structure, the tropical wood colors the sound in the mid frequencies with a gentle warmth, providing the sound with a soothing note and perfectly complements the bright frequencies of the top wood. The right finish also plays an important role in the thin back material, as it allows the raw wood to vibrate freely and promotes a fast and powerful attack. A thin Style-18 backstrip divides the opened back wood almost imperceptibly and emphasizes the symmetry of the fine grain in a very aesthetic way. In combination with the dark binding it creates a soft transition between the individual components of the entire body.

Martin D-18 Standard Series head
Headstock with nickel tuners and company logo.

Easy to play thanks to the flat neck

For a high level of playing comfort, the manufacturer uses a Select Hardwood neck equipped with a modified low oval profile. Thanks to a meticulously crafted bone nut with a width of 44.45 mm and a compensated saddle, the neck not only intonates perfectly over the entire 645 mm scale length, but is also easy to play up to the highest of the 20 frets. A noble ebony fingerboard with Old-Style 18-Abalone inlays perfectly rounds off the neck construction in its function and value and harmonizes optically perfectly with the other materials of the body. The characteristic Martin headstock is equipped with open nickel tuners, which in combination with the venerable Script Old-Style overlay are a subtle reminder of the company's almost 200-year history and enable the player to tune precisely with their smooth-running Butterbean knobs.

The Martin D-18 Standard Series at a glance:

  • Solid acoustic guitar
  • Standard Series
  • Sitka spruce top with Aging Toner finish
  • Forward-Shifted Scalloped-X-Bracing
  • Mahogany body with faux-tortoise bindings and Style 18 backstrip
  • 645 mm scale length
  • Mahogany neck with modified low oval profile
  • Ebony fingerboard with Old-Style-18-Abalone inlays
  • Saddle with 44.45 mm width and compensated bone bar insert
  • Open gear tuners
  • Including Ply-Hardshell-Case

Scope of Delivery:

  • Case included: Yes

Features:

  • Manufacturer: Martin Guitars
  • Series: Standard
  • Design: 14-Fret Dreadnought
  • Cutaway: No
  • Top: Sitka Spruce
  • Solid Top: Yes
  • Finish Top: High-Gloss
  • Bracing: Forward Shifted X-Bracing
  • Back & Sides: Mahogany
  • Solid back & sides: Yes
  • Finish Back & Sides: High-Gloss
  • Binding: Faux Tortoise
  • Neck: Selected Hardwood
  • Neck Profile: Modified Low Oval
  • Fretboard: Ebony
  • Inlays: Old Style 18
  • Number of Frets: 20
  • Nut type: Bone
  • Nut width in mm: 44.5
  • Scale in mm: 645
  • Bridge: Ebony
  • Bridge Inlay: Bone, compensated
  • Tuners: Open Gear
  • Hardware: Nickel
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Pickup System: No
  • Tuner: No
  • Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
  • Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
  • Bridge Pins: Plastic
  • Colour: Natural
  • Case included: Yes
  • Gigbag included: No
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