Few flat-top guitars carry the prowess of a postwar Martin D-18, and this 1947 example shows the kind of honest wear that comes from decades of regular use. It has received a neck reset, compression refret, bridge reglue, bridge plate repair, and several other professional maintenance procedures that have kept it in playing order while preserving its character. Cosmetic wear includes player wear around the soundhole, buckle rash, peghead wear, and scattered scrapes, along with a repaired B-string side crack that has been properly cleated. A center seam repair with overspray, filled and re-slotted saddle slot, replacement bridge pins, and localized finish touch-up around the soundhole round out its history. This D-18 wears its story openly, offering the unmistakable personality of an instrument that has spent generations making music.
Includes modern hard shell case.
