Martin D-18 1960, Natural

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Specs


Instrument	Dreadnought
Brand	Martin
Model	D-18
Finish	Natural
SKU	GF7207-A
Handedness	Right
Made In Year	1960
Top	Sitka Spruce
Back and Sides	Mahogany
Finish Material	Nitro
Neck/Fingerboard	Mahogany/ Ebony (Replacement)
Neck Profile	Soft V
Neck Depth	.904" @ 1st; .972" @ 9th
Fingerboard Radius	16"
Brace Pattern	X-Braced (Lightly Scalloped)
Tuners	Replacement Aged Waverlys (Previous Grover Rotomatics)
Bridge	Ebony (Replacement)
Electronics	K&K pickup
Scale Length	25.4"
Nut Width	1.697" (1 11/16th)
String Spacing at Saddle	2.162"
Contains Brazilian Rosewood (Y/N)	Y
Case	NOHSC (Felt)
Modifications/Repairs	Lightly scalloped X-braces, replaced fingerboard and bridge with ebony; neck reset, Bridge plate cap, 3 repaired top cracks and b-string crack, rosette crack and cleat, upper bout treble crunch repair, 15" treble rim split repair, 5" treble rim crack repair, strap button on heel and hole repair on upper bass rim, replaced nut and saddle, replacement bone bridge pins

Description

Understated and timeless, a vintage Martin D-18 is a singer-songwriters lifelong companion; this example showing the wear to suggest such a purpose for the past 63 years. With a balanced tone across the spectrum, this particular mahogany dread hosts a number of modifications that brings it closer to 1930s specs than other 1960 examples: light scalloping of X-braces, ebony fretboard, ebony bridge, and waverly tuners. It is gig ready with a neck reset, fretwork, updated bone nut/saddle/pin combo, heel strap button, and K&K pickup. With several repaired rim and top crack repairs from a life of play, this warm and dry sounding D-18 has all the lacquer checking to aesthetically compliment it.

Comes with vintage, non-original, hard shell case.