Martin D-18 Modern Deluxe – Natural Martin

The D-18 Modern Deluxe is a new take on a Martin Vintage. This guitar is packed with custom features and modern technology that you have to see, feel and hear for yourself. The vintage appointments include a Sitka spruce Vintage Tone System (VTS) top, a dovetail neck joint and natural protein glue construction that give it the rich, fully aged Martin tone that has inspired generations. The look is unlike anything in Martin’s production line to date with East Indian rosewood binding, stylish gold frets, gold open-gear tuners, and a unique 1930’s style script logo inlaid in pearl on the headstock. Some ultra-modern features include a titanium truss rod, Liquidmetal bridge pins with red dots, and a carbon fiber bridgeplate that boosts volume without adding weight. Martin has also given the D-18 Modern Deluxe a new neck shape that is slightly skewed for maximum hand comfort up and down the fretboard. This guitar is anything but standard. 

Comes with a hardshell case.

Features

• Stylized script headstock inlay
• Old style 18 fingerboard inlays
• Bold Herringbone top inlay
• Liquidmetal bridge pins with red acrylic dots (adds 2db to the volume)
• East indian rosewood binding
• VTS Sitka spruce top with Adirondack VTS Foward Shifted scalloped X bracing pattern

Specifications

Body

• Body type: Dreadnought
• Cutaway: No
• Top wood: Sitka spruce VTS
• Back and sides: Genuine mahogany
• Bracing pattern: Adirondack spruce VTS forward shifted 5/16″ scalloped X
• Body finish: Gloss
• Orientation: Right handed

Neck

• Neck shape: Vintage Deluxe High Performance Taper
• Nut width: 1.75″ (44.45 mm)
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Neck wood: Solid Mahogany
• Scale length: 25.4″
• Number of frets: 20
• Neck finish: Satin

Electronics

• Pickup/preamp: No
• Brand: Not applicable
• Configuration: Not applicable
• Preamp EQ: Not applicable
• Feedback filter: Not applicable
• Tuner: Not applicable

Other

• Headstock overlay: East Indian
• Tuning machines: Waverly gold open gear
• Bridge: Ebony
• Saddle and nut: Bone
• Number of strings: 6
• Special features:
• Case: Hardshell case
• Accessories: None
• Country of origin: United States

Tech Specs

• String Type: Steel
• Number of Strings: 6
• Body Shape: Dreadnought
• Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
• Color: Natural
• Finish: Gloss
• Top Wood: Sitka Spruce with VTS
• Back & Sides Wood: Mahogany
• Body Bracing: Forward Shifted X-bracing
• Binding: East Indian Rosewood
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe
• Radius: 16″
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay: Abalone Old-style 18
• Number of Frets: 20
• Scale Length: 4″
• Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Nut/Saddle Material: Bone/Bone
• Nut Width: 75″
• Strings: Martin Authentic Acoustic Medium
• Case Included: Hardshell Case