Martin Custom Shop D-18 Acoustic Guitar, Hand Selected Flame Mahogany, Cedar Top

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Martin Custom Shop D-18 Acoustic Guitar, Hand Selected Flame Mahogany, Cedar Top

Martin Custom Shop D-18 Acoustic Guitar, Hand Selected Flame Mahogany, Cedar Top - SKU: 3839023

 

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Player's Perspective

Martin acoustic guitars have a long and storied history of being some of the best acoustic guitars on the planet. Even better, however, are the guitars they are crafting in their Custom Shop! We recently went down to the Martin factory and pieced together some killer offerings. We're proud to offer up this gorgeous Dreadnought style acoustic with hand selected flamed mahogany back and sides and a western red cedar top. Tonally, the mahogany back and sides provide a warm, round, and even tone with equal amounts of bass, mids, and treble. The natural EQ of the guitar is very balanced and even with a very pleasant high-end that isn't too shrill or piercing and a focused and tight bottom-end that makes the guitar sound big and warm but without being muddy. The dreadnought body shape does bring out a little more of the bass response and the cedar top helps compress it just enough so it's not overwhelming and woofy or muddy. Generally speaking, mahogany guitars don't have the most bass response. Their magic is more in the mid-range of the guitar and the even/balanced EQ curve that it naturally produces. But this one has a nice and big bottom end to it while remaining nice and focused sounding. The playability is absolutely phenomenal on this and the flame mahogany back and sides are stunningly gorgeous. The red cedar top adds a nice touch of natural compression while still projecting some serious volume and tone and the ebony fingerboard helps to keep the treble frequencies crisp and clear, while the size and tone woods of the body keeps the top-end from becoming shrill and piercing and compliments the higher frequencies. Overall it's a very balanced sound with a powerful and deep bass response. The neck is smooth and fast to play and the dreadnought body, though larger, still sits very comfortably on a strap or on a lap while playing. This is a one-of-a-kind piece that we had built by Martin for our shop with based off of a D-18 style acoustic guitar but with some extra appointments and unique wood configuration.

Special Features

Martin's Custom Shop department consists of some of their top luthiers and is a place where all of your acoustic guitar dreams can come true. The sky is the limit for what they can create. For this run of Martin Custom Shop guitars, we here at MusicStoreLive, wanted to create instruments that were aesthetically beautiful to look at, but also were functionally and sonically exceptional. In this case, we took a traditional D-18 and outfitted it with hand-selected flamed mahogany back and sides along with a western red cedar top. An ebony fingerboard adds a bit of snap to the top-end which really compliments the mahogany and cedar tone woods very nicely to provide an even and balanced sound with a deep but yet focused bottom end.

Overall Condition

This Martin Custom Shop D-18 Flamed Mahogany is brand new and in pristine mint condition with no nicks, scratches or blemishes of any kind.

Specs

Martin Custom Shop D-18 Flamed Mahogany


• D-14 Body Shape
  
• Solid Flamed Mahogany Back And Sides
  
• Solid Western Red Cedar Top
  
• Faux Brown Tortoise Binding
  
• Clear Gloss Finish Top (with Aging Toner), Back, Sides
  
• Old Style Boltaron (18) Rosette
  
• Scalloped Sitka Rear-Shifted Bracing
  
• Select Hardwood Mahogany Neck
  Modified Low Oval Neck Profile w/Performing Artist Taper
  
  Square Taper Old Style Headstock Shape w/Rosewood Headplate
  Black Ebony Fingerboard
  16" Radius
  25.4" Scale Length
  
  1 11/16" Nut Width
  Abalone Old Style Fingerboard Inlays
  2 1/8" String Spacing At Bridge
  Ebony Bridge
  Tortoise Shell (faux) Pickguard
  Martin Hardshell Case
  
  

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