Martin Acoustic Guitar, D-18 Modern Deluxe w/Hardshell Case

The D-18 Modern Deluxe is a new take on 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 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 our production line to date with East Indian rosewood binding, stylish gold frets, gold open-gear tuners, and a unique 1930s style script logo inlaid in pearl on the headstock. Some ultra-modern features include Liquidmetal^® bridge pins with red dots and a composite carbon fiber bridgeplate that boosts volume. And we’ve included a new neck shape that is slightly asymmetrical for maximum hand comfort up and down the fretboard. This guitar is anything but standard.

Specifications

Body

• Body Size: D-14 Fret

• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint

• Finish (Top / Back & Sides): Gloss

• Top Material: Spruce with VTS

• Top Color: Clear

• Top Detail: None

• Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe

• Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe

• Bracing Pattern: Forward-Shifted X-Brace

• Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS

• Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped

• Brace Size: 5/16"

• Scale Length: 25.4"

• Binding: East Indian Rosewood

• Back Material: Genuine Mahogany

• Back Detail: None

• Back & Sides Color: Dark Mahogany

• Back Purfling / Strip: Style 18

• Back Inlay Material: None

• Side Material: Genuine Mahogany

• Side Detail: None

• Side Inlay Material: None

• Endpiece: East Indian Rosewood

• Endpiece Inlay: None

• Electronics: No

Neck

• Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany

• Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe

• Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper

• Neck Finish: Satin

• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany

• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret

Fingerboard

• Fingerboard Material: Ebony

• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4"

• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8"

• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18

• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone

• Fingerboard Binding Material: None

• Side Dots: Abalone

Bridge

• Bridge Style: Modern Belly – Drop-in Saddle

• Bridge Material: Ebony

• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"

• Bridge Pin Material: Liquidmetal®

• Bridge Pin Dots: Red Acrylic

• Saddle: Compensated Bone

• Saddle Radius: 16"

Pickguard

• Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern

• Pickguard Inlay: None

Headstock

• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper

• Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear

• Knob: Butterbean

• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood

• Headplate Logo Style: Stylized Script Inlay

• Headplate Binding Material: None

• Headplate Detail: None

Miscellaneous

• Nut Material: Bone

• Case: Ply Hardshell

• Left-Handed Availability: True

• Label: None

• Pleked: True