Martin Custom Shop 000-18 Authentic 1937

The all-new Custom Shop 000-18 1937 gives players the sonic qualities of the Authentic Series paired with the everyday value of a trusty workhorse guitar. Regarded as the cornerstone of performance and sound, Martin’s highly prized 1937 models set the bar for generations of instruments that followed. This guitar features a clear vintage gloss Adirondack spruce top, genuine mahogany back and sides, scalloped bracing, hide glue and cloth strip construction, and an adjustable truss rod, capturing the look, feel, and sound of some of the finest guitars ever made.

The Custom Shop 000-18 1937 is also available with light aging in either natural or ambertone finishes. Stage 1 aging lacks the heavy wear and tear of a well-worn instrument and instead features the light checking inspired by those rare guitars that were simply kept in a case and tucked away for decades. It bears the marks of time but not the heavy wear common on newly aged guitars.

Specifications Overview
• Recommended Strings: Authentic Acoustic Lifespan® 2.0 Guitar Strings Phosphor Bronze - Light
• Body Size: 000-14 Fret
• Finish Top: Vintage Gloss
• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
• Back and Side Finish: Vintage Gloss
• Bracing Pattern: Forward Shifted X-Brace
• Scale Length: 25.4"
• Brace Shape: Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
• Top Material: Adirondack Spruce
• Neck Shape: Authentic 1937
• Back Material: Genuine Mahogany
• Neck Taper: Standard Taper
• Side Material: Genuine Mahogany
• Electronics: No
Top
• Top Color: Clear
• Bridge Style: 1930 Style Belly - Glue in Long Saddle
• Binding: Brown Tortoise Pattern
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/4''
• Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Top Detail: None
• Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic
• Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
• Bridge Pin Dots: None
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Bone
• Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
• Saddle Radius: 16"
Body
• Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce
• Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
• Brace Size: 5/16"
• Back Detail: None
• Back Purfling/Strip: East Indian Rosewood
• Back Inlay Material: None
• Heelcap: Ebony
• Side Detail: None
• Endpiece: Brown Tortoise Pattern
• Side Inlay Material: None
• Endpiece Inlay: None
Neck
• Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/4''
• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
• Number of Frets Total: 20
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: None
• Side Dots: Antique White
Headstock
• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
• Tuning Machines: Waverly Nickel Open Back
• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Knob: Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style: Script Golden Era Overlay
• Nut Material: Bone
• Headplate Binding Material: None
Misc
• Case: Ply Hardshell
• Left-handed Availability: true
• Label: None