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1941 Martin 000-18

Maybe this 000-18 won't win any beauty awards, but the sound is right up there with prime OM-18 and 1930s 000-18s with far higher price tags. Here's the story: All the finish is original, although with lots of wear as shown. Neck reset, new frets, and new bridge by Gryphon Repair Dept., as the original bridge had been shaved down to lower the action. The bridge is carefully copied from an original, and is of Brazilian rosewood to match the fretboard. The original tuners were too far gone to salvage so new Waverly gears were installed. Pickguard is original and flat. NO CRACKS TO THE BODY, but the headstock did have a crack from the low E tuner across to the other side (see bottom right photo). This crack was repaired by Frank Ford using hot animal hide glue, and shows now as a tight thin line. No finish touch-up was done, as the rest of the finish hasn't been altered. The original hardshelll case is heavily worn, but still functional. This is one of the biggest-sounding 000-18s we've ever heard, you could probably record with a bluegrass band using this instrument and listeners would assume you were playing an old D-18.

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