Details
You rarely get a chance for a new guitar that's eleven years-old, but here's a D-18V that qualifies as there are just no signs it has even seen much handling, let alone actual playing time. And being a Vintage Series model, which was significantly more expensive than the Standard Series D-18, this example has a nice, even-grained spruce top and ebony fingerboard & bridge. Although it still smells pretty much like a quite new guitar, the lacquer has settled with all those years in the case, giving the surface of the body the slight patina of a not-new finish. Forward-shifted top bracing (scalloped of course) gives this that classic Martin mahogany Dreadnought oomph while faux tortoiseshell binding & pickguard, plus abalone fingerboard dots, are the subtle visual touches. This is from the last year of Martin's Vintage Series. Comes in the TKL Vintage Series original case, equally clean.
Specs
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Back sides
Mahogany
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Bracing
Forward Shifted Scalloped X
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Bridge
Ebony
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Fingerboard
Ebony
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Finish
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
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Frets to body
14
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Neck material
Mahogany
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Nut width
1 11/16"
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Scale length
25.4"
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Top material
Sitka Spruce
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Total frets
20
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Tuners
Martin Open Gear Butterbean
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Year
2011
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Case type
Original Hardshell
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Serial number
1504162
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SKU
MARD18V-1504162
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UPC
121152
