D-18 Authentic 1937 Aged
1937 was an excellent year for guitars, with a perfect storm of craftsmanship, innovation, and materials. This Authentic Series replication of a 1937 D-18 stays true to the original with hide glue construction and historically accurate detailing. This guitar features genuine mahogany back and sides and an Adirondack spruce top, and it includes an Authentic circa 1937 bracing pattern. Plus, it adds the VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) that ages the wood to replicate the sound of a vintage Martin. Martin’s craftspeople can recreate the pleasing visual aesthetics of a vintage guitar and reproduce the particular tones previously reserved for vintage instruments. Now Martin has reintroduced a more accurate body profile based on dreadnought shapes from the early Golden Era of Martin’s history. The result is a tactile, visual, and auditory experience that will transport you all the way back to the 1930s. And we know you’re going to like it there.
SPECIFICATIONS
Overview
- Body Size: Authentic D-14 Fret
- Finish Top: Vintage Gloss – Aged
- Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint – Hide Glue Construction
- Back and Side Finish: Vintage Gloss – Aged
- Bracing Pattern: Authentic 1937 Forward-Shifted X-Brace
- Scale Length: 25.4″
- Brace Shape: Scalloped
- Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4”
- Top Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
- Neck Shape: Authentic 1937
- Back Material: Genuine Mahogany
- Neck Taper: Standard Taper
- Side Material: Genuine Mahogany
- Electronics: None
- Electronics Options: None
Top
- Top Color: Vintage Toner
- Bridge Style: Authentic Belly – Glue in Long Saddle – Aged
- Binding: Brown Tortoise Pattern
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/4”
- Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
- Bridge Material: Ebony
- Top Detail: Aged
- Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic – Aged
- Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern Aged
- Pickguard Inlay: None
- Saddle: Bone
- Rosette: Multi-Stripe
- Saddle Radius: 16″
Body
- Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
- Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
- Brace Size: 5/16″
- Back Detail: Aged
- Back Purfling/Strip: Dark Mahogany
- Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
- Heelcap: Ebony
- Side Detail: Aged
- Endpiece: Brown Tortoise Pattern
- Side Inlay Material: None
Neck
- Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss – Aged
- 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: Grained Ivoroid
Headstock
- Headstock Shape: Solid with 1937 Taper
- Tuning Machines: Aged Waverly Nickel Open Back
- Headplate Material: Madagascar Rosewood
- Knob: Butterbean
- Headplate Logo Style: Authentic Style CFM Script Overlay
- Nut Material: Bone
- Headplate Binding Material: None
- Headplate Detail: Aged
Misc
- Case: Hardshell
- Label: None