Martin 000-18MD: Modern Deluxe Acoustic Guitar

The Martin 000-18MD Modern Deluxe Acoustic Guitar offers a refined take on a classic design, blending vintage warmth with cutting-edge innovation. Featuring a Sitka spruce top treated with Martin’s Vintage Tone System® (VTS), this guitar delivers the matured, open tone of a well-aged instrument right out of the case. Its East Indian rosewood back and sides provide rich low-end presence and balanced high-end detail, making it ideal for fingerstyle players and light strummers alike.

This model shines with deluxe appointments, including East Indian rosewood binding, gold EVO frets, and Liquidmetal® bridge pins with red dots for enhanced sustain. A composite carbon fiber bridgeplate reduces weight while boosting resonance. The neck’s slightly asymmetrical profile ensures a naturally ergonomic feel, and the dovetail neck joint adds classic tonal transfer. With both modern engineering and traditional elegance, the 000-18MD is built for discerning players who demand comfort, tone, and performance.

Features:

• VTS-treated Sitka spruce top for aged tone and immediate responsiveness

• East Indian rosewood body for warmth, clarity, and tonal complexity

• Asymmetrical neck shape for maximum comfort and playability

• Liquidmetal® bridge pins and carbon fiber bridgeplate for increased sustain

• Gold EVO frets, script headstock inlay, and rosewood binding for premium aesthetics

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Specs

• Body shape 000-14 Fret

• Top wood Sitka spruce with Vintage Tone System (VTS)

• Back & sides wood East Indian rosewood

• Bracing forward-shifted X-brace, scalloped

• Binding East Indian rosewood

• Neck shape slightly asymmetrical

• Neck joint dovetail

• Fingerboard ebony

• Bridge ebony

• Scale length 24.9"

• Nut width 1.75"

• Nut/saddle material bone/compensated bone

• Bridgeplate composite carbon fiber

• Frets gold EVO

• Tuning machines gold open-gear

• Bridge pins Liquidmetal® with red dots

• Inlays 1930s style script logo in pearl

• Finish gloss

• Orientation right-handed

• Case hardshell included