Martin D-18E Modern Deluxe Mahogany/Spruce Acoustic Electric Guitar – #M2848616 – Mint, Open Box

Classic Dreadnought with Cutting-Edge Features – The Martin D-18E Modern Deluxe Mahogany/Spruce Acoustic Electric Guitar

The D-18 Modern Deluxe is a new take on Martin Vintage. This guitar is packed with custom features and modern technology that you have to see, feel, and hear for yourself. The vintage appointments include a spruce VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) top, a dovetail neck joint, and natural protein glue construction that give it the rich, fully aged Martin tone that has inspired generations. The look is unlike anything in our production line to date with East Indian rosewood binding, stylish gold frets, gold open-gear tuners, and a unique 1930s style script logo inlaid in pearl on the headstock. Some ultra-modern features include Liquidmetal® bridge pins with red dots and a composite carbon fiber bridgeplate that boosts volume. And we’ve included a new neck shape that is slightly asymmetrical for maximum hand comfort up and down the fretboard. This guitar is anything but standard.

SPECIFICATIONS

Overview

• Body Size: D-14 Fret
• Finish Top: Gloss
• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
• Back and Side Finish: Gloss
• Bracing Pattern: Forward-Shifted X-Brace
• Scale Length: 25.4″
• Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4”
• Top Material: Spruce with VTS
• Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe
• Back Material: Genuine Mahogany
• Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
• Side Material: Genuine Mahogany
• Electronics: Yes

Top

• Top Color: Clear
• Bridge Style: Modern Belly – Drop in Saddle
• Binding: East Indian Rosewood
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32″
• Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Top Detail: None
• Bridge Pin Material: Liquidmetal®
• Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
• Bridge Pin Dots: Red Acrylic
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Compensated Bone
• Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
• Saddle Radius: 16″

Body

• Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
• Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
• Brace Size: 5/16″
• Back Detail: None
• Back Purfling/Strip: Style 18
• Back Inlay Material: None
• Heelcap: East Indian Rosewood
• Side Detail: None
• Endpiece: East Indian Rosewood
• Side Inlay Material: None
• Endpiece Inlay: None

Neck

• Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Finish Neck: Satin
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8”
• 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: Abalone

Headstock

• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
• Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear
• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Knob: Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style: Stylized Script Inlay
• Nut Material: Bone
• Headplate Binding Material: None
• Headplate Detail: None

Miscellaneous

• Case: Ply Hardshell

Manufacturer: C. F. Martin & Co.
Model: D-18E MODERN DELUXE
SKU: I623965-GA99925112848616-1-WHXC
UPC: 729789585866

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