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Martin Authentic 1939 Aged D-18 Guitar #2534173 - Used  From Martin

A Meticulously Crafted Vintage Style Dreadnought from Martin and Co!

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Condition: Used, Excellent

SP Luthier Notes: Block Frets, Setup

Manufacturer's Description from Martin

Here to remind you why you fell in love with us in the first place, the new Authentics are constructed the old way - with hide glue, throughout, and historically-accurate detailing confirmed by using a CAT scan machine located at the Smithsonian Institute. Based on a 1939 D-18 in our museum, this guitar features genuine mahogany back and sides, an Adirondack spruce top, using an authentic circa 1939 bracing pattern. Period-correct "18" Authentic-style appointments, with an Authentic neck barrel and heel, complete this piece. Martin’s new VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) is employed for the top and braces. The new Martin VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® uses a unique recipe that is based on the historic torrefaction system. The VTS acts much like a time machine in which Martin can target certain time periods and age the top/braces to that era. This focused method allows Martin’s craftsmen and women to recreate not only the pleasing visual aesthetics of a vintage guitar, but also reproduce the special tones previously reserved for vintage instruments.

Martin and Co.

About Manufacturer

For well over a century and a half, The Martin Guitar Company has been continuously producing acoustic instruments that are acknowledged to be the finest in the world. The Martin Guitar Company has, through the years, managed to survive with each succeeding generation from C. F. Martin, Sr.?s Stauffer influenced creations of the 1830s to recent developments introduced by C. F. Martin IV. Continuous operation under family management is a feat bordering on the remarkable, reflecting six generations of dedication to the guitarmaker?s craft. In or out of the music industry, C. F. Martin has few rivals for sheer staying power. Throughout its colorful history, the company has adapted successfully to continual changes in product design, distribution systems, and manufacturing methods. In spite of the many changes, C. F. Martin has never veered away from its initial commitment to quality. The concern for producing the finest instruments possible in 1833 is especially evident today at Martin?s expanded facility in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. The story behind one of America?s most famous guitars began on January 31, 1796, in Markneukirchen, Germany, with the birth of Christian Frederick Martin, Sr. Born into a long line of cabinet makers, Christian Frederick took up the family craft at the early age of 15, when he left his hometown and traveled to Vienna to apprentice with Johann Stauffer, a renowned guitar maker.

Specifications

Overview

Body Size: D-14 Fret

Finish Top: Vintage Gloss

Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint - Hide Glue Construction

Back and Side Finish: Vintage Gloss

Bracing Pattern: Authentic 1939 Rearward-Shifted X-Brace

Scale Length: 25.4"

Brace Shape: Scalloped

Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 11/16''

Top Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS

Neck Shape: Authentic 1939

Back Material: Genuine Mahogany

Neck Taper: Standard Taper

Side Material: Genuine Mahogany

Electronics: No

Top

Top Color: Clear

Bridge Style: Authentic Belly - Glue in Long Saddle

Binding: Faux Tortoise

Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/8''

Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe

Bridge Material: Ebony

Top Detail: None

Bridge Pin Material: None

Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern

Bridge Pin Dots: None

Pickguard Inlay: None

Saddle: 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: Madagascar Rosewood

Back Inlay Material: None

Heelcap: Ebony

Side Detail: None

Endpiece: Faux Tortoise

Side Inlay Material: None

Endpiece Inlay: None

Neck

Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany

Fingerboard Material: Ebony

Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss

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: Grained Ivoroid

Headstock

Headstock Shape: Solid with 1939 Taper

Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear

Headplate Material: Madagascar Rosewood

Knob: Butterbean

Headplate Logo Style: Script Golden Era Overlay

Nut Material: Bone

Headplate Binding Material: None

Headplate Detail: None

Misc

Case: Ply Hardshell

Left-handed Availability: true

Label: None