Martin Authentic Series guitars are the real deal!
C.F. Martin "Authentic™ Series" guitars go well beyond the already highly acclaimed Golden Era® vintage recreations in faithfully replicating the specifications, materials and processes used in the construction of the original pre war Martin guitars. These custom hand constructed acoustic guitars draw their inspiration from stellar 1937 examples and employ the use of hide glue as well as a T shaped neck reinforcement bar. Other significant features on this Martin guitar include an Adirondack red spruce top with circa 1937 contoured Adirondack bracing, a specially shaped tortoise colored pickguard, a narrow tortoise colored end piece, old style 18 abalone position markers, grained ivoroid side position dots, black ebony fingerboard and bridge, fossil ivory nut and saddle, premium Waverly® period tuning gears, and a vintage case.
Martin Authentic Series 000 18 Authentic 1937 Acoustic Guitar Features:
- Model: 000 18 Authentic 1937
- Construction: Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint
- Body Size: 000 14 Fret
- Top: Solid Adirondack Spruce
- Rosette: Old Style 18
- Top Bracing Pattern: Standard ''X'' Scalloped (Golden Era Style), Forward Shifted
- Top Braces: Solid Adirondack Spruce 1/4''
- Back Material: Solid Genuine Mahogany
- Back Purfling: Solid Brazilian Rosewood Strip
- Side Material: Solid Genuine Mahogany
- Endpiece: Delmar Tortoise Color In A Narrow 1937 Shape Brown
- Endpiece Inlay: None
- Binding: Tortoise Color
- Top Inlay Style: Multiple Black/White Boltaron
- Side Inlay: None
- Back Inlay: None
- Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
- Neck Shape: Authentic 1937 Barrel & Heel
- Nut Material: Fossilized Ivory
- Headstock: Solid/Square Taper
- Headplate: Solid Brazilian Rosewood /Golden Era Style
- Heelcap: Solid Black Ebony
- Fingerboard Material: Solid Black Ebony
- Scale Length: 24.9''
- # Of Frets Clear: 14
- # Of Frets Total: 20
- Fingerboard Width At Nut: 1 3/4''
- Fingerboard Width At 12th Fret: 2 1/4''
- Fingerboard Position Inlays: Old Style 18
- Fingerboard Binding: None
- Finish Back & Sides: Polished Gloss
- Finish Top: Polished Gloss 1935 Sunburst
- Finish Neck: Polished Gloss
- Bridge Material: Solid Black Ebony
- Bridge Style: 1930s Style Belly W/ Long Saddle
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/16''
- Saddle: 16'' Radius/Long Fossilized Ivory
- Tuning Machines: Waverly Nickel W/ Oval Buttons
- Recommended Strings: Martin Studio Performance Light Phosphor Bronze (MSP4100) Bridge & End Pins: Solid Black Ebony
- Pickguard: Delmar Tortoise Color Beveled (Under Finish)
- Case: V18a Authentic Style
- Interior Label: None
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