C.F. Martin & Co.
Martin Custom Shop 000-18 Adirondack Acoustic Guitar
Product Description
The Martin Custom Shop 000-18 Adirondack is a premium handcrafted acoustic guitar that combines classic Martin design with carefully selected tonewoods and Custom Shop craftsmanship. Featuring a solid Adirondack spruce top paired with genuine mahogany back and sides, this short-scale Auditorium model delivers a warm, articulate voice with exceptional clarity, balance, and responsiveness.
Built with hand-shaped Golden Era scalloped bracing and a traditional dovetail neck joint, the Custom Shop 000-18 offers vintage-inspired resonance and dynamic response. Its versatile 000 body size is equally suited to fingerstyle playing, flatpicking, strumming, and recording applications, making it an outstanding all-round acoustic guitar.
Finished with tasteful vintage-inspired appointments including faux tortoise binding, an ageing toner top finish, and nickel open-gear tuners, this model brings the quality and attention to detail of Martin's Custom Shop to a highly versatile and inspiring instrument.
Key Features
- Martin Custom Shop craftsmanship
- Solid Adirondack spruce top
- Genuine mahogany back and sides
- Hand-shaped Golden Era scalloped bracing
- Traditional dovetail neck joint
- Comfortable short-scale design
- Versatile 000 body size suitable for multiple playing styles
Specifications
- Body Size: 000-14 Fret
- Top: Solid Adirondack Spruce
- Back and Sides: Genuine Mahogany
- Bracing Pattern: X Brace
- Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped Hand Shaped
- Neck: Select Hardwood
- Neck Shape: GE Modified Low Oval
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Bridge: Ebony
- Scale Length: 24.9"
- Nut Width: 1 3/4"
- Number of Frets: 20
- Fingerboard Inlays: Old Style 18
- Saddle: Bone
- Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear
- Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
- Top Colour: Aging Toner
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Back and Sides Finish: Gloss
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Strings: Martin Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0 Light (MA540T)
- Includes: Hardshell Case
