D-18 Authentic 1957 is one exquisite dreadnought made by legendary Martin Guitars. It is a faithful recreation of the prewar Martin dreads. It comes with a full-sized, all-solid body made of mahogany back and sides with Sitka spruce sound board. Prewar bracing on this model adds a strong vintage flavor to the overall tone. Braces are made of Sitka spruce, as well. Sunburst was huge back in the day when acoustic six-stringers ruled the scene and today Martin pays homage to the original sunbursts assigning burst finishes to Authentic models. Bridge section on D18 is equipped with a top class solid ebony bridge made with belly contour. Neck is made of mahogany and it sports the vintage barrell contour in the back. It`s topped with a 20-fret ebony fingerboard.

D18 Authentic 1937 Full Specs

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Body Shape Dreadnought
Body Type Hollowbody
Body Construction Acoustic
Body Top Wood Spruce
Body Wood Mahogany
Bridge Ebony
Neck Wood Mahogany
Neck Shape Barrel
Neck Joint Dovetail
Fingerboard Material Ebony
Number of Frets 20
Fingerboard Inlays Dot
Hardware Nickel
Number of Strings 6
Pickguard Yes
Binding Black
String Nut Ivory
Scale Length 25-1/2"
Nut Width 1.75"
Finish Gloss
Fingerboard Radius 16.00"
Tuners Waverly
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Body Shape
Dreadnought
Dreadnought
Body Type
Hollowbody
Hollowbody
Body Construction
Acoustic
Acoustic
Body Top Wood
Spruce
Spruce
Body Wood
Mahogany
Rosewood
Bridge
Ebony
Ebony
Neck Wood
Mahogany
Mahogany
Neck Shape
Barrel
Barrel
Neck Joint
Dovetail
Dovetail
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Ebony
Number of Frets
20
20
Fingerboard Inlays
Dot
Dot
Hardware
Nickel
Nickel
Number of Strings
6
6
Pickguard
Yes
No
Binding
Black
Ivoroid
String Nut
Ivory
Ivory
Scale Length
25-1/2"
25-1/2"
Nut Width
1.75"
1.6875" (1-11/16")
Finish
Gloss
Gloss
Fingerboard Radius
16.00"
16.00"
Tuners
Waverly
Waverly
1 User Review

vaquero503 on 2013-01-29 20:12:38

The Martin D-18 Authentic is for serious guitarists. These guitars are extremely well made, have 1937 specs and will take some getting used to. The Adirondak tops are stiff and need to be broken in which may take the average play years to do. If you like narrow necks or smaller bodied guitars, this is not for you. Flatpickers will enjoy the complex tone and the mixing of notes when played. Just a great instrument. Play several, since they vary some in "openess" of the sound. Happy hunting.

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Martin D18 Authentic 1937 4.47 out of 5 based on 2 ratings

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